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Post by Nick RS on May 17, 2016 17:53:57 GMT
Interesting, my 18/85 brochure calls it knit-backed expanded vinyl but it certainly looks like Ambla. I know there were all sorts of trademark names going around. Jaguar used Ambla and the name still appears on seats used in British hospitals up and down the land. The company is still going, check out the swatch samples on screen. Look familiar www.ambla.com/My favourite older car ever is the Austin 16 which was a development of the new 12 and came out just at the end of WW2 in 1945. According Barney Sharratt's book 'Men and Motors of the Austin' they wanted the seats a wide as possible in the car and someone said they should be as comfortable as cinema seats. This gave them the inspiration to put the armests in, one on each side of the seat so four in all at the front. Looking at pics they look identical to the ones on the Landcrab. Thanks for the info Alexander. Nick
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Post by Penguin45 on May 17, 2016 22:55:29 GMT
I think I could relax in those. Fascinating stuff.
Chris.
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Post by indianajones on May 17, 2016 23:26:58 GMT
Make sure you don't nod off while driving!
-Andrew
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Post by indianajones on Aug 9, 2016 0:07:37 GMT
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Post by peppib on Aug 9, 2016 7:28:41 GMT
No, it is a lot of TROUBLE for the coin. I had one for 2 years and it cost me £15,000 in repairs I couldn't do myself Mate has the V12 version and it is coming up to 2 YEARS since it went in to a Jaguar specialist with a misfire and they still can't get the thing to run. Run is possibly the best advice - run as far away as possible from it! Dave
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Post by indianajones on Aug 9, 2016 7:38:21 GMT
yeah....but.....you know....it's a Jag lol
\I can imagine if you get a bad one tears would flow big time!
-Andrew
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Post by peppib on Aug 10, 2016 7:16:11 GMT
JustAGgravation!
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Post by indianajones on Jan 12, 2017 22:54:50 GMT
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Post by Penguin45 on Jan 13, 2017 0:07:55 GMT
IwantoneIwantoneIwantone! Wakefield's only 15 miles away.
Sigh.
Chris.
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Post by indianajones on Jan 13, 2017 0:36:49 GMT
Delivery costs might be a bit high!
Actually not a bad price considering it's for 3 cars.
-Andrew
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Post by indianajones on Jan 19, 2017 5:17:27 GMT
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Post by indianajones on Apr 2, 2017 20:46:44 GMT
www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/rover/auction-1289356135.htmTest drove this one on the weekend, was actually a very tidy car and wasn't as slow as I thought it would be (being a single carb 2000 with automatic transmission). I quite enjoyed the seating position and ride was quite pleasant. Any advice/pitfalls of these cars? I understand they have two timing chains, which the lower one can be a hassle to change and that the inboard brakes on the rear can be a pain in the butt to work on, if required. Cheers, Andrew
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Post by indianajones on Dec 5, 2017 7:10:38 GMT
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Post by dave1800 on Dec 5, 2017 11:34:22 GMT
Hi Andrew Have you seen see your 18/85 around? I wonder why the Rover was imported from the UK -not clear to me if that was by the family that owned it - if so,would it have made financial sense? I recall new cars in NZ seemed quite expensive compared with Oz when I was there about 12 years ago. Do you till plan to visit the UK next year? regards David
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Post by indianajones on Dec 5, 2017 20:12:43 GMT
I imagine they would have shipped it over as back in the 80s, as apparently it was harder to privately import vehicles back then. I don't know what the deal was then, but if you have owned the car for over a year in the UK, you can import it into NZ tax-free.
Still planning on a visit some time next year, nothing booked in yet though.
Haven't seen the 'crab around town....yet, but I have seen their Wolseley 1100 driving around.
Also took a look at another XJ40.....a 4.0S sport version! (I have issues lol)
-Andrew
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