1959 Hindustan Ambassador MkI

1959 Hindustan Ambassador MkI in Abhijaan, Movie, 1962

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Built in:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
electra225 ◊ 2015-10-13 11:56	Morris for sure (The one strictly related to the Indian Hindustan Ambassador). I think an Oxford but it could even be a Cowley...
dsl ◊ 2015-10-13 12:11	Probably Hindustan Ambassador rather than Morris.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2015-10-13 16:21	1)It is an Ambassador, look at the script over the number plate light, that doesn't say "Oxford" by any stretch of the imagination. 2)For E225, the Cowley was the poverty model. Never a chrome strip round any of the fixed glass, just rubber; no over riders as standard; no script above the number plate light; no chrome strip down the sides; no little vertical chrome strips in the radiator grille; no temperature gauge; no chrome horn ring on the steering wheel; vinyl seats instead of leather and no drop down arms in the centres of the seats; rubberised felt floor coverings instead of carpet; no heater as standard; 1200cc engine in the Series II version, 1500cc in the Series III; smaller brake drums and a lower ratio back axle on the 1200cc cars. All this to save £50 in 1955! We had more shapes and sizes of Morris than you could shake a stick at when I was a kid, Ten Series II, Minor MM, Minor 1000, Oxford MO, Cowley Series II, Oxford Series III, a rogue Austin Cambridge Farina, and the last Morris was an 1800 Mark III. There were other as well, a Traction Avant, the Standard Vanguard I took my driving test in, a Triumph 2000, a Maxi 1750 and a Wolseley 18/85S. By that time I had my own cars to add to the confusion on the front drive. -- Last edit: 2015-10-13 16:31:29

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electra225

◊ 2015-10-13 11:56

Morris for sure (The one strictly related to the Indian Hindustan Ambassador). I think an Oxford but it could even be a Cowley...

dsl

◊ 2015-10-13 12:11

Probably Hindustan Ambassador rather than Morris.

johnfromstaffs

◊ 2015-10-13 16:21

1)It is an Ambassador, look at the script over the number plate light, that doesn't say "Oxford" by any stretch of the imagination.

2)For E225, the Cowley was the poverty model. Never a chrome strip round any of the fixed glass, just rubber; no over riders as standard; no script above the number plate light; no chrome strip down the sides; no little vertical chrome strips in the radiator grille; no temperature gauge; no chrome horn ring on the steering wheel; vinyl seats instead of leather and no drop down arms in the centres of the seats; rubberised felt floor coverings instead of carpet; no heater as standard; 1200cc engine in the Series II version, 1500cc in the Series III; smaller brake drums and a lower ratio back axle on the 1200cc cars.

All this to save £50 in 1955!

We had more shapes and sizes of Morris than you could shake a stick at when I was a kid, Ten Series II, Minor MM, Minor 1000, Oxford MO, Cowley Series II, Oxford Series III, a rogue Austin Cambridge Farina, and the last Morris was an 1800 Mark III. There were other as well, a Traction Avant, the Standard Vanguard I took my driving test in, a Triumph 2000, a Maxi 1750 and a Wolseley 18/85S. By that time I had my own cars to add to the confusion on the front drive.

-- Last edit: 2015-10-13 16:31:29

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