Princess 1300 Vanden Plas - Bradley James Classics

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6 жыл бұрын

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@loveisall5520 Жыл бұрын

This beautiful car was sold here in the sixties as the MG 1100 Sport Sedan, later as the Austin America. Just a brilliant design and not a bad line on it.

@nigelwest3430 3 жыл бұрын

My father designed the Vanden Plas & Princess lettering, also the coronet and the picnic tables

@davidsmith2356 3 жыл бұрын

A beaut.

@ObsoleteOddity 5 жыл бұрын

My Dad had one when I was a lad, he loved that car, he's 93 and still mentions it.

@davidharrison6615 6 жыл бұрын

nice little car . if i remember the engines loved to burn oil and bodywork had a lot of issues but for its time a nice little car . interior always blows everyone away . just lovely . my mate had a few of them . nice memories .

@atatexan 4 жыл бұрын

I owned one of these whilst living in Johannesburg.

@clipstone 4 жыл бұрын

My mother had one. H reg. 1970. Maroon.I remember the day it arrived. All shiny like this. She didn't like it though. Automatic. Said it was sluggish. Only kept it for about 8 weeks. She was used to zippy Minis. My grandmother took it on. She had three in a row.

@MrByootox 6 жыл бұрын

Takes me back, I had one of these in the late 80s. Alas the tin worm finished it off

@bradleyjamesclassics 6 жыл бұрын

MrByootox this one has just 20k.....never welded!

@MrByootox 6 жыл бұрын

Bradley James Classics I liked my one but had a garage to store it in back then. Something I've not got anymore

@fordlandau 4 жыл бұрын

So rare. Fantastic car.

@kins749 4 жыл бұрын

Gorgeous motors those VDPs

@davidallsop9381 4 жыл бұрын

Very nice

@davidsaunders8250 4 жыл бұрын

Good luck with the car

@davidsaunders8250 4 жыл бұрын

Good gob

@rogerhudson9732 6 жыл бұрын

The wing mirrors are just 'wrong' too dominant BL rectangular style found normally as door mirrors.

@bradleyjamesclassics 6 жыл бұрын

Roger Hudson - never a positive comment on KZfaq....odd world we live in.

@rogerhudson9732 6 жыл бұрын

I love VdP 1300s, Father had one,I just think smaller round mirrors suit them better. Positive : nice colour combination., The AP hot shift auto box is one of the cleverest designs of gearbox ( just change oil and filters regularly.)

@raychambers3646 4 жыл бұрын

Round mirrors do suit this vehicle, classy car deserves classy mirrors.

@neilfromdownunder9204 3 жыл бұрын

I had a 1954 Zephyr Zodiac years ago that had mirrors on the fenders similar to this VdR & found them dangerous when a car come up behind at night as their headlights reflected straight back into your eyes which was really bad on winding roads & I think that's why door mirrors are a better option.

@jomaoliveira7949 2 жыл бұрын

Such a lovely car deserves a pair of period Desmo or Tex wing mirrors

@tonysmith2360 6 жыл бұрын

Rare point you never mentioned, it has a 4 speed automatic.

@bradleyjamesclassics 6 жыл бұрын

Tony Smith - I’m not how rare the AP auto box is in a VDP 1300?....the car’s themselves are rare enough these days. I recall they made a little over 40000 of these wonderful little cars....not sure the ratio of Manual/Auto?

@rogerhudson9732 5 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyjamesclassics The AP Automatic was an amazing design, running on engine oil and with the ability to 'hot shift' manually for swift city driving. Needs frequent oil changes. Using in the mini Mayfair as well as the VdP . The gear knob is not original?

@GSimpsonOAM 4 жыл бұрын

@InfiniteMushroom More of a case of making the motor/transmission combination very compact. The gearbox lived in the sump directly under the spinning crankshaft. Most gearboxes at that time used engine oil as a lubricant anyway. Also 6 monthly oil changes were normal also so it was no big deal and with modern oils and filters both are adequately protected. The only real disadvantage the combination had is that it resulted in a tall engine in the engine bay.

@robertwillis4061 4 жыл бұрын

Lovely little car. Almost as opulent as a Rolls Royce. Leather and real Wood veneer Notice no electric windows, air-con, cruise control etc. The Leather was freezing in winter, ( no heated seats) burning in summer Sun.

@mscott3918 4 жыл бұрын

I can relate to the burning hot leather. My mother had the Princess 4 litre R. I jumped in one hot day, when I was about 12 and hadn't noticed that I had split the seam on the inner side of the thigh part of my trousers. Oh boy, when I sat down I realised. Like being stung by a wasp.

@alanhindmarch3228 4 жыл бұрын

Would benefit from a coach line, I think.

@bradleyjamesclassics 4 жыл бұрын

ALAN HINDMARCH I agree!....I think you knew owner added a red one

@MyJon64 4 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyjamesclassics the coach line was actually painted on on the vanden Plas model the correct colour would of been gold on a malard green 1300. It's also missing side repeaters which indicates it's had new front wings!

@clyneheretic 4 жыл бұрын

And why are the aftermarket Trico door mirrors mounted on the wings?

@bradleyjamesclassics 4 жыл бұрын

clyneheretic I think they are there to help the driver see behind him whilst driving?

@clyneheretic 4 жыл бұрын

@@bradleyjamesclassics would have expected a less facile response from as respected an organisation as BJC. No matter.