[CARS] HM Ambassador "Amby" models?

Sep 04, 2004 6 Replies

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The Old Timer

You, sir, are demented! I went to to see what you were talking about and saw their sales pitch: "You will be talked about - mostly behind your back." Reminds me of the old Volkswagen ads from the 1960s..... -- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been…

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Hi.



Out of utter curiousity, are there any model kits available of the notorious Hindustan Motors Ambassador (better known around the world as the Amby) or the late-1940s Morris Oxford upon which the Amby was based? I'd prefer the updated Amby but I'm not picky.



I see the car as fertile ground for conversions. Imagine these:



Neo-Fifties Hot Rod



Mayberry Mountie Police Cruiser



Jacked-up 4X4 version



Since GM is a partner with HM, and the whole US Auto industry is in such a retro design fad now, how about this...they buy the body tooling for the Amby and ship it Stateside (maybe the NUMMI factory in California) and combine the body with a current engine and modern technology--the new Chevy BelAir!



Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922 {Sig Quotes Removed on Request}


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You, sir, are demented! I went to

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to see what you were talking about and saw their sales pitch: "You will be talked about - mostly behind your back." Reminds me of the old Volkswagen ads from the 1960s.....

-- John The history of things that didn't happen has never been written. . - - - Henry Kissinger

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S

I try. Dementia is tougher than it looks.

I thought about a NASCAR Amby, but the mods involved would be so intense that once all is said and done you'd wind up with a "Taurus" or "Monte Carlo" anyway.

But an Amby-like car would sell in East Tennessee where I am. This is PT Cruiser country.

Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922 {Sig Quotes Removed on Request}

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This is a joke, right? You want to build a Hindustan Motors street machine? What's next, a Trabant?

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I think I've seen one of those and it may be on my 'Car' disc. By the time I found out what a Trabbie looks like all the Revell AG kits were gone.

Bill Banaszak, MFE

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Is this the car a bloke smashes up in the ads to get a lookalike Peugeot

206?

Nick

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We don't get ads for Peugeot in the States.

I do however remember the AMC ad in which they drove around in a Ford LTD, then pulled off on the side of the road, took it apart and there was an AMC Pacer underneath. :)

Stephen "FPilot" Bierce/IPMS #35922 {Sig Quotes Removed on Request}

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