12/08/00 18:38:30
Name: Tim Rodgers | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: england | Town/City: birmingham | Main occupation: electritian |
Favourite toy (yes really!): sledgehammer |
Comments:
Oi! Remember me? i bet you dont. I had the allegro and raced the princess in the bangers, well ive got an ambassador to race now but i need to blow up the suspension. can i make a machine out of a brake master cylinder? Ive got loads of spares from it if you know anyone in the uk who wants them.
Cheers,Tim
12/03/00 23:03:32
Name: Rob Lightbody | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Scotland | Town/City: Glasgow | Main occupation: Software Developer |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Remote Control Mini Cooper |
Comments:
Just started my own Princess page - My Dad got ours the year you were born! - have a look and link to me if you like. Bye for now, - Rob
11/26/00 19:19:45
My URL: Visit Me |
Comments:
11/24/00 13:45:09
Name: Chris Collin | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Scotland | Town/City: Edinburgh | Main occupation: Student |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Any old car! |
Comments:
Fascinating Site! My father owned an Austin Maxi about the time the Princess was around, but I still remember that great futuristic design - I never felt that the Ambassador (one of which my father eventually bought in '83) was quite as good. I'm actual
y looking to buy a Wolseley Wedge at the moment, so wish me luck (they most certainly are rare!).
11/14/00 11:23:30
Name: D BARKER | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: ENGLAND | Town/City: PRESTON | Main occupation: STUDENT |
Favourite toy (yes really!): CAR |
Comments:
11/10/00 11:07:44
Name: John Taylor | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: New Zealand | Town/City: Dunedin | Main occupation: semi retried |
Favourite toy (yes really!): 13 princess 2 |
Comments:
I am pretty amazed on the work and time you have done on your lovely car.Is it a HL or 2 litre.
I am restoring a sandglow 2 litre HL auto.The auto has been reconditioned about 3/4 way thorugh.Still have power steering rack to do.
If you want to get hold of me please send me a email or phone me on(03)4761-530 Dunedin
10/21/00 03:50:30
Name: Dr. Subarna Mani Acharya | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Nepal | Town/City: Kathamandu | Main occupation: Medical Doctor |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Cars |
Comments:
Dear Alex,
It was pleasure visiting your website
You have done of commendable job to keep Princess 2 running.
My Princess 2 2000 HLS is off road just because of front displacer unit of Hydragas Suspension. Can you spare one for me. Or can you tell me where can I get it from.I can make arrangements for paying and collection from your place if you give me your add
ess and price.It will be great help for me.
Thank you in anticipation.
Subarna
10/17/00 02:57:19
Name: Dr subarna Mani Acharya | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: Nepal |
Town/City: Kathmandu | Main occupation: Medical Doctor |
Comments:
Hello Alex
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GREAT SIMPLY GREAT.
MY PRINCESS 2(2OOOHLS AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION) IS GROUNDED.ITS FRONT DISPLACER UNIT OF HYDRAGAS SUSPENSION LEAKED.NEED TO CHANGE. CANT FIND IN THIS REGION.CAN YOU HELP.I WOULD BE GREATFUL.PLEASE COMMUNICATE THEN WE CAN DISCUESS HOW WHERE ETC.
SUBARNA
10/07/00 13:18:16
Name: Horst Reinert | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Germany | Town/City: Goettingen | Main occupation: DTP-worker |
Favourite toy (yes really!): British Cars in all sizes |
Comments:
Hi Alex, hi visitors,
found this site while searching the net for a Dinky-model of the Princess. Is there anybody who can help me. The model is not available in Germany.
Greetings from Goettingen
Horst
10/01/00 20:17:14
Name: Frans van Zoest | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: Holland |
Town/City: The Hague |
Comments:
Can anybudy please help me to a AUSTIN badge that is fitt on the bootlid of a Princess?????
Will pay for it inc. p&p.
09/30/00 21:09:10
Name: Frans van Zoest | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Holland | Town/City: The hague | Main occupation: Policeman |
Favourite toy (yes really!): My Wolseley 6/110 and Princess |
Comments:
What a nice site! Since a week I have my second Princess 1700 from 1979. She is sound and in very good original condition. My first Princess was also a 1700 from 1979. I respray this car with aerosols in black and fit a grill from a Wolseley 18/22 wich I
ound on a scrapyard in the UK during a holyday. It was the first and last Wolseley 17/70! Big fun and a lot of questions.
09/09/00 11:52:19
Name: Brett Murray | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Town/City: New Plymouth |
Favourite toy (yes really!): My wife then Golf clubs. |
Comments:
Fascinating! A step by step exercise in total futility. BUT in 20 years time you will be able to say to your kids...ill tell you about a car i did up once!.
Seriously i own a princess an 1800hl which i bought from a gentleman in his 70's. Its a 1978 model, yellow with a black vinyl roof. He had restord it and spent $3500 on a full long block recon. and $4000 on panel and paint. The car had done 170000km proir
to this work. It has since done 40000km. He had also replaced the carpets with new originals from the UK. I have ownned the car for about 3 years and have only had to put on new tyres and replace the heater which was blocked up and cost me $25 2nd hand. T
e car is still mint and i might even consider selling it if you are dissillusioned.
Did you ever finish it?
07/27/00 21:15:07
Name: Denise Holloway | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: England | Town/City: Southampton | Main occupation: Accounts Clerk |
Favourite toy (yes really!): My Cars(5 Wedges) |
Comments:
One of our club members said I would be interested in your site, I was. Thanks Denise
07/10/00 20:53:10
Name: Joel |
My URL: Visit Me |
Comments:
Princess - baby what a vehicle!
Took me right back to the 70s
Had a toy one once, but was too young to own one...then
But now, you never know
07/01/00 00:40:05
Name: Rob | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Australia/Victoria | Town/City: Pakenham | Main occupation: Conference Administrator |
Favourite toy (yes really!): My Morris Marina TC |
Comments:
Great site, I love anything BMC/Leyland, especially Morris Marinas. Wish they brought the Princess to Australia.
Where do you get your parts from in NZ?
I own an original 1972 Morris Marina TC, it was one of the first to be assembled in Australia. It is an aqua color and has a polish set of the original alloy wheels that were an option on the car. I love it.
Take care, great site.
Rob.
06/30/00 20:36:04
Name: Alex | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Uk | Town/City: Southport | Main occupation: at school |
Favourite toy (yes really!): My Loveable Allegro 2 door |
Comments:
Just looking around the internet for Audtin sites and found this one- which is good apart from loading time. Not a great fan of the Princess- they're unreliable dodgy and shaped like a wedge of cheese. I've just bought a brilliant Allegro Mk1 De-Luxe (197
) with the cool square steering wheel, 2 door in Braken (orange) 1.1 in perfect condidtion, FSH and only 45,000 miles. The Allegro is much nicer than the Princess- next al be getting a Vanden Plas model. Nice site- oitty about the car- the Maxi is probabl
better. I will put a link to your site on mine- what about one for my site eh? Thanks alot -Alex
06/10/00 22:26:30
Name: hARRY pARKER | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: UK | Town/City: Tamworth | Main occupation: Pottery Manufacturer |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Austin Ambassadoe VDP |
Comments:
Dear Alexander. I have just found your wesite,and I am going to sit up all nigth digesting it all.
I owned an Austin Princess 2 from 1983 to 1993, and I covered 219,000 miles in it intill it was written of following accident damage. It was a brilliant car. Since it left me, I have owned two Ambassadors. The latest one is a 2000 VDP automatic, with tran
ission problems, which I am about to sort out.
I am sure you would be interested to learn that we have a very good owners club here in UK. I have the job of treasurer-and I also deal with club spares.If you are interested, I will send more information to you.
Well Alexander, I will close this now, but I do hope you will get in touch. It is so pleasing to find you website, and I am now about to read evry word of it. Many thanks for it.
Sincerely
Harry Parker.
04/30/00 16:52:45
Name: Tim Rodgers | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: England |
Town/City: B.ham |
Comments:
I race bangers in the uk, ive raced marinas and a 2200 princess against jaguars and a buick, it was really fast, but it got killed by a jag and the diveshaft exploded, oh well...
on the brighter side im restoring a 1979 series 2 allegro 2 door, so wish me luck!!
04/27/00 18:59:51
Name: Ahti Ronkainen | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Finland | Town/City: Espoo | Main occupation: Computers |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Princess Wedge |
Comments:
It's very nice to know that I am not alone with my
Princess because of this car is very uncommon here.
I have Leyland( Leyland in Finland) Princess 2 2000HL Automatic, 1979. It is in good condition and almost original because I have drove it summer season only during last 15 years. Don't hesitate to take contact me if you like share experiences of Princess
with me.
03/30/00 09:14:30
Name: James Copp-Taylor | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Town/City: Glastonbury |
Main occupation: Computer Operator | Favourite toy (yes really!): Rover 800, my computers |
Comments:
Great site, am an avid fan of the larger Austin Rover vehicles, hence my site covering the Rover 800 series. Have a certain soft spot for the old wedge, the shape was very futuristic at the time and the cars very comfortable, unfortunately BL didn't make
hem properly. The 'O' series engine was a worthy addition and has only recently gone out of production, albeit in much modified 16 valve form but they seem to last forever.
03/10/00 20:17:43
Name: steve | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: England |
Town/City: Leicester | Main occupation: HGV DRIVER |
Comments:
Hi
I am new to the web just came across your site.
I have got a princess it's my run around,it's getting on in years 1981 x reg 125000 miles
1.7hl that burnt orange colour black vinyl roof
it gets me about drinks to much petrol £3.50 a
gallon. every £20 you spend on petrol £18 is TAX
HIGHWAY ROBBERY well by for now!!
03/01/00 19:18:04
Name: Anja Zoe Christen | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Germany | Town/City: Unterhaching | Main occupation: Engineering Manager |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Caskets? |
Comments:
Just got an Austin Princess hearse, which blew its engine after just 120 miles. AAAARGH. Now I'm desperately searching for a replacement engine, since I don't want to junk the car (yet). Seems everything related to Princesses is obsolete, sigh.
Zoe
02/22/00 00:26:20
Name: Virtualgaz | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: UK |
Town/City: Birmingham | Favourite toy (yes really!): the next project.. |
Comments:
Easily the best Princess site in existance I reckon. Is it OK to link you into my Princess webpage? Will talk again.
VGAZ
p.s. I get an error come up when loading your homepage - LINE 1, CHARACTER 1 it says (I'm using IE4 on an early W98). Great page whatever!
02/01/00 11:52:58
Name: Ole | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Sweden | Town/City: Haninge | Main occupation: System design |
Favourite toy (yes really!): h-boat |
Comments:
Nice Princess site!
01/17/00 21:03:48
Name: Peter Wood | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: UK | Town/City: Poole | Main occupation: Computer Operator |
Favourite toy (yes really!): My Leyland cars! |
Comments:
I've found a site on the Austin Princess at last! I own a 1978 Special six version of the princess as well as my other Leyland cars - Allegro, Maxi, Marina, Ital. Would love to see more on the net of these fab 70's cars. Am after photos, press photos a
d brochures on these cars as well as stuff on Austin Kimberley/Tasman Austin Apache/Victoria and Leyland P76. Email me if you have similair interest.
01/10/00 10:02:11
Name: Anders Halldahl | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: Sweden |
Town/City: Eskilstuna | Favourite toy (yes really!): Rover 3500 P6B |
Comments:
Hello!
Nice site!
I usually drive Rovers, but I am also a proud owner of one of Eskilstuna's(my home town) finest Princess Leyland 1800HL´s! It's finished in dark green (brg)and has light brown vinyl roof.
I bought it directly from it's first owner, my English teacher... She promised me that if she would ever decide to sell her car, she would sell it to me, because I told her i liked "her Princess" very much...This was back in 1986! This year she sold it to
me!
Best regards Anders
01/09/00 20:43:44
Name: Greg Brown. | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: U.K. / Devon. | Town/City: Exmouth. | Main occupation: Journalist. |
Favourite toy (yes really!): My Mini. |
Comments:
Really enjoyed your site. I once owned a 2200 HLS auto and wish I still had it.Haven't seen a Princess here in UK for ages;glad someone in NZ still likes them.I forgave the lurching ride for the fab shape.I am an Allegro nut now and own 2 plus my Mini Che
sea(I'd never be without a Mini)
12/07/99 17:00:32
Name: Theodore Voukelatos | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: greece |
Town/City: amalias |
Comments:
Hallo,
I am the owner of a princess 2200 '78 and I am
looking for spare parts such us side doors new or
used and some other parts. Would you please inform
me were i can buy? Many thanks
11/12/99 19:55:19
My URL: Visit Me |
Comments:
10/15/99 21:16:50
Name: Henk | My URL: Visit Me |
My Email: Email Me | Country/State: Netherlands |
Main occupation: Engineer | Favourite toy (yes really!): the internet |
Comments:
Very nice site. I used to have a red Princess. A car with lots of nice memories for me. After the Princess I bought a TR7, which I liked as much as my Princess. Now I own a Volvo 340 (see English Volvo club for example).
Are you going to show some pictures of the engine-rebuilding too? That would be nice.
Can you make a link to Haynes-manuals. What would we be wihout them.
09/05/99 07:04:28
Name: Rumplestiltskin | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: Fairyland | Town/City: Some place | Main occupation: doing over maidens in distress |
Favourite toy (yes really!): loom |
Comments:
far too much effort gone into a princess
09/05/99 06:50:12
Name: Cold Person | Country/State: Northern Sibera |
Town/City: Naberian | Main occupation: Wasting ppl's time |
Favourite toy (yes really!): computer |
Comments:
Blow me
08/15/99 17:40:56
Name: DAVE EDWARDS | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: ENGLAND | Town/City: BRISTOL | Main occupation: BINGO CALLER! |
Favourite toy (yes really!): WEDGE PRINCESS ! |
Comments:
I OWN A 1975 WOLSELEY WEDGE AND A 1979 PRINCESS 2200 HLS PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT ME
ENJOYED YOUR PAGES, THANKS
DAVE
08/15/99 14:56:06
Name: Graham Toye | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: UK | Town/City: Hereford | Main occupation: BT Satcomms |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Can't tell you |
Comments:
I like the site, Haynes manual bit very good, I used to own Ambassadors (Princess's successor),
I have owned 3 altogether, but now I have moved on to a much more modern Renault, (seven seats, handy with 3 kids). I have passed my Ambassador on to my Mum but I do all the work on it. I quite liked it!
I have done almost everything on my Ambassadors and if you are still interested (how long ago did you produce this site?) I will gladly answer any questions.
Nice to know someone else has a soft spot for the older, but not too, old motors.
07/10/99 01:50:13
Name: John Fraser | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: New Zealand | Town/City: Hamilton | Main occupation: Full time Bum (Student) |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Shotgun |
Comments:
Well done Alex... needs updating tho...
03/22/99 22:39:59
Name: Phil | My URL: Visit Me | My Email: Email Me |
Country/State: NZ | Town/City: Hamilton | Main occupation: bureaucrat |
Favourite toy (yes really!): Fiat X1/9 |
Comments:
God, it takes me back to when I was young. Ma & Pa liked their 2 Princesses, I didn't. Long family holidays in the back involved a series of lurches as the Hydragas tried vainly to iron out road undulations....
Alex... will try and find that TV ad for you.