I owned an Oxford like this, bought from a workmate for £25. It was in lovely condition except for rot in both front doors about 3 inches up from the bottom. I repaired them with filler reinforced with expanded metal mesh. A local car paint supplier had just one can left of the obsolete colour, and having spent a week filling and rubbing down until I had a perfect surface and sprayed it with a DIY electric spray gun. It came up like new. I rate it as one of the best cars I ever had for its comfort and feeling of spaciousness.
The estate version of this was our first car, I notice this one has a "Gold Seal" engine, which was a factory reconditioned one. It was very comfortable, and had no weak points unless the previous owner had used grease to lubricate the suspension, instead of , i think, EP gear oil or Sae 40s . The gease didn't spread through the screw threads on the suspension and it soon wore out.
My mate has one in grey with a external sunvisor, lovely ol thing. This is how i like em, if all the classics were left and NOT restored it would make our classic car scene a more interesting place, all my Metropolitans are like this, and i use them
Hindustan Motors, India immortalized this car by first assembling imported CKD kits of the Oxford Series MO, Series II and Series III. I don't think the Series IV (steel body station wagon) was ever available in India. The Series MO was called the Hindusthan 14. The Series II was renamed "Landmaster" by Hindustan Motors. The Series III morphed into the famous "Ambassador", and eventually Hindustan Motors stopped importing CKD kits and started manufacturing at their factory in Uttapara, West Bengal. This car was the favourite of cab drivers for over 30 years. The Ambassador holds a record of sorts for being India's longest produced passenger vehicle....over 50 years.
What a nice old car & that patina looks the part on it as well! Sounds like the idling speed is a tad too low & the carb could do with a tweak to put that right. I liked the exhaust 'parp' as the car was reversed back inside & good the trafficators are working too. Assume oil pressure good & dynamo charging battery OK?
To all the Indian who think and who are being proud to see ambassador in other countries, this is the morris Oxford which came way before the ambassador and Hindustan motors got license and made it as ambassador
If you want to replace *ANY* part of this car (other than the grille) all you have to do is order it from India _(where this car has been produced until a few years ago)_
It is the same car, although I think this one was the Landmaster. This is a1955 Morris Oxford. The 1956 Morris Oxford model had the scooped bonnet and modified rear wings, but was otherwise the same.
The idle sound of this car is not that smooth it makes a clattering sound a little bit like diesel engine, I think maybe because of teppid problem or not proper tuning of the engine, because most such Petrol engined cars in idle state do not make a clattering sound similar to that of Diesel Engine.
