[51morris]

Hi Arun,

Sorry for the late response on this one.

What a beautiful find - a very original Ambassador! Congratulations. The Landmaster and the Mark I Ambassador (to my eyes) have the best road presence of the series. Hope you enjoy many years/decades of pleasurable motoring.

Especially since the car is so original, please do consider getting rid of music system ASAP That thing has no place in a car like this.

I recently bought a 1996 Rover Mini Cooper here in the UK (ownership thread coming soon..). This came with the factory fitted Mini Radio/Cassette Player and Speakers. I use an FM-Bluetooth Transmitter to connect my phone to the car speakers through the radio.

Cheers,
Praveen

[arun1100]

Very rarely the Mark1 gets wet in rain!

[arun1100]

Celebrated International Coffee Day 2021 with the Mark1 over coffee and a long drive along with Bhpian funkykar!

Bangalore's Airport road, Hebbal.


Working meters!


Along the Yelahanka Lake.


Brahmin's hotel Coffee!!

[arun1100]

Mark1 enjoying the cool Bangalore weather in mid May due to cyclone Asani!

[arun1100]

Quick breakfast meet with Bhpian funkykar and friends!

[arun1100]

Our Ambassador's Carburetor was cleaned recently. Here are some pics of Mr. Manjunath working on the Ambassador.



Muck from the petrol tank








Carburetor opened up fully and cleaned


Carburetor is assembled back and fitted


Engine is now complete


Next update is of the Fitness Test!

[arun1100]

Originally Posted by arun1100

Our Ambassador's Carburetor was cleaned recently. Here are some pics of Mr. Manjunath working on the Ambassador.

Post the carburetor work was completed, few more works on the Ambassador needed to be addressed. Primarily the electrical and the Ambassador needed new tyres. This was important for the Fitness Test to pass without any major observations by the RTO Inspector.

Thanks to Bhpian Funkykar, he could source new ply tyres of size 5.90-15 from MRF.




The old tyres were 22 years old!












New number plate at the front.




Electrician checking the lights and horn.

[arun1100]

Fitness Test - Update!

The Ambassador was all set for the Fitness Test and on 20th July, Bhpian Funkykar (Karthik Makam) and me had been to the Bangalore's KA-03 RTO.

Quite fit Ambassador!




In-house fitness inspector!


Karthik driving the Ambassador!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9vFjCVTU5Sw

The Fitness test process of paying the fees, documents verification and inspection was quite smooth as expected.

Karthik and me were now relaxed and drove to the nearby coffee shop.


Sequence of events as seen in the Vahan website.


Updated details of the Ambassador as seen in Parivahan App.


Catch up with friends over the weekend!











Ambassador is now fit and legal to be on road for the next five years!

[Sidjohri]

Such a pleasure to see your Amby - fit as a fiddle and roadworthy. Your ride will be a senior citizen in a couple of years! Unfortunately mortals in Delhi NCR cannot live such experiences - the swords of NGT will shred to pieces anything that is 10-15 years old!

[amvj]

What a lovely looking car. Is it easy to get spares for Ambassador? I have hardly seen any Ambassador in the last few years. Please apply some polish and wax on the paint. The black colour will definitely pop up.

[arun1100]

Few pics from the Independence Day celebration with Bhpian Funkykar and friends.

[arun1100]

A quick solo drive today to celebrate 62 years of this grand old Amby!!



New wheel caps!


Amby now posing with my HAM call sign plate at the rear!


Literally two extremes - 6 decade old Vintage car and a new Electric public transport bus from Ashok Leyland!

[Durango Dude]

Can't say how glad I'm to see these images and this post. Learnt to drive in a Mark IV Amby that we owned for almost 3 decades, way back in 1988, I got my license with my dad's Amby.

[Bailey]

Thanks Guys. Real trip down nostalgia lane. My first memories of cars are a Fiat 1100 Delite (1977 - 1983) and a Amby Mark II ( 1981 - 1993) owned / used by my Dad. We drove down (while relocating) from Bombay to Cochin in the Fiat. The first part upto Bangalore we had our local mechanic for company to spell my Dad on the wheel and in case of any issues enroute. From Bangalore my uncle joined us till Cochin. My first attempts (in my mind at least) of driving sitting on my Dad's / Uncle's lap acting as though I was. Some of these memories are vague, rekindled mostly by old photo albums.

Memories of the Amby are however still fresh. Hours spent while it was being worked on in our friendly neighbourhood garage, especially for the RTO tests every 5 years when the full car was redone. How the garage owner ended up being an extended family member celebrating festivals and family occasions together.

Earned my pocket money from the holiday car washes.

[Pennant1970]

Originally Posted by Bailey

Hours spent while it was being worked on in our friendly neighbourhood garage, ~

That's how I too cut my teeth on car and bike maintenance! The original mechanic was a contemporary of my father's, from his pre-marriage days. His sons (7 of them, no less!) were all my friends, the closest of whom is now my mechanic. Motoring was an event in those days - now, it's just functional, mostly.