The UK got special black ones too, but very few of them and I'm not 100% on the UK versions' names. A real shame there weren't more, especially with the satisfactory O-series motor and the Borg-Warner transmission where the sump ought to have been. However, I never could fathom out how they didn't use the AP 4 speed hot-shifter trans in these instead of the more conventional (purely automatic) BW device. That - and a return to Hydrolastic for longevity - would have made an already better than average car exceptionally fine to drive.mrtotty wrote:It is wonderful to see these cars being preserved.
I had a university friend who drove a black one in New Zealand. There, there was a special black or silver edition called the Princess R with the two-litre engine and manual or automatic transmission. This particular one was automatic and I remember it as very refined in its day and possessed of quite good performance.
Mind you, black vs Vermillion or Flamenco. No contest, one of the oranges every time on a '70s motor, even if our old place couldn't flog those to the funeral trade so easily.
. I saw the price it went for on Ebay fully restored but whats the going rate for one in the condition it started in? I'm poor but I've got lots of time and I'd rate my welding as being well up to the job.