Originally Posted by
J.J.Horst
Some views of the Princess, the first 5 of a 1976 model, the last of my own 1977. model. A very nice looking, luxurious car, coupled with technology of English reliability. A bit slow due to the 3-speed automatic.
Nice technology though, with a transversely mounted straight-6 of 2.2 litre, with the gearbox to the rear of the engine, driven by a specially designed, very wide chain.
Chain drive certainly a novel way to get power to the rear, is the 2.2 straight 6 a Leyland engine ?
Last edited by Rockefella; 11-08-2006 at 04:09 AM.
Reason: Fixed your quote tags.
SA IPRA cars 15, 25, 51 & 77
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