Leyland 18/22 Series / Princess Development 1

Leyland 18/22 Series / Princess Development

Category:

Autos & Vehicles

Tags:

• Leyland
• 18/22
• Series
• Princess
• Development

[Jerrydudebad]

Room to breathe, ah, a feature not found often on today's 5 people family cars.

[prisonshank]

200% Brilliance on the intro music; should be featured in horror movies!!

[mikeluscher159]

LOL, lock up ya petrol

[ChrisTheGregory]

2:43 Wait, Kraftwerk's "Autobahn"?

[dalester82]

My dad had one and it lent to one side, did anything good come out of Birmingham in the 70's!!! (apart from slade)

[LV426Sulaco]

..." Built to last ".....erm... ah... well......

[U5096]

thats a banging sound track lol you really can't get much more 70s than that, even if you threw in a few space hoppers and a pair of brown flares with a kipper tie

[silver760]

These cars were dreadful when they were new,let alone 25 years or more later! Ah the days of vinyl covered cardboard interiors that fell apart when the rain poured in through the ineffective door/window seals.After going soggy they acted as perfect hosts for every type of mold in existence giving the cars their unique interior smell,on hot days a mix of hot vinyl and mold,yum!

[gentlepersuader]

@prisonshank

Now i know where THX got their intro theme from!!

[TheSlapdown]

@prisonshank It was, you watched it a year ago.

[glenrea]

I remember my grandad's 2200HLS, one of the very first badged under the 'Princess' brand. It seemed huge as a kid and everyone said it was really comfy and nice to drive.

Looking back, there are a few extra things BL could have done to make these really stand out - 5 speed box from the Maxi is one, especially as the 2200 had a maxi engine with 2 extra cylinders, and possibly bit more in the way of dials.