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    Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials

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    Image of JoeHardrock JoeHardrock
    07/19/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials
    Somebody find me a commercial for the Sunbeam Rapier fastback (Sunbeam Alpine GT in the US.) Sexiest British hardtop ever made.
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    07/19/09


    @JoeHardrock: Actually, it's the second-sexiest. Here's the winner:
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    07/19/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials
    Damn... I was going to feign outrage at the relative lack of Rootes Group stuff (actually, both of these ads were made after Rootes had been bought out and turned into Chrysler Europe) but YouTube searches have brought up very little from my favorite British car company. Oh well. Here's a newsreel of the '59 Earls Court Motor Show, with the brand-new Mini and the sleek new 100-mph Sunbeam Alpine:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKX5h0QNh1E&feature=channel_page
    And here's a newsreel clip of the '63 show, where Rootes introduced Murilee's favorite, the delightful Hillman Imp:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SdnardvyOQ&feature=channel_page
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    07/19/09

    @Armand: Dude, what the hell?
    1959:
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    07/19/09

    @Armand: 1963:
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    07/19/09

    @Armand: My favorite Rootes cars are the Humber Sceptre and Simca Chambord, not the Imp.
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    07/19/09

    @Murilee Martin: Yeah... I remember you referring to it as "the wretched Hillman Imp," so I figured I'd point out how awesome it is.
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    Image of Novaload Novaload
    07/19/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials
    The audio on the first one reminded me of why everybody wanted one of these--and launches a Sunday of introspective life review. Maybe I will go whittle one and make it smaller than an old shilling.
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    07/19/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials
    The freeze-frame from the Triumph TR-6 shows just how good the English got at electrical fires.
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    07/19/09

    @can't find no job, that's why I ain't go no...: Nearly as good as the Italians
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    07/19/09

    @layabout returns: Nearly, but not quite.
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    07/19/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials
    With all of that Leyland awesomeness, I'm saddened that I've only owned 2 of the cars shown, and the XJ-S only had a brief cameo in the 1977 BL ad. Fortunately, the Spitfire was featured prominently in more than one ad.

    It is imperative that I add a Mini, and a TR-6 to my list of previously owned.
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    07/19/09

    In reply to Jalopnik's 16 Favorite British Leyland and Rootes Group TV Commercials
    All this BL shite has made this a depressing sunday,where's the dodgy swinging Stag ad? just hope Top Gear picks up tonight.
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    07/19/09

    @layabout returns: Oh, damn. A ten-hour shift had me forget it's Sunday. I hope I left my home computer VNCable...
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    01/09/09

    In reply to 24 Hours Of LeMons Arse Freeze-A-Palooza Ãœber Gallery: British Steel
    I'll call bullshit on the Jag. As the owner of a running, deceptively nice, $500 XJ-S, I know of which I speak. I've been scouring the interwebs for the past couple of years for another $500 (or even sub $1000) XJ-S that is anywhere near as nice as mine, and the one pictured puts mine to shame.


    Though pictures can be deceiving...


    I can credit the lack of quarter panel rust holes to this being a California example, but that engine bay is way too clean.


    Their story better have included "They guy was sick of staring at it after the fifth failed attempt to pass inspection."

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    01/09/09

    @smalleyxb122: They were legit. What you're not seeing is the horrifying body repair from being rear-ended and the rear 1/3 of the car replaced with a junkyard body crudely welded in place, with about 300 pounds of bondo on the outside to make it look nice. With the headliner removed, you could sit in the car and see the filthiest, gappiest welds in body-shop history.
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    01/09/09

    @Murilee Martin: I feel better. You gotta admit, it looks pretty nice in the pics.
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