Vanden Plas Princess MK I 1000 (BMC ADO16)

Production period:	1962 to 1967
Class :	Motor Car
Body versions :	Sedan
Engines:	Petrol :1.1 liters
Length:	3725mm
Broad:	1534mm
Height:	1346mm
wheelbase :	2375mm

The Mark 1 Vanden Plas Princess 1000 was models built on the BMC ADO16 chassis from 1963 to 1967

History

The Vanden Plas Princess designates a compact luxury car of the British Motor Corporation (BMC), which was sold under different brand names and type designations. For a time in the 1960s, the ADO16 was the best-selling passenger car in Britain .

This series were manufactured in Great Britain. The car was introduced on August 15, 1962 as the Morris 1100 . The range was then extended to the Vanden Plas Princess 1100 from October 1962.The Introduction of the Vanden Plas 1100 . It is the top-of-the-line model with walnut veneer dashboard and door panels, rear picnic tables and front seats in Conolly leather, Wilton carpeting and West of England cloth headlining.Options such as sliding roof and heated rear window also a twin speaker radio.

The ADO16 was designed by Alec Issigonis . Pininfarina , the Italian designer who previously designed the Austin A40 Farina for BMC , designed the body. After the successful but unprofitable Mini , BMC needed a larger lower mid-range car. The ADO16 essentially has the drive technology of the Mini: the transversely installed BMC-A motor, which drives the front wheels via a transmission located in the oil sump . Also the chassis with double wishbones at the front and parallel swingarmsrear is similar, but the ADO16 got disc brakes with floating calipers.

 It was the first car to receive the Hydrolastic suspension devised by Alex Moulton - a hydraulic coupling of the front and rear wheel suspension on each side of the car, with all the arms of the wheel suspension being mounted in rubber.  The wheels on one side were mechanically connected and shared a spring unit. As a result, body roll was less than what the very soft suspension would suggest, but at the expense of a greater tendency to pitch. With the Hydrolastic system, in which the spring elements on the same side of the vehicle are connected to each other with hose lines, pitching is greatly reduced by damping valves in the connecting line. 

The original Mark I models (1962–1967) can be recognized by the almost vertical tail fins with the small rear light units. Promotional brochures highlighted the spacious interior compared to 1964 UK competitorsThe under-engine gearbox, which also shared the oil supply with the engine, featured four forward gears, the top three of which were synchronized. From November 1965 there was a four-speed automatic from Automotive Products (AP).

PERFORMANCE ENGINE CAPACITY 1100 (67 cu in, 1,098 cu cm)
FUEL CONSUMPTION 35,3 m/imp gal. 29.4 ml us gal, 8 x 100 km
MAX SPEED 87 mph. 140.1 km/h
max power (SAE): 59 hp at 5,500 rpm
max torque (DIN): 61 1b ft. 8.4 kg m at 2,750 rpm
max number of engine rpm: 6,400
power- weight ratio: 32.2 lb/hp, 14.6 kg/hp
acceleration: standing 1/4 mile 21.9 sec, 0—50 mph (0—80 km/h) 14.4 sec
max speeds: 28 mph, 45.1 km/h in 1st gear; 49 mph, 78.9 km/h in 2nd gear; 69.5 mph, 111.9 km/h in 3rd gear; 87 mph, 140.1 km/h