A rare beauty

[Doggy]

HI,

Big fan of these trusty rustys.....
I ran Monty diesels for some years and apart from rust and wheel bearings they were great and tough.
T

My bro had 3 - 2 of which died of acute water pumpitis - amazingly economical though.

[omega]

History from Scirocco register. There were quite a few on the road but I think they were a bit unnecessary considering the Glof did everything people wanted. The brakes always left much to be desired because the rhd conversion didn't seem to work quite right, (it's rather like the rhd 406's so it surprises me no-one complains about the conversion on yours). I remember seeing a mark 1 in the breakers with not one but two Girling Powerstops on it. Worst of all, the 16valves only came in lhd (I saw one on the road here a couple of years back) presumably, like the brakes, there wasn't enough room under the bonnet, unlike the Glof.

what is /was a girling powerstops?

[Doggy]

what is /was a girling powerstops?

[steve_earwig]

Is that some sort of prosthetic for one-legged men to fight sharks with?

What's Google? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/New-boxed-Girling ... 4002r10465

[kevtherev]

was reading this topic in my lunch break and on my way home spotted a montego on an f plate
looked well looked after somebody and quite smart with its allys . blue in colour.
i used to av 1 meself was me dads and he gave it me for my 18th birthday. 1.6l . bloody good car apart from the rust
i then bought a rover 214si on a j plate and sold the montego to a mate who scrapped it after the ecu went,( amongst other things) it only had about 58k on the clock

[pernix]

Answer to this one is it is a LEDBURY maestro these were built for a few years after production ended . The other pointer to this is the reg no vj and cj are herefordshire plates and ledbury is in Herefordshire.

[HimBigChief]

There's one of these in a garage that I drive past every day. I think I may pop in and see what they're doing with it.

[steve_earwig]

Probably fitting a Ford V4 in it so it goes more than 100 yards without needing the oil topped up...

[STALLED]

They will also take a Mazda 12a rotary engine!

[TooT]

Rare colour? or not. cant say that ive seen many in this bronzy/gold colour.

[steve_earwig]

I'm sure I've seen a few Pugs that colour, perfect if you live where there's lots of mud (like here, frinstance )

If you think that's bad, there's a 407 round here that somebody decided would look nice in MAROON

"Yes, that's the colour, 1979 Fiester. Matches your eyes dear."

[Welly]

I have seen such a colour before but very very rare. They came with a light interior too I think.

I'm sticking my neck out and saying 'Roman Bronze' even though google images let me down in this respect......

[TooT]

If you think that's bad, there's a 407 round here that somebody decided would look nice in MAROON

Theres a maroon 407 kicking about my town too with optional boot spoiler Looks ok i think

I'll see if i can snap it next i see it

[trem1]

there's quite a few maroon 407's BUT depending on the sunlight they can look very red,or very dark maroon,in fact very much like your last 406, welly

[STALLED]

The colour is called "Pallamino Bronze" - I looked at a 406 in that colour, but it was rooted! Oh and they have that bloody awful cream interior as well....