A rare beauty
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A rare beauty
Look at this lovely car i saw today. Looks rusty must be on a something like a H plate
*Zoom*
V plate Thats got to be one of the last ones they made. Good to see the owner has kept it looking good
Lets have a look at the side
*Overtakes*
You guys seen any cars that are pretty rare nowadays? Any Montegos kicking about still?
*Zoom*
V plate Thats got to be one of the last ones they made. Good to see the owner has kept it looking good
Lets have a look at the side
*Overtakes*
You guys seen any cars that are pretty rare nowadays? Any Montegos kicking about still?
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Re: A rare beauty
i think anything to do with the name austin is rare. the last of them i sure were made on a J plate so that car must have been reregistered must have came from ireland.
another car that is rare now are the ford sierras and the vaux hall nova saloon and rover metros.
another car that is rare now are the ford sierras and the vaux hall nova saloon and rover metros.
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Pfft ten a dozen here in retirementville (bournemouth). Try finding a maestro turbo
lots of rare cars down here, suprising how well they cope with the salt sea air, too. Scimitars, mk1 golfs, VW campers glaore, couple of zondas and of course my collection of renault turbos
lots of rare cars down here, suprising how well they cope with the salt sea air, too. Scimitars, mk1 golfs, VW campers glaore, couple of zondas and of course my collection of renault turbos
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Not sure if you guys can view this, but try it...
http://www.westover.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16152
http://www.westover.org.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?t=16152
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Needs a log in I'm afraid.
I thought, what with all the emissions and stringent (read: vandalistic) MOTs, mobile garbage was a thing of the past.
All sorts floating about here 'cos they don't salt the roads. I've not seen an Austin for a while but that's not much of a tragedy.
In the Plavi Oglasnik (that's Blue Advertiser to you sonny) just now there's a 1968 Hillman Hunter 1725 in wonderful condition, with spares for £300, loads of Frod Crappys (shame there's no price on this one), assorted old Jags, stacks of old Mercs, minis, Kadetts, beetles, etc. etc. etc.
I thought, what with all the emissions and stringent (read: vandalistic) MOTs, mobile garbage was a thing of the past.
All sorts floating about here 'cos they don't salt the roads. I've not seen an Austin for a while but that's not much of a tragedy.
In the Plavi Oglasnik (that's Blue Advertiser to you sonny) just now there's a 1968 Hillman Hunter 1725 in wonderful condition, with spares for £300, loads of Frod Crappys (shame there's no price on this one), assorted old Jags, stacks of old Mercs, minis, Kadetts, beetles, etc. etc. etc.
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The Maestro plant and tooling was sold to India (or somewhere like that) at the end of production here in about 1992. They continued making it and selling it to the yocals over there and it was a little known fact in around 2000 that you could buy a brand new Maestro from their new factory for £2,000.00 + import etc. It still made a huge saving for a brand new car (if you didn't mind driving an ageing rusting piece of 80's shyte around). I even seem to recall that the Indian plant put there 'own' engine in it
I love the way this one's all rusted to f*ck after 7 years, in the same way the 1985 ones were rusted to f*ck after 7 years....progress eh?
I love the way this one's all rusted to f*ck after 7 years, in the same way the 1985 ones were rusted to f*ck after 7 years....progress eh?
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Re: A rare beauty
i'll try a grab a pic of this guy running around where i live with a black montego turbo. its got a bodykit (if u can call it that), one thing that is strange i never seem to see if their's any rust on it cause i know the 3 M's back then had a serious problem wi the stuff.
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Not too long ago I saw a *mint* maestro up in Manchester. Not seen a montego for about 10 years though!
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*remembers the sound of a 'Countryman D' of a winters morn*
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I like the way this example has been complimented by the bent roof rack. Very nice
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So can someone explain why the car is on a V reg plate - Thats definately not a 1999 model?
Never got the Montego/Maestro here - Did get a handfull of 800 series rovers which I still reckon are a tad cool
Never got the Montego/Maestro here - Did get a handfull of 800 series rovers which I still reckon are a tad cool
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I almost bought me a Montego in 1998. But it was crashed into and written off while the guy selling me it was moving it from storage to his place for a service and valet!
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Crap, I'll bet he hadn't bothered to insure it either.
STALLED wrote:So can someone explain why the car is on a V reg plate - Thats definately not a 1999 model?
procta wrote:the last of them i sure were made on a J plate so that car must have been reregistered must have came from ireland.
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Am pretty sure you could get them on a L plate .. i owned 2 maestro's the second
one a 1.6 cost £250 and a month after i bought it i toured france and germany in
it ... up to 100deg heat and it never missed a beat and returned up to 40mpg
some of the cheapest motoring i have experienced
one a 1.6 cost £250 and a month after i bought it i toured france and germany in
it ... up to 100deg heat and it never missed a beat and returned up to 40mpg
some of the cheapest motoring i have experienced
.. ooh are those drugs for me Matron
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They had instrument clusters made from graph paper didn't they?
<steve_earwig> I think this forum is more about keeping our cars going with minimal outlay than giving our cars more reason to go bang