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Old 26-12-2009, 03:43 PM
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didnt think any were left

Old 26-12-2009, 03:55 PM
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famous for there square steering wheel and being more aerodynamic in reverse.

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Old 26-12-2009, 03:57 PM
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Originally Posted by D16PJM
famous for there square steering wheel and being more aerodynamic in reverse.

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pmsl
Old 26-12-2009, 04:04 PM
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hatefull cars, still, fair shout for it still surviving
Old 26-12-2009, 04:09 PM
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still moving on it's own and not being towed
Old 26-12-2009, 04:27 PM
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They had a good engine steady bar on them we used to go the scrapy and remove them and fit them in to our mini's, direct fit strate to mini's bulk head, great little mod lol
Old 26-12-2009, 04:29 PM
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Horrible little cars
Old 26-12-2009, 04:32 PM
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Quite like them lol, they looked ace and were quite good if built on a good day. Unfortuneatly, BL didn't have too many of them

Old 26-12-2009, 04:34 PM
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Nice to see something different on the road

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Old 26-12-2009, 04:34 PM
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I guy near me has a fucking mint beige one....its the Vanden Plas top spec jobbie with the square wheel and rolls royce grill
Old 26-12-2009, 04:37 PM
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Bet that didn't get stuck in the snow with its push bike tyres!!


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Old 26-12-2009, 05:09 PM
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I think they are so hateful that it makes it cool, my dad had one when under 10 in a barn on the farm, and I loved it, was my space ship!
Old 26-12-2009, 06:15 PM
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that the plough roundabout? looks rather familiar, you got a nice rs and from round that area mate?
Old 26-12-2009, 06:21 PM
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The flat capped geezer driving it looks as old as the hills too
Old 26-12-2009, 07:37 PM
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Originally Posted by cossie4i
Nice to see something different on the road

Steve
I agree with that.I bet it turned some heads unlike a honda civic.
Old 26-12-2009, 07:41 PM
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Originally Posted by D16PJM
famous for there square steering wheel and being more aerodynamic in reverse.

Pete
Took the words right outa my mouth

Also, they just missed the Classic status as the last off the line were late 74........Oh Dam

Aparantly, the Owners club aint happy
Old 26-12-2009, 07:43 PM
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Originally Posted by yellowsierra
Took the words right outa my mouth

Also, they just missed the Classic status as the last off the line were late 74........Oh Dam

Aparantly, the Owners club aint happy
owners club , JOKE !
Old 26-12-2009, 07:47 PM
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A couple wrong pics I found



Old 26-12-2009, 07:57 PM
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Originally Posted by 3i_gaz
that the plough roundabout? looks rather familiar, you got a nice rs and from round that area mate?
yep thats the place mate, nah only got a seicento cant park outside the house in anything bigger
Old 26-12-2009, 08:02 PM
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Why are they so bad a car??
Old 26-12-2009, 08:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Pob
Why are they so bad a car??
they hurt my eyes when I look at them
Old 26-12-2009, 08:46 PM
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worst looking pile of shite ever
Old 26-12-2009, 08:52 PM
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my mum fuckin loved these lol she had 2 at the same time when i was younger, shows wot women kno bout cars lol
Old 26-12-2009, 08:53 PM
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Originally Posted by D5 JJC
worst looking pile of shite ever
pmsl...
Old 26-12-2009, 09:09 PM
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Originally Posted by ben22
owners club , JOKE !
The owners club is deadly serious, when i was with the capri club we'd watch as they'd turn up to classic car events with pots full of plants and well planned displays to try and win the best club stand trophys. mention rust or how bad leyland cars are to there faces and they'l either cry and run of or stab you lol
Old 26-12-2009, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by rik-rs
yep thats the place mate, nah only got a seicento cant park outside the house in anything bigger
where you live dude? suprised you never seen my xr3i, 2.0 si or zetec-s around southport. am always up this end
Old 26-12-2009, 10:03 PM
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Seen a minter in and around Edinburgh in skidmark brown colour with beige interior

Hatefull but very cool to see one on the road
Old 26-12-2009, 10:41 PM
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allergro read allaggro lol,i prefer a austin maxi meself as the big car comfort shines through with one of them council estate chariots,i did once own own one of these when i was 16,i bought it from chester motor auctions and sold it in the local paper and made a nice few quid,happy days and the thing actually felt quite nice and was a 1700cc,mine was creamy white with a brown dralon trim ooh nice


Austin-Morris Managing Director, Ray Horrocks, knew that the Marina would need a showroom fillip in order to maintain sales impetus until the release of its replacement, the LM10 and LM11. The Longbridge drawing office headed by Harris Mann soon completed a neat facelift, which changed the look of the frontal aspect of the car (without any front panel changes) and transformed the rear view of the car, incorporating a higher boot-line and large Euro-standard wrap around lights. Despite the long-held belief that Ital Design was responsible for the revised styling of the new car, it was somewhat less involved in the process – simply handling its productionisation. Of course, the story soon go out that the Morris Ital was actually the work of Giorgetto Giugiaro and, as one insider has subsequently said: "...why spoil the story with facts, we thought!"
Being limited to a Ł5 million budget, BL's facelift went tits up,
Old 26-12-2009, 10:46 PM
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Originally Posted by studabear
hatefull cars, still, fair shout for it still surviving
fair shout for the fucker driving it!!!!!!!
Old 26-12-2009, 10:48 PM
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Originally Posted by Pob
Why are they so bad a car??
just one of the faults were that if you jacked the front end of the car up in the wrong place the windscreen could pop out or crack.
Old 26-12-2009, 11:03 PM
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Originally Posted by Pob
Why are they so bad a car??
Hydrolastic suspension for one lol

If you ever see one don't forget to let it down

Still, way ahead of pimp my ride
Old 26-12-2009, 11:13 PM
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It's quite shocking to think that whoever designed the allegro sat back, looked at his drawings and said to himself 'Yeah, that looks good!!!' Good god!!
Old 26-12-2009, 11:19 PM
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Oh yer
Hydro-spastic- suspension,Beige painwork,Square steering wheel, zero class.
born winner......not
Old 27-12-2009, 12:37 AM
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i saw a red one 2 days ago
Old 27-12-2009, 12:46 AM
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Mate of a mate (johnny smith, you might remember him from 5th gear) has an allegro with a 2.7 v6 twin turbo in it.
Old 27-12-2009, 09:48 AM
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remember that topgear stunt going backwards up the ramp tryin ta jump cars. best thing for alegro, smash the fook outa it lol
Old 27-12-2009, 11:31 AM
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Originally Posted by D16PJM
being more aerodynamic in reverse.
Most cars with a radiator grille are more aerodynamic going backwards!
Old 27-12-2009, 12:34 PM
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Lol at the Allegro, my Mum had one in poo brown when I was about 6, the only thing that worked properly was the boot lock lol.
Old 27-12-2009, 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by Chip
Mate of a mate (johnny smith, you might remember him from 5th gear) has an allegro with a 2.7 v6 twin turbo in it.
Been watching Jonny Smith on Quest all weekend, Industrial Junkie

Good if you're a sad fuck like me and hate xmas
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The hydrolastic suspension could be made to work extremely well, I had a "wet" mini(69), and a Metro mk1 with hydrolastic, converted the rear to independant, as was linked across rear as std, made a bloody useful difference, and held the road well, despite 135/145 tyres!!
I must admit to being a BL fan, liked them all myself even though build quality could be shocking, if I could find a Marina 1.8 Super estate in BLue in good nick I wouldn't hesitate to buy it.
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