Tamworthbay Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 IIRC the 1750 Allegro had the same 0-60 as an XR3. but did you have to drive it backwards to get that figure? drum, Richard, Skizzer and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hairnet Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Wow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johngarty Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Drool. More pics please. Or it never happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bren Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 Thats fucking vile.17/10Sent from my SM-G930F using TapatalkI don't give a fuck how vile it is - it has picnic tables. Richard 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Posted July 10, 2016 Share Posted July 10, 2016 I have to admit that would be a big selling point for me too. I saw an early VDP at Glamis yesterday and was disappointed to see that it had pockets in the seats instead of tables. It also had about 3mm of ground clearance, I'd forgotten about that feature of Maxis and OHC Allegros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 17, 2016 Author Share Posted August 17, 2016 This thread was decimated by the board kerfuffle, and I can't be arsed re-creating it. So here's a summary of the events so far, as I remember them. The photo of the interior is gone, so here it is again: 1981 Vanden Plas 1500 Interior by Conrad Conelrad, on Flickr After only four days ownership I took it for an MOT, where it failed on both rear wheel bearings. Not bad, except it only passed the emissions by the skin of its teeth. A bit of carburettor adjustment has hopefully remedied this, plus its inability to better 24mpg. But more importantly, there was no key for the glovebox. I was going to knock the barrel out re-arrange the pins, but I didn't have to - it has the same key number as my Rover's doors. Sorted! I made it up some better foglights from the spares box. The old ones have this lovely Allegro branded glass, so I'm keeping the unbroken one. The interior lights were not working. When I got under the dash I discovered that someone had cut their feed wire, and when I re-connected it, they shorted and blew the fuse. It still happened with all the light units removed, so it was a fault with the wiring. Yesterday while removing the headlining trim I noticed one oversized screw holding the driver's side sun visor in place. Could someone have driven this over long screw through the wiring? Yup. And with that, the thread is up to date. Next post: fixing this, which is what the headlining does when you drive with the passenger window open. Dippy, trigger, Junkman and 21 others 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Job jobbed. Skizzer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Ah, good. It was amusing being four up in it with all of us stuck with headlining on our heads. Cleon-Fonte and Junkman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Christ on a bike, that All-agg is just beyond brilliant. 175,923/10. Dave_Q 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dippy Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Very nice but then I do like poo coloured cars and interiors. It looks to be in great condition except the headlining of course, hope t see this gem in the flesh some day. tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 It's hitherto been a regular* at the Northwest Powerhouse international gatherings.This might continue, since all the Granadland Greenhosue Gassers' P6es are borked.So much for Allegros being bad cars, etc, etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 The aroma of leather, glue and industrial disagreement in this car took me right back to 1975 and Grandad trading his very late two-door ADO16 (NJC416M) for a white VP1500 (OAB44P). Liked his Longbridge tin, did Grandad. chodweaver, Junkman and dome 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I do hope this is coming to Chodmongdiddly. We can take it in turns to have a picnic in it. brownnova, chaseracer and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Will this ever be at Cannock? Please let it be so, I'll bring the sandwiches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cleon-Fonte Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Can it now reach the summit of immensely steep hills without cutting out? chaseracer, Junkman and Ghosty 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 "It doesn't appear to be moving..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Will this ever be at Cannock? Please let it be so, I'll bring the Deathburgers. FTFY Can it now reach the summit of immensely steep hills without cutting out?Intensive* carburetter tweakage and precision* timing adjustment transformed it into a keen summiteer.Stay tuned! <- see what I did there? Ghosty and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 Grrrrrr.... I am currently giving SERIOUS consideration of a switch to 1 1/2 S.U. feeding of the 'mintolla Toyyo'. Having read through the HBOL, W&P mk2, I believe the Asin carb has the power to fortell the future... ffinn Mystic Meg on 'intake air temp' bejassuss I'm up for a 'Choke Knob' & a good ear............. TS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pillock Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 One does not sit in the rear of a Vanden Plaaaaa eating deathburgers.I was thinking salmon and cucumber. Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 17, 2016 Share Posted August 17, 2016 I believe the Asin carb has the power to fortell the future... I'm not entirely sure whether I understand anything you wrote there, sir, but shouldn't the foremost purpose of a carburetter be to mix fuel with air to a stoichiometric ratio of ideally fourteen parts of air to one part of fuel, ideally throughout the entire revolutions range? But if you think a carburetter fortelling the future and doing some other unrelated but rather annoying shit is a better idea, please feel free to use SUs. Please be aware, that even the future was better in the good old times. One does not sit in the rear of a Vanden Plaaaaa eating deathburgers. I was thinking salmon and cucumber. If you are seriously inclined to take it there, bring the Pimm's and stop messing about. tooSavvy and dugong 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 ...there are, it appears, four different 'harmonisation/transition' modes of operation associated with AutoChoke/Warm up on the carb. Redirect air from ex man/Waxstat reducer.Water temp in head.Vacuum choke + solenoid activation.Throttle 'P/S fitted' advance. Aye.... that's what I thought.... BL never stressed over all that It's on my 'slow burner' list TS Junkman 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Alright, the headlining. Not only did it lovingly stroke the top of your head, it was filthy and ruined from previous owner's attempts to glue it back. All of the side trim pieces were baggy, stained, and marked. Out it all comes: I hunted down the most appropriate replacement cloth - three meters of 'mushroom' brushed nylon with foam backing - and got stuck in to several hours of removing staples, measuring, cleaning spray adhesive off the cat, cutting material, getting cat hair off the material, gluing etc. Here is the result: There are a few loose ends to tidy up, but considering I've never done anything like this before it's not half bad. There are a few wobbly bits, but most of the blame lies with the 35 year old wobbly cardboard substrate. The headlining itself isn't as smooth as I'd have liked, but, again, the fibreglass(?) panel was rough and damaged. There is also a small crease by one of the sun visors which I will see every time I drive the car. Still, just a bit better than it was. Oh, and once it was all finished I reconnected the battery and the fuse box started smoking like a poorly prepared barbecue because I've shorted out the lights again. lmao Bucketeer, Shep Shepherd, Junkman and 30 others 33 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skizzer Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 That looks STUNNING! Fantastic job. oldcars, Conrad D. Conelrad and tooSavvy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nacho man Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 /\/\ looks brill!!!!! Conrad D. Conelrad 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghosty Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 That's a world of improvement.Does it blend in as well as it looks to? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Yeah, do you wanna do the Piazza's head lining if I get the material in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junkman Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Oh no, now I mustn't smoke in it anymore, mustn't I? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Furious Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 That is a wonderful job on the headlining, doffed cap in your direction That interior light wiring, ordinarily it would be clear that it is the bodgery of some shaved ape, but in this case it may well be factory, am I right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conrad D. Conelrad Posted August 18, 2016 Author Share Posted August 18, 2016 Oh no, now I mustn't smoke in it anymore, mustn't I? Oh, please smoke in it. It smells like a week old Auris now. Yeah, do you wanna do the Piazza's head lining if I get the material in? Sure, why not. How bad could I fuck it up? That's a world of improvement. Does it blend in as well as it looks to? Yes! It's slightly lighter and beiger than the original, and goes with the seats a little better. That is a wonderful job on the headlining, doffed cap in your direction That interior light wiring, ordinarily it would be clear that it is the bodgery of some shaved ape, but in this case it may well be factory, am I right? All that purple wiring? Which runs over razor sharp bodywork edges? With piggyback junctions in inconvenient places? That's factory, of course. Captain Furious, Cleon-Fonte, Junkman and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Posted August 18, 2016 Share Posted August 18, 2016 Despite someone on here warning me that spray on glue would not be up to the job of sticking a headlining successfully to the backing card, I proceeded anyway and as a result, the Visa's headlining has sagged monumentally again at the back. I've got visitors from the UK coming out next month, so let me know what product you used and I'll ask them to bring some of it out. Despite living here almost 6 years, I still wouldn't know where to look for certain things like this. I think it's fair to say that this looks great, and not even in an ironic hipster-ish sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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