uk_senator Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Well, if anyones up for it, message your details & I`ll happily pass them on. I reckon he`d do a deal with the restorable VP for anyone with an out of control Allegro addiction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 by bramm77 Squire_Dawson, Cavcraft, HMC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 1976 AUSTIN ALLEGRO 1100 DL PLW274R MOT 24th June 2018Registered owner changed October 2001First registered September 1976 21/06/2017 MOT PassMileage: 25,560 miles+ 3 miles travelled since last MOT uk_senator and MarvinsMom 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Considering the mileage, history and the likelihood of a very good condition car due to a long period of ownership by a genuine enthusiast, £1500 is pretty reasonable. If I had a nice warm garage and a spare fifteen hundred quid I’d be interested, but at the moment I don’t have either. It is a lovely colour though. uk_senator, oldcars and MarvinsMom 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Considering the mileage, history and the likelihood of a very good condition car due to a long period of ownership by a genuine enthusiast, £1500 is pretty reasonable. If I had a nice warm garage and a spare fifteen hundred quid I’d be interested, but at the moment I don’t have either. It is a lovely colour though.Well, its lived outdoors since he`s had it (16 years), and he`s managed to keep it looking this clean, so maybe the reports of them being well rustproofed earlier in this thread are indeed true.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Why has no-one bought this yet? Is it because Christmas is coming and budgets are elsewhere? Or that this thread needs more pics before committing? uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FakeConcern Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 Well I won't buy it as I've already owned a Tahiti blue All Agro Estate. SiC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 24, 2017 Author Share Posted November 24, 2017 Why has no-one bought this yet? Is it because Christmas is coming and budgets are elsewhere? Or that this thread needs more pics before committing?I will try & go back next week for better pics, & of the VP as well. MarvinsMom and SiC 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarvinsMom Posted November 24, 2017 Share Posted November 24, 2017 YES! YES! this we like..... MORE PICS!! please. eddyramrod and uk_senator 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 26, 2017 Share Posted November 26, 2017 Manage to get any more pics today? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 26, 2017 Author Share Posted November 26, 2017 Manage to get any more pics today?No, but I will be passing in the next couple of days, so I will get some if he`s in. Theres a surprising amount of interest in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 Battery flatted, so no news on running, but heres moah pix.. Note theres 2 bubbles under the rear screen, some surface on the front corners of the bonnet & at the bases of the A-pillars where they join the sills, as well as a couple of cracks on the dash top round the ashtray, otherwise, quite amazing nick.Behold the blueness (& the vast quantities of rear leg room!):.. Cavcraft, Mr Laurence, Squire_Dawson and 10 others 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiC Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 What paperwork is around for this beauty? I'm currently struggling to find suitable storage around Newbury sort of area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 28, 2017 Author Share Posted November 28, 2017 What paperwork is around for this beauty? I'm currently struggling to find suitable storage around Newbury sort of area.He said he thought he had some somewhere, but I wouldnt hold my breath.. There is a number of interested parties who are viewing it in the next week, I dont expect it to be hanging around for long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexg Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Mother f**ker! Look at all that base blue!!! Craig the Princess, BeEP and uk_senator 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted November 28, 2017 Share Posted November 28, 2017 Blimey, wishing I'd put my name forward now. If interested party number one doesn't buy that there's something wrong with them! uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen01 Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 id buy this based on the pictures alone, replace outside pics for white room with bright lights £££££. uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeEP Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 id buy this based on the pictures alone, replace outside pics for white room with bright lights £££££. I suspect it's quite likely this is what will happen. Spend a morning sorting the red bits in the engine bay, paint the 'bib' black, take photos in white room or in front of a suitably impressive house and put a price tag of £2995 or more on it. Hopefully the person at the front of the queue will just want to look after it and enjoy it though. uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted November 29, 2017 Share Posted November 29, 2017 I've just read on Facebook that this has a deposit on it now. uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 29, 2017 Author Share Posted November 29, 2017 I've just read on Facebook that this has a deposit on it now.Really? Blimey, I didnt know that! See? I said it wouldnt be hanging around long! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 I've just read on Facebook that this has a deposit on it now.Having now seen the post on farcebork & spoken to his misses, I`d say he`s a budding speculator.. Which isnt what I wanted for it. As long as the nice giffer gets his dollarino`s & isnt battered down to £350, then fine. Cest la viz or however you spell it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 That is very impressive and a credit to the owner. Looks factory fresh. Whoever ordered this car new literally went for the cheapest most basic specification he could get. They didn't even order a brake servo. Still on single circuit brakes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 That is very impressive and a credit to the owner. Looks factory fresh. Whoever ordered this car new literally went for the cheapest most basic specification he could get. They didn't even order a brake servo. Still on single circuit brakes too.The noise on motorways & heavy brakes were the reasons he gave for letting it go. Cant be many that still have an undrilled radio facia either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squire_Dawson Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Aye, there was no sound deadening except the carpet. Fitting some of the old-style jute sound deadening under the carpet cuts the noise level drastically. I wouldn't say the unassisted brakes needed much more pedal pressure as it was a different master cylinder to take account of that, but can see why an OAP would struggle. uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin cat Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 I would love that . Only done about 70 miles per year in the past decade according to MOT history uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin cat Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 Just read last posts. I hope it goes to a good home and they don't try and rip the old chap off. I bought a vw camper from a city centre garage in Sheffield. I wrote to previous owner to ask about history. He rang me up and I went round as he had a few spares I could have. Turns out the chap had owned it 30 yrs, his wife had died and he had a bit of dementia. His mechanic who he had used all those years told him no one wanted these old campers and gave him £3000. What a git!! I paid £6500 prob 2 weeks later. A good price. The old chap thought I'd been ripped off. I didn't put him straight as I thought that would be unfair. I wanted to punch the garage man but he was massive! uk_senator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blguy1975 Posted November 30, 2017 Share Posted November 30, 2017 It is always this way when a Car Is undersold sad but trueAre the other cars for sale as well ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted November 30, 2017 Author Share Posted November 30, 2017 It is always this way when a Car Is undersold sad but trueAre the other cars for sale as well ?Not at the moment, in theory his 1980 VP will be next, but he`s not ready to let it go quite yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uk_senator Posted December 6, 2017 Author Share Posted December 6, 2017 Guess what... The bloke I gave first refusal to didnt turn up.. The elderly gent had charged the battery, taken it round the block to clean the disks off & washed it ready as well, so he wasnt impressed..Anyway, I`ve now heard it running, it started from cold beautifully, theres no tappet noise, no rough running & its running sweet as a nut. I don't think I've ever heard a quieter, smoother A-Series.I`ll stick a video on youtube. stephen01, Squire_Dawson, Bobthebeard and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trigger Posted December 6, 2017 Share Posted December 6, 2017 So after him putting a big post up on the Allegro page asking what it was worth and on the retro caravan page and then telling everyone that he had left a deposit on it and was buying it he's bailed out on the sale and not even bothered turning up. What's wrong with people? oldcars, Mr Laurence, flat4alfa and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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