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XON249T was mine its still around just in a garage in Lincolnshire.. It was originally built as a LHD Swedish spec car but as it was a cancelled British Diplomatic order.. so it was converted at the factory to RHD but retained the LHD wipers and was sold to a BL employee 

Go on then have a few Maxi pictures just to prove I am a balanced individual not totally obsessed with Citroen Visas!

He has four at the mo' I believe...
 

 
I've only seen one in recent years, in the yard at Cornhill...
 

That was mine, it was little old moi that recovered it and got it back up on the road. One drive of it a year later and the Chamberpot was smitten 
Oldest 1750 left - did a DVLA request back then and was confirmed.

My latest find in SE London looked like this :-

Here's my LHD; imported from Belgium.

Here's my LHD; imported from Belgium.

My latest find in SE London looked like this :-

My latest find in SE London looked like this :-

My latest find in SE London looked like this :-

There's one in ACA in three weeks too
https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic/saturday-13th-april-2019/1978-austin-maxi-1750-hl/

SVJ (known as Sylvia) belongs to Brendan Dooley, who seems to be on a mission to own every Maxi in Ireland. I think he's got about 10 of them!

Wish I'd done this for some of the BL chod I've seen.
 
Here's one I bought a couple of years back. :-

What do you mean you don't see them anymore? I see a Maxi all the time! YDU 590S, aka the HubNut Maxi, is a good place to start since I own the thing!
 

"BL cars are rubbish" by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

SVJ142H - Nicely scruffy 1500, first registered in July 1970, snapped at Kilbroney in Northern Ireland back in June 2017.
 

 

 
Still seems to be in use, having passed an MOT just a few weeks ago.
 
 

 
XON249T - March 1979 registered 1750HL, snapped at the NEC back in November 2007 - but DVLA indicates that the tax ran out in October 2012, the MOT expired in April 2013, and there's no SORN in place or export marker... which isn't a good sign.

1 in folkestone
1 in greatstone
 
both in kent

I'm with you 100% there. I just have a steering wheel from a bus and a plank of wood with some switches and dials thrown at it but the cable-change dash was much nicer and very Cortina-like with its hooded dials and 3-spoke wheel. A little-known fact is that the cable-change Maxi dash is actually mostly symmetrical for cheaper LHD conversion but not as obviously as the SD1 - the glovebox and instrument binnacle are the same shape.

A couple years ago I sold my 1969 Maxi to a member of the Austin Maxi Club after it had been sitting in a council lock up for nearly 20 years. The colour is Porcelain Green.
 
DSCF8325 by timothy jones, on Flickr
 
DSCF8327 by timothy jones, on Flickr
 
DSCF8328 by timothy jones, on Flickr
 
DSCF8330 by timothy jones, on Flickr
 
I have owned 4 other Maxis in the past, when I find photos I'll post them too.

Following on from the sucess of my Wolseley Six thread (now up to 11 pages), I thought i'd start one on the Austin Maxi.
 
Whilst nowhere near as rare as the Six, Maxi numbers have been dropping and now you just don't see them anymore.
 
One has just been sold on Ebay, so probably appears elsewhere, but let's start with that one :-
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MAXI-1750-SPARES-REPAIR-BANGER-RACING/183725290571 - sold for £560, which is about double what these have gone for instance the past.

Following on from the sucess of my Wolseley Six thread (now up to 11 pages), I thought i'd start one on the Austin Maxi.
 
Whilst nowhere near as rare as the Six, Maxi numbers have been dropping and now you just don't see them anymore.
 
One has just been sold on Ebay, so probably appears elsewhere, but let's start with that one :-
 
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-MAXI-1750-SPARES-REPAIR-BANGER-RACING/183725290571 - sold for £560, which is about double what these have gone for instance the past.

Is anyone near Reading, heading towards Norfolk that could collect a Rover 25 bumper and a pair of wings for me from Wingz123? I can't get down there for a couple of weeks myself so thought I'd try here first.
 
Muchly appreciated.

I thunk thats a phone number
 
especially as IIRC ebay can get pissy if you start putting phone numbers in the descriptions etc

Not original seats, the original would have been fabric top, but they don’t handle the years well. These seats are from an earlier Wolseley 18/85 and a are a popular ‘mod’.
 
Looks a fairly solid car though. I like these a loads. Getting rare now, nice car.
 
 
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BDX208L is now for sale.
 
https://www.facebook.com/groups/WolseleySix/permalink/10156781171581597/

https://www.dmb.uk.com/prod/6076/lex-mead-bexley-heath-kent-dealer-sticker