More Beige!

[eddyramrod]

I'm struggling to see how a car could be any more Autoshite than a beige Allegro 3 with a bashed door.  Top find gents, well done.

[Spiny Norman]

That looks a hell of a lot nicer than it did in the photos on Ebay, well bought chaps.

[stuboy]

oohhh an allegro 3........... top spec shite

[RobT]

^{Champagne beige with paprika trim, an excellent choice sir.   Same colour combo as my miniMetro    The rug on the top of the rear seat has no doubt protected it, but is there now a paprika tide mark?!}

[trigger]

Epic. That is all.

[MrDuke]

As Mr Tim knows, I'll be travelling down the M6/M1 corridor (and back) this weekend, so I could get it as far as the home counties.

[coalnotdole]

Looks great for the money, look forward to hearing more about it.

 

Joe

[barefoot]

I'm going down to Brighton in October if its not sorted by then.

[barrett]

Glad this is going down well! Also, any way of getting a door here would be ace. I think we have enough Champagne Beige aerosol to do a typically shoddy spray job on it...

 

So far I've only driven this crate once, but it was bleedin' ace man. Light years ahead of the Standard of course, it's mega comfy and drives as well as any modern but with proper steering and pedal feel.... but it's just so deeply uncool I'm not sue I could handle too much of it. Will be interesting to see how many hedges I can understeer into on the way to work after a few weeks getting accustomed to wobbly 1950s RWD and crossplies (you should check out my l33t drift skillz). Sadly I need to figure out a way of shifting the now dead Maestro from outside my gaff before I can fit another car in down here so I can't even use the bloody thing yet. Typical.

 

As Mr Tim knows, I'll be travelling down the M6/M1 corridor (and back) this weekend, so I could get it as far as the home counties.

Where 'bouts exactly? I work in surrey so am bombing between there and sussex most days. Alternatively, if somebody can get it to Bedford or North London that would be good as we have friendly temp. storage solutions in those places. cheers

[trigger]

How is progress on the Bondmobile going Barrett?

[MrDuke]

I'll be visiting family in Kempston, so I can drop it off in Bedford?

[MrDuke]

Update - I'll be travelling this evening, so if you do want me to take the door, let me know ASAP.

[Wilko220]

I live on the Bedford to Brighton railway line and could store for a period of time. I've no idea whether that's the slightest use...

[Lankytim]

What time are you passing MR Duke?

[MrDuke]

I'm leaving Anglesey now (5ish) so probably around 8ish?

[MrDuke]

PM for Lankytim

[Lankytim]

Soz, I've just seen my PM. Too late now I take it!!

[garycox]

FFS I've only just seen this whole 'door transportation' exchange!

 

 

Soz for being rubbish and that.

[greengartside]

Superb purchase, chaps! There is an identical one in my local scrapyard which (I think) has a very good condition driver's door - unless it's been smashed up. If you do need anything for it then let me know and I'll salvage some parts off it.

 

[garycox]

That door would be ideal if it's un-fucked and very cheap, it's even the same colour and stripe and everything!

 

Where are you?

[greengartside]

Indeed it would, I haven't seen the car myself for a few weeks but may go down very soon and report back. Not sure how much coin he would want.

 

I'm in Norfolk my friend.

[barrett]

Excellent, if you can find out how much he wants that would be great! I'm assuming it is Champagne Beige and not white like it sort-of looks in the photograph?

[greengartside]

I'll see if I can get down there next Saturday. It is indeed Champagne Beige. Car has done 62000 miles and had been stored in a dry garage since 1990 so I don't think it will be rusty but I'll check it over.

[greengartside]

When it first arrived....

 

[barrett]

Awesome! If it has the Paprika interior and the parcel shelf is in good nick I'd have that too, our one does (as previously suggested) have a tidemark where it's been half covered by the giffer blanket.

 

I did LOADSA miles in this today, to Dover and back to pick up some books. Things didn't start well as it overheated within about 5 minutes of leaving the house as I was stuck in stationary traffic for ages (and forgot to put the choke back in all the way -duh!), but I kept a careful eye on the temp gauge and it was fine the rest of the journey. It really barrels along, and now I'm a bit more used to the driving position it's actually mega comfy on a long run. Also, the DECADENT LUXURY of a tape player has been a real boon, cruising around blasting out Lisa 'Left eye' Lopez and Jonathan Richman (my tape choice is pretty limited)

 

Edit: If the front wing still looks as good as that now it would probably be handy to have too!

[garycox]

Stop making things overheat!

[skattrd]

The curse of Barrett (almost) strikes again  ... I've never met him in person, which is why most* of my cars work.

[e287yba]

...

 

Edit: If the front wing still looks as good as that now it would probably be handy to have too!

 

Do you realise what a good wing for one of these is worth???!!?!?!!111!!1

 

It will be very handy to have indeed, not least to sell if it's not needed (making an assumption here ) before the car is moved on .

 

Edit: Looks very good .

[M'coli]

Back-flush the cooling system in the next week or so, it'll help flush out sludge from the radiator, the heater, and the block.  If that doesn't help enough, buy a heater matrix and place it near the front of the car close to the fan - cable ties are good - and plumb that in to the heater circuit using a length or two of heater hose.  Remember that a decent strength of antifreeze also raises the boiling point of the coolant, and that radiator caps can become tired and cause boiling before they should do... a decent cap (presuming it's a 15 psi cap) and anti-freeze combo on an early A+ series engine should see the boiling point of the coolant at around 118 degrees centigrade!

[greengartside]

Do you realise what a good wing for one of these is worth???!!?!?!!111!!1

 

It will be very handy to have indeed, not least to sell if it's not needed (making an assumption here ) before the car is moved on .

 

Edit: Looks very good .

I'll take some pictures of the whole car on Saturday and assess it's condition.

 

Parcel shelf is a no-no as a 306 has redesigned the roof and rear end after a 'fall'...