Guest Old_Fart Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 The first car i ever used to tow a caravan was a Maxi 1750 diesel. As a car they were boring boring boring, but as a towing vehicle they were staggering. The diesel engine, combined with the low ratio box gave them enormous torque. They would only do 50 mph, but they would still do 50 mph up a 1 in 3 hill, with a 24 foot van on the back, They were built like tanks, and only rusted slowly, Patching rust holes on one was like replacing deck armour on the HMS Illustrious. The fuel tank was huge, it was like filling a Lancaster Bomber. According to DVLC there is about 100 Austin Maxi 1750 of various flavours still taxed tested insured and running in UK flat4alfa 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Diesel engine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vulgalour Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Diesel in a Maxi? Must have been a conversion at a later date, possibly using a Sherpa lump. Either that or it was yet another prototype BMC/BL product, they were buggers for lashing together diesel versions and then punting them on to an enthusiastic worker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Old_Fart Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes the one I had was diesel. Pulled much better than the petrol version. I thought they were all diesel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robinmasters Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 3. Maxi diesel? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Old_Fart Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 It was the same guy who sold me the Saab 99 with the Dolomite Sprint engine in...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Was it a 1750 diesel engine was it? garethj and Cavcraft 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lankytim Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 DIESEL????? Cavcraft 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dugong Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I have a diesel MGF. It's called Spartacus. flat4alfa, UltraWomble, Taff and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 You're all wrong. BL used a three-cylinder Petter diesel in these, with the gearbox mounted behind, driven by a chain. Uncle Jimmy, barefoot, chodweaver and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 My grandad seems to think he had an MG version Maxi . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timewaster Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 sniff, sniff. Can you smell something? colnerov and Partridge 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Bollock, Maxis have tiny 9 galleon/41 litre fuel tanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stroller133 Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Yes the one I had was diesel. Pulled much better than the petrol version. I thought they were all diesel I'm confused, how can the diesel pull better than the petrol if you didn't think they did a petrol? fred, binhoker668 and Heidel_Kakao 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddyramrod Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 I smell cattle. Who else can hear Paso Doble music? bub2006 and binhoker668 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 School holidays folks.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 Wind up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fred Posted October 24, 2015 Share Posted October 24, 2015 hauserplenty, CHRIS1980 and explosive-cabbage 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
warren t claim Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Do they have a Bosch pump? Lacquer Peel, binhoker668 and Junkman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I liked how the diesel version spread its 1750cc over 12 cylinders in an inline configuartion, diagonally across the engine bay. vulgalour, Honey Badger, barefoot and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Torana Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 My old Morgan Plus-5 (you know, the one with the Mercedes diesel) was also a great tow car. flat4alfa, scruff and HH-R 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 The diesel Maxi was actually a joke by Issigonis knowing he was coming up to retirement,he kept the design secret from management until 3 weeks before launch by which time the 1st pre production diesel had been built,using a scaled down deltic engine mounted under the seats.BL quickly had to shoehorn a stretched a series in before the press launch and the diesel Maxi was bought by a cross dressing friend of Issigonis.It is believed to have been crushed during the great scrapyard famine of 1997. UltraWomble, Uncle Jimmy, Vince70 and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Ok,so what have I missed? Who is this old fart fella? Anyone care to elaborate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Partridge 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bub2006 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Ahhh comprende senior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srad34 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 This ^^^^^^. I would bet a 1.2 corsa wif big rimz on it..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twosmoke300 Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 Yeh on a poster in his bedroom maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barefoot Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 My grandad seems to think he had an MG version Maxi . That would probably have been the twin carb HL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LC Torana Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 My grandad seems to think he had an MG version Maxi . I preferred the Wolseley and Riley versions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philibusmo Posted October 25, 2015 Share Posted October 25, 2015 I was always a fan of the MG Maxi XPower 350 which had the 346bhp interior fan and green XPower graphics which really complemented the russet brown or harvest gold paint options. HH-R and The Moog 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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