The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Tundra... Antique Gold... it's all the same dregs of the week's colours mixed in a vat for the quick Monday paintjobs either way. Tundra is green, not dissimilar to the green used to paint BMC engines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Reverend Bluejeans Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 We had joy, we had fun, We had Allegros in the sun... I bet Terry Jacks drove a antique gold Allegro too. "Every time I was down, you'd bring your Allegro round". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 This is one of the nicest Allegros I've seen, what a stunner. Is it all original or has it had paint? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noel Tidybeard Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 you better turn the HRW off all that load on the alternator will blunt the POWAH of the 1100 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EssDeeWon Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 That is lovely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 16, 2017 Author Share Posted March 16, 2017 Its had paint, but not for many years. The chap i got it from had bits done, but not sure when or what, what has been done has certainly been done well. It has an honest sort of charm about it . Its local history add something to it to me too. I dont imagine ever selling it, which seems to be what happens when i buy stuff these days. Sigmund Fraud, Vince70 and oldcars 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
320touring Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 Looks a wee stunner. i',d buy it even without any pineapple cakes:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 This is just wonderful. I remember these when they were new and I swear this is better looking than anything I saw on the street in the latter part of the seventies. Would. Repeatedly RobT 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mk2_craig Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 What a honey! These things deserve a better image than the one they've been given and probably won't ever shake off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Split_Pin Posted March 16, 2017 Share Posted March 16, 2017 That's in remarkable condition considering where it's lived all of its life. The colour looks radiant in the sun too. I definitely believe that a low number of owners is a good thing when it comes to how well a car survives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
406V6 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 None of the pictures display for me, unfortunately Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevebrookman Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Superb! I passed my test in an M reg 1.3 with the quartic steering wheel in 1982-I still remember the "plasticky" smell from the seats-happy days. within 3 months of passing my test my father replaced it with a 3litre Granada-bit of a difference for a 17 year old! Steveve alf892 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Dug out and mot'd Saab yesterday too, took some pics whilst clean.... CGSB, mrbenn, TagoraSX and 33 others 36 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 cort1977, Sudsprint, privatewire and 22 others 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 Today i have the red xjs, will add pics of it too, when i have spruced it up if you like? alf892, privatewire, Jim Bergerac and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcars Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 that Saab is clean, those arches. Lovely, summer use only car i take it? Magnificent Rustbucket 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 yeah, i have had it since 2004. I bought it at 93000 miles for £2200. Its now done 115000. One of my better buys. Its been in the shed for 3 years. I had an ace trip round the south of france a few years ago in it. Best holiday ever. oldcars, DSdriver and Magnificent Rustbucket 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrcitroen Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 That is minty mint Mcmint! I do like a proper Saab. You just don't get engineering like that now. Thing is, what do you prefer to drive. The Allegro or Saab? Must be like chalk and cheese, but make you smile for completely different reasons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 The Saab is my favorite, but i like them all for different reasons. The saab is perfectly happy being used on loooong joureys, the Allegro less so... I have just given the red jag a clean. I had some paint done at the tail end of last year and just put it away, so it was dusty and looking sorry for itself. Im not ussing it this year so it will go back in the shed for another year. anonymous user, cort1977, dave21478 and 26 others 29 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrbenn Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Love love love the Saab! And the Allegro is an absolute honey. A mate and I rented one of those Saabs a couple of years ago for a weekend. Fair to say I fell in love with it. Funnily enough, we were meant to be taking an Allegro but it had broken down the day before..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 next is the Z3 TagoraSX, CGSB, oldcars and 9 others 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Breadvan72 Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Fab XJS!!!!! Makes mine look like the appalling shonker that it is. barefoot 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hooli Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 I haz major wantz for that XJS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 aye, its a nice one, by no means perfect, but for a 22 year old jag with 135000 on it, its as good as they come i would imagine. My v12 is currently getting titivated too, so will add pics once its back. oldcars and Magnificent Rustbucket 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kinkersaab Posted March 18, 2017 Author Share Posted March 18, 2017 im going to add the e36 pics here too, you have all seen them before, but it keeps all my pics in th same place. richbraith, Magnificent Rustbucket, CGSB and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rantingYoof Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 Permahorn engaged. privatewire 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Bell Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 That bmw car is a nice car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magnificent Rustbucket Posted March 18, 2017 Share Posted March 18, 2017 All four of them are lovely. The condition of the SAAB is remarkable - even astonishing. I like all of them, but of the four, I would (predictably) take the XJS, even though it isn't quite as shiny as the SAAB - which looks virtually concours. The colour really suits it, as it does the 325. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
406V6 Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 The pics display for me now. That Allegro is great. Totally grim in its brown plastic-ness and gaps where there would be goodies in the heady heights of the 1300 super deluxe. Well preserved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
purplebargeken Posted March 19, 2017 Share Posted March 19, 2017 Cor. All most excellent cars! The brown Allegro interior brought back memories of mine. Except mine wasn't quite that good. My Allegro was that baked bean/cat sick colour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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