HMC WBOD news

[HMC]

”it’s an L. that’s Lang in German. It also has Vier sicherungskasten. That means fucking complicated in English.” (Lit- 4 fuseboxes)

At the facelift they ominously decided that was too many; post facelifts have only 3 fuseboxes. 

[Marm Toastsmith]

Lovely motor.

[twosmoke300]

Hmm . This is dangerous with my history of buying cars off you @HMC ?

[HMC]

@twosmoke300 I hope you’ve got one hell of a multimeter on standby ?

[twosmoke300]

Yeh , oscilloscope the works !

Been a while since I’ve bought a car off you ! Still got the Landy and the Rover 100 was bought off me by a garage nearby but is stored in one of dads sheds still . 
 

[HMC]

On 4/27/2020 at 9:06 AM, bramz7 said:

Well I'll definitely be following this thread with (more) interest (than normal). 

Also, is that really where the rev counter needle rests when the car is off? That REALLY irritates me for some reason. 

In fact no- that’s where the Rev counter sits with the engine running as well........

[HMC]

Whilst I was messing about in the footwell with the heater blower I also noticed the designer sound system speaker grille had long ago fallen off and then been “fixed” (second time lucky) with a self tapper at some point.

Feels a bit like repairing a Taylor made suit with gaffa  tape. That’s where these are right now.

[cort16]

These are great, the engines are pretty bomb proof and there's so many S500 in the scrappies parts are cheap.

[stuboy]

nice buy tried religiously to get one dumped in works car park to get on the road, the £1200 plus vat in parts sent it to the scrapper

[HMC]

Lockdown @HMC motors. I think I just gave myself a notification. I wouldn’t be the first during lockdown.

[RobT]

Excellent choice of cars, and new avatar.  May Day....

[HMC]

I have done a buy. Always wanted one since as long as I can remember. Especially a basically doubly cursed VDP. Anyway, I promise to get more detailed photos of the picnic tables when it arrives!

 

[Marm Toastsmith]

YES!

[gadgetgricey]

Awesome.  

[wuvvum]

Superb!  And an automatic for even more misery! 

I'm going to be the only person on the forum without any BL tat at this rate.

[83C]

1 hour ago, wuvvum said:

Superb!  And an automatic for even more misery! 

I'm going to be the only person on the forum without any BL tat at this rate.

Step this way sir....

@HMC, was that the only BL tat for sale from wherever you obtained it from? I only ask because someone I know in North Devon has only today bought a very minty looking Maxi.

[RobT]

Blimey, that looks lovely.  Well bought!

[Skizzer]

Wow! Didn’t expect that.

 It looks fantastic. Well played! Looking forward to reports.

[Asimo]

Splendid.  I have always wantd a go in an AP automatic. Please be the first  to NOT convert to stick+clutch!

[BeEP]

E-series auto.  Consult your calender before pulling away from T-junctions ?  I had the same in a regular Allegro; it did have a certain charm, although it acquired the name Uriah (think Dickens)...

[Fabergé Greggs]

[anonymous user]

I do like a VP Allegro, I'm now in the original target market for them (old git who would like a bit of comfy, but in a small car) see also Renault 5 Monaco

[GrumpiusMaximus]

VDP Allegro.  Lovely lovely.  There's one around Ashford (Kent) that I used to see quite regularly.  Bizarre but with a charm all of its own.

[BorniteIdentity]

There really ought to be some sort of warning before you drop content like that.  Even the IRA had the courtesy to "phone ahead".

Utterly brilliant.  I love @Six-cylinder's - I' spent hours just looking at it.  Stroking it. I'm enjoying "Life on Mars" again at the moment and there's a lot of Allegro content in there which has been getting me quite hot and bothered of an evening.

A great purchase. 

[Six-cylinder]

43 minutes ago, BorniteIdentity said:

There really ought to be some sort of warning before you drop content like that.  Even the IRA had the courtesy to "phone ahead".

Utterly brilliant.  I love @Six-cylinder's - I' spent hours just looking at it.  Stroking it. I'm enjoying "Life on Mars" again at the moment and there's a lot of Allegro content in there which has been getting me quite hot and bothered of an evening.

A great purchase. 

 Mrs6C insisted we got it to save it! 

 

[Hertz]

Admit it, you have only bought this to try and get into Claire84's knickers.

 

[dozeydustman]

[phil_lihp]

That is a lovely looking car, the colour really suits it.  Top BL tat purchasing - needs to meet mine when we're allowed to do such things again!

[greengartside]

5 hours ago, BorniteIdentity said:

There really ought to be some sort of warning before you drop content like that.  Even the IRA had the courtesy to "phone ahead".

Comment of the day, love it!

 

[Broadsword]

Brilliant looking Allegro. Looks exceedingly clean and in a nice colour!