HMC- Return of the Cheeky 500

[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!

[HMC]

16 hours ago, 83C said:

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.

He is a serial allegro collector, I’ll ask him if he was hoarding other BL stuff

[wuvvum]

10 hours ago, Asimo said:

I have always wantd a go in an AP automatic. 

I have met a few people who wanted a go in an AP automatic.  I have yet to meet anyone who wanted a second go in an AP automatic.

[Six-cylinder]

59 minutes ago, HMC said:

He is a serial allegro collector, I’ll ask him if he was hoarding other BL stuff

It was him who under took the work on our VP, he sold us parts, everything Allegro is his bag.

Guilty, ours came with the Autobox broken and I found fixing it was a major challenge because of lack of parts. I took the opportunity to convert it to manual because of my experience driving AP box Minis and an 1100.

[Tadhg Tiogar]

10 minutes ago, wuvvum said:

I have met a few people who wanted a go in an AP automatic.  I have yet to meet anyone who wanted a second go in an AP automatic.

Is that different from a Minimatic?

[somewhatfoolish]

Are they really that terrible?

[brownnova]

Ooof that’s lovely! 

[Floatylight]

Ooof that’s lovely! 

Give it 20 years and I can see you and@Mrsbrownnova having a collection to rival @Six-cylinder and@Mrs6C 's..

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[brownnova]

55 minutes ago, Floatylight said:

Give it 20 years and I can see you and@Mrsbrownnova having a collection to rival @Six-cylinder and@Mrs6C 's..

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If I could buy the field next door to our house I think this would be a reality!!

[Mrs6C]

Jolly well done!

What a lovely car and you bought it from a decent bloke too. The owners' club is very friendly, too.