All-agro, anyone want one?

[uk_senator]

Well, if anyones up for it, message your details & I`ll happily pass them on. I reckon he`d do a deal with the restorable VP for anyone with an out of control Allegro addiction.

[flat4alfa]

by bramm77

[flat4alfa]

1976 AUSTIN ALLEGRO 1100 DL

 

PLW274R

 

MOT 24th June 2018

Registered owner changed October 2001

First registered September 1976

 

21/06/2017 MOT Pass

Mileage: 25,560 miles

+ 3 miles travelled since last MOT

 

 

[AnthonyG]

Considering the mileage, history and the likelihood of a very good condition car due to a long period of ownership by a genuine enthusiast, £1500 is pretty reasonable.

 

If I had a nice warm garage and a spare fifteen hundred quid I’d be interested, but at the moment I don’t have either. It is a lovely colour though.

[uk_senator]

Considering the mileage, history and the likelihood of a very good condition car due to a long period of ownership by a genuine enthusiast, £1500 is pretty reasonable.

 

If I had a nice warm garage and a spare fifteen hundred quid I’d be interested, but at the moment I don’t have either. It is a lovely colour though.

Well, its lived outdoors since he`s had it (16 years), and he`s managed to keep it looking this clean, so maybe the reports of them being well rustproofed earlier in this thread are indeed true..

[SiC]

Why has no-one bought this yet?

 

Is it because Christmas is coming and budgets are elsewhere? Or that this thread needs more pics before committing?

[FakeConcern]

Well I won't buy it as I've already owned a Tahiti blue All Agro Estate.

[uk_senator]

Why has no-one bought this yet?

 

Is it because Christmas is coming and budgets are elsewhere? Or that this thread needs more pics before committing?

I will try & go back next week for better pics, & of the VP as well.

[MarvinsMom]

YES! YES!

 

this we like.....

 

MORE PICS!!

 

please.

[SiC]

Manage to get any more pics today?

[uk_senator]

Manage to get any more pics today?

No, but I will be passing in the next couple of days, so I will get some if he`s in.

 

Theres a surprising amount of interest in it.

[uk_senator]

Battery flatted, so no news on running, but heres moah pix.. Note theres 2 bubbles under the rear screen, some surface on the front corners of the bonnet & at the bases of the A-pillars where they join the sills, as well as a couple of cracks on the dash top round the ashtray, otherwise, quite amazing nick.

Behold the blueness (& the vast quantities of rear leg room!):..

[SiC]

What paperwork is around for this beauty?

 

I'm currently struggling to find suitable storage around Newbury sort of area.

[uk_senator]

What paperwork is around for this beauty?

 

I'm currently struggling to find suitable storage around Newbury sort of area.

He said he thought he had some somewhere, but I wouldnt hold my breath..

 

There is a number of interested parties who are viewing it in the next week, I dont expect it to be hanging around for long.

[Alexg]

Mother f**ker! Look at all that base blue!!!

[BeEP]

Blimey, wishing I'd put my name forward now.  If interested party number one doesn't buy that there's something wrong with them!

[stephen01]

id buy this based on the pictures alone, replace outside pics for white room with bright lights £££££.

[BeEP]

id buy this based on the pictures alone, replace outside pics for white room with bright lights £££££.

 

I suspect it's quite likely this is what will happen.  Spend a morning sorting the red bits in the engine bay, paint the 'bib' black, take photos in white room or in front of a suitably impressive house and put a price tag of £2995 or more on it.

 

Hopefully the person at the front of the queue will just want to look after it and enjoy it though.

[trigger]

I've just read on Facebook that this has a deposit on it now.

[uk_senator]

I've just read on Facebook that this has a deposit on it now.

Really? Blimey, I didnt know that! See? I said it wouldnt be hanging around long!

[uk_senator]

I've just read on Facebook that this has a deposit on it now.

Having now seen the post on farcebork & spoken to his misses, I`d say he`s a budding speculator.. Which isnt what I wanted for it. As long as the nice giffer gets his dollarino`s & isnt battered down to £350, then fine.

 

Cest la viz or however you spell it..

[Squire_Dawson]

That is very impressive and a credit to the owner. Looks factory fresh. Whoever ordered this car new literally went for the cheapest most basic specification he could get. They didn't even order a brake servo. Still on single circuit brakes too.

[uk_senator]

That is very impressive and a credit to the owner. Looks factory fresh. Whoever ordered this car new literally went for the cheapest most basic specification he could get. They didn't even order a brake servo. Still on single circuit brakes too.

The noise on motorways & heavy brakes were the reasons he gave for letting it go.

 

Cant be many that still have an undrilled radio facia either.

[Squire_Dawson]

Aye, there was no sound deadening except the carpet. Fitting some of the old-style jute sound deadening under the carpet cuts the noise level drastically. I wouldn't say the unassisted brakes needed much more pedal pressure as it was a different master cylinder to take account of that, but can see why an OAP would struggle.

[Merlin cat]

I would love that . Only done about 70 miles per year in the past decade according to MOT history

[Merlin cat]

Just read last posts. I hope it goes to a good home and they don't try and rip the old chap off. I bought a vw camper from a city centre garage in Sheffield. I wrote to previous owner to ask about history. He rang me up and I went round as he had a few spares I could have. Turns out the chap had owned it 30 yrs, his wife had died and he had a bit of dementia. His mechanic who he had used all those years told him no one wanted these old campers and gave him £3000. What a git!! I paid £6500 prob 2 weeks later. A good price. The old chap thought I'd been ripped off. I didn't put him straight as I thought that would be unfair. I wanted to punch the garage man but he was massive!

[blguy1975]

It is always this way when a Car Is undersold sad but true

Are the other cars for sale as well ?

[uk_senator]

It is always this way when a Car Is undersold sad but true

Are the other cars for sale as well ?

Not at the moment, in theory his 1980 VP will be next, but he`s not ready to let it go quite yet.

[uk_senator]

Guess what... The bloke I gave first refusal to didnt turn up.. The elderly gent had charged the battery, taken it round the block to clean the disks off & washed it ready as well, so he wasnt impressed..

Anyway, I`ve now heard it running, it started from cold beautifully, theres no tappet noise, no rough running & its running sweet as a nut. I don't think I've ever heard a quieter, smoother A-Series.

I`ll stick a video on youtube.

[trigger]

So after him putting a big post up on the Allegro page asking what it was worth and on the retro caravan page and then telling everyone that he had left a deposit on it and was buying it he's bailed out on the sale and not even bothered turning up.

 

What's wrong with people?