brownnova Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Whoop whoop!!! Do not paint!!! That would be my only advice! theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Gorgeous car, wish it was mine theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Gorgeous car, wish it was mineThanks, there is a lovely looking Brooklands Green one for sale near Slough it is on one the Maxi Facebook pages jonathan_dyane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Huzzah!!! Well done - another one saved! Yes and the dangerous thing is I know of two more in a farmyard near me and another which has sat under a car cover for the last few years! Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Whoop whoop!!! Do not paint!!! That would be my only advice! Well I certainly won't be respraying it for a year or two but I do need to treat and touch up all the little rust scabs which have formed. It won't be concors but it should be a presentable usable car. Mrs6C 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrett Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Looks great as-is. Just slather it in Ankor Wax and be done with it theorganist and Skizzer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Looks great as-is. Just slather it in Ankor Wax and be done with itThanks for that it looks like useful stuff. Will order some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felly Magic Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Maxi-mum respect here theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Nice save! I still feel bad about the one I used to ride past, in a tumble-down barn on the North Downs. Long since cleared, sadly theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amishtat Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Well done! theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonathan_dyane Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Is it the last of the Hydralastic Maxi’s or early Hydragas? Also can I have first dibs if you decide to sell in the future? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quicksilver Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Yay, another Maxi lives! I'm guessing this one is Hydrolastic as 1978 was the changeover year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 30, 2018 Share Posted December 30, 2018 Get some yacht varnish on the paint to preserve that finish, and when the hydrolastic units sag you can pop along to a Dubber meet and be belle of the ball! Seriously quality save. That car in that condition reminded me of the mid eighties where every other BL Car looked like that theorganist, egg and GrumpiusMaximus 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Is it the last of the Hydralastic Maxi’s or early Hydragas? Also can I have first dibs if you decide to sell in the future?Yes a late hydralastic one although I had a 1978 one before which was the last of the hydralastic. Yes of course but with the blood, sweat (not all mine) and tears (and money) expended on this one it will be some way off yet. There were a glut of "project" Maxi's for sale on ebay just before Christmas something I hadn't seen for a few years. The owners club classified page usually has one or two for sale, this is where I saw this one. jonathan_dyane 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share Posted December 30, 2018 Thanks for all the encouraging words, I cannot really take any credit for the mechanical work done as most of it was done by my garage but going forward (I hate that expression) I will shall be spending some time tidying her up and attempting some mechanical repairs if they arise. egg 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plasticvandan Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 My dad had one the same colour,I think on a v plate,when I was a toddler,he had a brown&primer one at the same time,which somewhere I have pics of,c.1990, the orange one was apparently taken for an mot where the tester asked how far he had driven it there,as he shouldn't really let him drive if back... And it was only ten years old! Incidentally my grandad worked at long bridge in the 70s,and had a succession of maxis,no other bl cars,maybe he knew something? theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Superb. That thing just looks like the 1980s. Can I suggest an aerial made from a coat hanger to complete the look? Tadhg Tiogar, GrumpiusMaximus and theorganist 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulscavalier Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 As they say elsewhere what a lovely patina you're maxi has theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captain_70s Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 That looks ace. Jealous of your quality filler work, mine usually looks like somebody has dumped a load of porridge on the car and then painted over it... theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cavcraft Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Well played and nicely saved. You deserve huge credit for saving it and bringing it back to life, hat truly doffed. LightBulbFun and theorganist 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tooSavvy Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Total '1800' crab going on in the 3/4 view (of hatch) theorganist and chaseracer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 That looks ace. Jealous of your quality filler work, mine usually looks like somebody has dumped a load of porridge on the car and then painted over it...Cheers it was the first time I have really used filler. Touching up the paint is probably where I will make a pigs ear of it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theorganist Posted December 31, 2018 Author Share Posted December 31, 2018 Well played and nicely saved. You deserve huge credit for saving it and bringing it back to life, hat truly doffed.Thank you and thanks to everyone for the encouragement. It is good to see there is still some love for the old Maxi. tooSavvy and forddeliveryboy 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chaseracer Posted December 31, 2018 Share Posted December 31, 2018 Total '1800' crab going on in the 3/4 view (of hatch) Similar doors, apparently. Off the Honda Accord. And Princess Anne had one, too. Mebbe. theorganist 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christine Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 To organist and keef etc..Launch test article from an old CCC click pic to go big Amishtat, adw1977, jonathan_dyane and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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