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1 hour ago, goosey said:

Lowline ?

is that to do with the spec ? 

Had to wiki that one

The Zodiac and Zephyr were also offered in two body styles, the "Highline" and "Lowline", depending on the year of manufacture — the difference being 1.75 in (44 mm) being cut from the height of the roof panel. The "Highline" variant featured a hemispherical instrument cluster, whereas the "Lowline" had a more rectangular panel.

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43 minutes ago, D.E said:

22k miles, £750

Despite the miles, the MOT history is 'reassuring'

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Honda XL250S Barn find restoration project | eBay

'it’s had a crash at some time but the damage is just clocks handle bars cables etc. The rest of the bike is really nice'

My hamster got ran over by an ERF car transporter once. It broke it's backbone, tail, head, legs, body and ears. But the rest of it was really nice.

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'never race..not done 1 lap'

Given that the front brake line seems to be some garden hose held on with a cable tie, it's probs just as well, M8.

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21 hours ago, grogee said:

Curious Maestro mystery. Can any BL lickers tell me if digital dash was an option on 1.3L spec? I thought it was only MG/VDP that could have it.

Anyway, good donor for bits for mine, but may skyrocket in price due to digital dash 80s mania.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/334722859896?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0&ssspo=lNKbcVwyRI6&sssrc=2349624&ssuid=2Z40wC2iSsq&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY

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17 hours ago, High Jetter said:

Am pretty sure it wasn't, at least 1.6HL or above.

The digital dash on the Maestro was standard fit on VP and MG  1600 versions. Optional extra on the 1.6HLS. It was an option for early EFi engined MGs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Maestro#Novel_features

Some way down on this page.

https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maestro/lc10-development-story/

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34 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

 

The digital dash on the Maestro was standard fit on VP and MG  1600 versions. Optional extra on the 1.6HLS. It was an option for early EFi engined MGs

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Maestro#Novel_features

Some way down on this page.

https://www.aronline.co.uk/cars/austin/maestro/lc10-development-story/

That's what I thought. Yet this is a 1.3L with digital dash. Which would be unremarkable except I'm struggling to work out how it was integrated onto a 1.3 A-series, if the only factory options were 1.6 or 2.0. The underbonnet shot doesn't seem to show any fudged wiring (admittedly hard to tell among the BL Spaghetti).

Is it a Bitsa car? Bitsa this, bitsa that?

Either way it's BIN at £750, a steal* for 80s digital CoMpUtErIzEd space age.

Not obvious from the eBay pics whether it's got the talking module, which sits to the left of the instruments - I thought digital = talking, but maybe not in this case.

Curiouser and curiouser.

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