Austin Maxi

[lesapandre]

  On 27/01/2020 at 17:53, ETCHY said:

So, what are people's thoughts do you prefer the early front without the vertical grille badge or the later front with it?

Whilst I like both i'm erring slightly more towards the earlier front, as I like the clean lines & overrider bumpers.

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Can I say neither. IMHO? The VW Golf look was the way to go - black out the grille and put a large 'Leyland Wheel' floating in the centre like the VW roundel - with 'Austin' or 'Maxi' to the right. Would have bought the car bang up to date.

But of the options on offer - unsubdivided...imagine the Golf with a fussy centre fillet in the middle. No.

[keef]

  On 27/01/2020 at 19:49, ETCHY said:

Flipping heck  ☹️

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There's a drain hole at the bottom that gets blocked and the resulting build up of water, salt, leaves etc. Rots the subframe from inside and eventually the tie rod falls off and the wheel splays out!

[High Jetter]

I think I prefer the later grille, but could be because I'm just more used to seeing them.

[quicksilver]

  On 27/01/2020 at 17:53, ETCHY said:

So, what are people's thoughts do you prefer the early front without the vertical grille badge or the later front with it?

Whilst I like both i'm erring slightly more towards the earlier front, as I like the clean lines & overrider bumpers.

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My preference is for the shield badge, ideally on a black and chrome HLS grille and colour matched to the car, which funnily enough is what YDU (incorrectly) wears. The unadorned chrome grille of the cable changers looks far too plain. Some Maxi 2s had an all-black grille with the blue/green rectangle badge, and some also had all-black bumpers, no doubt a vain attempt to make them look more suited to the 1980s.

LOJ 921X - 1981 Austin Maxi 2 1.7 L by Adam Floyd, on Flickr

[keef]

Sill there @louiepj?

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https://s1294.photobucket.com/user/Joeyspud/media/autoshite/20161201_092150_zpstr4tdslb.jpg.html

[ETCHY]

  On 28/01/2020 at 16:00, keef said:

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It looks good on those wheels.

[lesapandre]

They are larger? Off an 1800 or some such? Gives the car a more agressive stance which is what it needed to shake off it's Terry and June look. 

Will the 6-cylinder as fitted to Wolseley 1800 fit in one of these? A kind of BMC VR6.

[keef]

  On 22/01/2020 at 19:29, omegod said:

We had a near luminous yellow/green Maxi 1750 which I remember well,

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Do you have the index number?

[keef]

  On 28/01/2020 at 18:26, lesapandre said:

They are larger? Off an 1800 or some such? 

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1800 are 5 stud.

The MGB wheels fit and I think they are 14", so lower profile tyres are used.

[bunglebus]

  On 27/01/2020 at 20:01, lesapandre said:

Can I say neither. IMHO? The VW Golf look was the way to go - black out the grille and put a large 'Leyland Wheel' floating in the centre like the VW roundel - with 'Austin' or 'Maxi' to the right. Would have bought the car bang up to date.

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  On 27/01/2020 at 22:17, quicksilver said:

Some Maxi 2s had an all-black grille with the blue/green rectangle badge, and some also had all-black bumpers, no doubt a vain attempt to make them look more suited to the 1980s.

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Looks like BL knew that too! Mk2 Escort looks very similar to the Golf in round headlight spec (to me anyway)

 

[Austat]

  On 28/01/2020 at 15:52, keef said:

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Is that DDF 911L? I remember when it was listed on eBay back in late March as "Banger racer" which had me worried, so it's good to see it's been saved.

[keef]

  On 29/01/2020 at 06:45, Austat said:

Is that DDF 911L? I remember when it was listed on eBay back in late March as "Banger racer" which had me worried, so it's good to see it's been saved.

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No idea: it's a pic posted in another thread on here, but to answer your concerns :-

 

 

DDF 911L

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[keef]

I have been trying to find the screendump of the streetview of this. I know I had or at least have seen it.

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[keef]

  On 10/01/2020 at 19:00, greengartside said:

I’ll throw in these couple of Maxi 2’s that were acquired by my local scrapyard in the past couple of years.

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As found :-

[keef]

  On 10/01/2020 at 19:00, greengartside said:

I’ll throw in these couple of Maxi 2’s that were acquired by my local scrapyard in the past couple of years.

 

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Found, recovered then dumped by a friend as he couldn't get it off the trailer!

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[lesapandre]

Seems the Maxi name has returned as a big VW Caddy type van. I assume the model name/trademark is no longer registed by BMW or the Chinese or whoever hold these legacy BMC car marque and model names or it's not something they care about? They would hardly go to court over it.

Who owns the Austin and Morris marque names these days? Austin by the Chinese I  think and Morris by BMW? I assume they are completely moribund.  BMW own Riley and Wolseley I think. There is amusingly a BMC racing cycle team and BMC bikes - Italian I think.  Always makes me laugh when I see the name - if you have a long memory it looks so nostalgic.

[ETCHY]

  On 29/01/2020 at 17:41, keef said:

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Nice, I like them in that sort of condition just looks used/loved but not overly shiny.

Interesting reg' NHK & an M suffix very similar to the Sweeney Consul GT !

[lesapandre]

  On 29/01/2020 at 17:41, keef said:

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My 1954 Austin A30 had one of those 'click' bonnet stays just the same - for the boot lid. That part had a very long life.

[keef]

PCM 310J

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[greengartside]

  On 29/01/2020 at 15:57, keef said:

Found, recovered then dumped by a friend as he couldn't get it off the trailer!

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The rear plate lives on in my shed.

 

my avatar also contains Maxi action.

I can’t remember where I first saw the picture but WRR 836G is seen here dumped in a Nottingham side street in March 1985.

[keef]

  On 30/01/2020 at 09:50, greengartside said:

I can’t remember where I first saw the picture but WRR 836G is seen here dumped in a Nottingham side street in March 1985.

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Can you recover and store it for me please? LOL

 

 

WRR 836G

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[adw1977]

I've never seen a Maxi with the AUSTIN lettering on the bonnet combined with the later grille.  Presumably a replacement grille.

[keef]

  On 30/01/2020 at 16:40, adw1977 said:

I've never seen a Maxi with the AUSTIN lettering on the bonnet combined with the later grille.  Presumably a replacement grille.

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 Are you referring to WRR 836G?Looks like it is the cable change grille with a rod change sheild added to it.

[keef]

yuck!

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https://www.flickr.com/groups/austinmaxi/pool/