lesapandre Posted October 8, 2020 Share Posted October 8, 2020 Well known advertising trope - use small people in ads to make your product look big. Gauntlet was BL's used car trade dealer guarantee - indemnifying a 3 yo Marina must have been fun after a mauling from the first owner. I bet there are some tales to be told... I wonder if the guy in the Jeep survived - it looks precarious just standing still - it's Noddy's cousin....Big Crash. Fuel tank in front over the engine and little chain on the door. adw1977 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted October 11, 2020 Share Posted October 11, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-Maxi-1750-HL-1979-59800-Miles/284039642008?_trkparms=aid%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D225076%26meid%3D1368addc8f7c4f128d3acd52b7cdc32f%26pid%3D100010%26rk%3D5%26rkt%3D12%26sd%3D254743710523%26itm%3D284039642008%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DDefaultOrganic&_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109 yannbeam, mk2_craig and keef 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2020 Share Posted October 12, 2020 Couldn't get the reg of this two tone one today keef and Austat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 On 10/13/2020 at 6:49 AM, bunglebus said: Couldn't get the reg of this two tone one today That would be RAR 540L which is used as a background car for the film and television trade. Originally plain blue but later became two-tone (perhaps a partial vinyl wrap or something to cover up rust?). It can be seen in A Very English Scandal and Court Arthur Strong before it received a two-tone paint job. timolloyd, Vince70, LightBulbFun and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flat4alfa Posted November 1, 2020 Share Posted November 1, 2020 https://postimg.cc/gallery/QDHsX4g 2 hours ago, Austat said: RAR 540L Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted November 6, 2020 Share Posted November 6, 2020 From one of my Faceache groups LightBulbFun, adw1977, Austat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-maxi-1500/184548121062?hash=item2af7ecd9e6:g:8QAAAOSws0hfurHx keef, Mr Laurence, tooSavvy and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Lady with binos - 'And there's more over there'. Bored dog - ' FAL333J doesn't exist on the MOT/Tax checker, but 1 of the 3's is a different type face to the others, which piqued my interest for a second or two and probably means it had a short, hard life'. Asimo and Austat 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Is binocular-lady in a maxi or a landcrab? - discuss. martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timolloyd Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 Definitely a maxi dress martc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 9 minutes ago, Asimo said: Is binocular-lady in a maxi or a landcrab? - discuss. The door looks familiar, I just can't quite place it... Asimo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big_al_granvia Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 the maxi was the 1st car i drove after passing my test, the college had a fleet of barely legal cars for the yts boys to fix, practice etc on. now back in 92 this maxi wouls hadd been barely 15 years old and it was regularly welded and fixed. as a rookie going from a nearly new micra to that, aye i learned how to drive that day... weird thing now is that most off our fleet is older with a lot more miles on the clock. perhaps it is an experience thing, 28?? years driving means you can jump in anything and drive it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 53 minutes ago, Asimo said: Is binocular-lady in a maxi or a landcrab? - discuss. Landcrab is my vote after Googling the dashboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Isaac Hunt Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 5 hours ago, bunglebus said: Landcrab is my vote after Googling the dashboards Landcrab Of Austin or Morris, the strip dash gives it away as doenthe glimpse of rounded wing top on the front wing. Om a Maxi dash, you walk the plank Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Jetter Posted December 13, 2020 Share Posted December 13, 2020 She is in, or out of, an 1800/2200. OK, knees are out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retr0naut Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/704658840438680/ Added here for posterity Austat and LightBulbFun 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retr0naut Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 Norman update MOT. passed with no advisory's again! Researched the VIN . Norman was actually made in 1979 but registered later. It has been very wet around these parts of last so we didn't risk driving through the floodwater. chodweaver, Austat, ETCHY and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted December 28, 2020 Share Posted December 28, 2020 On 11/1/2020 at 11:38 PM, Austat said: That would be RAR 540L which is used as a background car for the film and television trade. Originally plain blue but later became two-tone (perhaps a partial vinyl wrap or something to cover up rust?). It can be seen in A Very English Scandal and Court Arthur Strong before it received a two-tone paint job. Oddly enough I watched the safari park episode of Count Arthur Strong last night and even Mrs P commented how she liked the blue car he had. It looked to be in cracking condition Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted January 3, 2021 Share Posted January 3, 2021 Apologies for a pic of the telly, but I thought you might appreciate YNW324S which I spotted in old archive footage about the Yorkshire Ripper keef 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted February 16, 2021 Share Posted February 16, 2021 I found a higher resolution photo of the car my dad learnt to drive in back in 1980, a '74 HL: Any idea on what the silver BL colour is called? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted March 2, 2021 Share Posted March 2, 2021 Found on Facebook Austat, adw1977 and keef 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 Spotted this in Perth showing an old street scene JeeExEll, Austat and keef 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted May 13, 2021 Share Posted May 13, 2021 And one from Facebook Austat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted May 14, 2021 Share Posted May 14, 2021 15 hours ago, bunglebus said: And one from Facebook tooSavvy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Austat Posted May 28, 2021 Share Posted May 28, 2021 Currently on Farcebook Marketplace, WOD 389S. £1100: https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/324776889037399/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search&referral_story_type=post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted October 12, 2021 Share Posted October 12, 2021 Found on Flickr adw1977 and tooSavvy 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunglebus Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 A couple on FriendFace https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3133198286998049/ https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/758952001937727/ anonymous user and keef 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anonymous user Posted June 3, 2022 Share Posted June 3, 2022 It looks very swish in black. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
666jjp Posted February 20, 2023 Share Posted February 20, 2023 https://forum.retro-rides.org/thread/224200/1982-austin-maxi-1750hl-8995?page=1&scrollTo=2771386 keef 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnthonyG Posted February 21, 2023 Share Posted February 21, 2023 That two-tone one featured in an episode of Endeavour, last series I think as set in 1972 or 73. A fleet of minicabs was involved in the story, at least 2 Maxis which were then filmed in a way that implied the cab firm had 4 or 5. The Maxis appeared quite a bit as the minicabs were integral to the story, I remember the rather odd two-tone colour scheme which would have been very out of fashion in the early 1970s. keef 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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