Austin Maestros

[rwd]

Definitely not my thing but seen these today

[ETCHY]

Cool.

They do look much better with the steel bumpers IMO.

[Cookiesouwest]

Hated them when they were new. Really like them now.

[chaseracer]

The green one appears to be sporting at least one late Rover P6 wheel trim.

[Fumbler]

Looks as if that house has gained one extra Maestro since its last photo. One for each family member?

[406V6]

Great pic. With three Maestros on the drive and three garages behind, what delights are stored in the garages ?

[Isopon]

44 minutes ago, 406V6 said:

Great pic. With three Maestros on the drive and three garages behind, what delights are stored in the garages ?

I bet there's 3 more maestro's inside 🤣🤣

[WillCarter]

1 hour ago, 406V6 said:

Great pic. With three Maestros on the drive and three garages behind, what delights are stored in the garages ?

MG Maestros 

[Rod/b]

I recognise this house, one of the Maestros has got a tow bar bumper protector that looks like it’s made out of bits of scrapped ship 

[Isopon]

6 hours ago, WillCarter said:

MG Maestros 

Coincidence?

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154473718023?_trkparms=aid%3D1110010%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.DISCCARDS%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20200818141627%26meid%3D3b1f008e072b42cdada3f3cc924e5dee%26pid%3D101110%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D1%26sd%3D274816224532%26itm%3D154473718023%26pmt%3D0%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2563228%26algv%3DDiscOrganicBase&_trksid=p2563228.c101110.m1982

 

[Vince70]

I can’t believe how solid it looks.

[tooSavvy]

Seller worked for Rover 10yr but never got the hang of spelling 'meastro'...

[LoftyvRS]

Always had a desire to own a late Maestro Turbo Diesel with the steel bumpers and 15" wheels. I cannot rationally explain this desire or intend to.

 

 

[sierraman]

I always pull this out when the subject of Maestros comes up. 

[willswitchengage]

Does that invalidate his home insurance. All the iron oxide coming off them can't be good for his house's foundations.

[Cookiesouwest]

Local on FB market

[tooSavvy]

Like 'our' toyota, on sale hereabouts....

Realistically priced to someone who might *Afford = Have some cash left to *Rolling resto it 

[Amishtat]

4 hours ago, LoftyvRS said:

Always had a desire to own a late Maestro Turbo Diesel with the steel bumpers and 15" wheels. I cannot rationally explain this desire or intend to.

 

 

I had one,and am therefore unable to help you explain or fulfil your desire. 

[Amishtat]

This was quite some degree better, which still isn't saying much. 

[Fumbler]

Now that.

That's a proper colour.

[sierraman]

Despite the Maestro being a bit tragic I really do like them. They are 100% Autoshite Gold. Back in the day they were considered bangers pretty much straight away once they got over about 5 years, probably due to a combination of slapdash quality and a generally naff image. If I remember rightly the last 5-6 years of production they were pretty much scaled back to just the City and Clubman, the MG and HLS were jettisoned round about 90/91?

[warch]

On 6/2/2021 at 5:45 PM, rwd said:

Definitely not my thing but seen these today

There is (was) a house in Banwell in Somerset that had one of the biggest breeding colonies of Maestros surviving in the UK. 

[montytom]

I once owned a maestro 1.3 with mg bodykit. I didnt really like it much. Much prefer the montegos

[Austin-Rover]

Superb cars, had more than I care to remember over the years. You could pick up some fantastic examples for noting in the noughties. Not so much now though! 😄

I 'graduated' to Montegos for a while, which was great for slightly plusher interiors and the more substantial feel that a saloon car brings over a hatch back.

I still own two Maestros, though they are both off the road and have been for some years.

[sierraman]

Where did you take them in the 2nd to last shot?

[rusty998]

53 minutes ago, sierraman said:

Where did you take them in the 2nd to last shot?

Yeah what @sierramansaid 👆

 

[UltraWomble]

This was my hearing aid beige City

 

[SiC]

On 6/2/2021 at 5:45 PM, rwd said:

Definitely not my thing but seen these today

That's in Banwell. You missed in the photo the huge amount of monarchy memorabilia on display in the window above!

[Austin-Rover]

7 hours ago, sierraman said:

Where did you take them in the 2nd to last shot?

It was only the one Maestro. The photo is taken at the side of the CV736 between Javea and Denia on the Costa Blanca.

[Fumbler]

1 hour ago, Austin-Rover said:

It was only the one Maestro. The photo is taken at the side of the CV736 between Javea and Denia on the Costa Blanca.

Bit of a rarity to have a Mk.1 LHD Maestro too.