Was it you??? My mate Rods pointed it out. In stunning brown too. Please let us know as he's after the Vanden Plas version.

its me runabout:D

Nice motor the All Agro.

Oh God are there still any of those d*mn things running?

Thought we'd scrapped the last one when the missus had her MoT last time...

http://www.islandsoftware.co.uk/allegro.jpg

[Edited by softwizz - 10/26/2002 12:57:44 AM]

Lush.....

Steve.

but a square steering wheel


why?

OMG u found a similar version. Will have to ring up Rods and let him copy that pic(if its alright). He lives for those motors!!!

PopeyeP1, by all means use the pic, though it's sh*te because it was captured from some video and is low-res and the wrong aspect ratio.

If your friend wants to talk Allegros, tell him to email my wife Gill at gobananas@beautifulbaboon.com - she's besotted by them.

Sotwizz,

I thought we were sad we the Scoobs..but an all agro, don't know what to say.

Steve.

Some of us have this cross to bear...

The problem is, Gill is an artist with a particular taste for 1970's style. To her, a car is not a way of getting from A to B, it's a cross between a mobile fashion statement and a craft showroom. Her first car was an Allegro 1300 in yellow, and I've had to support that, and a Vanden Plas 1500 in Denim Blue, as well as UAN767S, over the years. Fortunately they are all now cut up.

After a huge amount of negotiation she agreed to accept an Inca orange 1972 BMW 2002Tii as a replacement for UAN, just on the fact that its three-box shape was to her a style icon of the period. Heh heh! It has a set of fat tyres on oversize rims, and a fantastic rorty exhaust that's so loud I took it to Kwikfit to see where the hole was (there wasn't one). It's not a supercar, but I'm not ashamed to drive the wife's car any longer!

http://www.software-wizard.com/tii.jpg


Note the tailor's dummy hands on the wheel, and the plastic flowers on the parcel shelf. This is mild treatment compared to what she did to her Allegros!

[Edited by softwizz - 10/26/2002 7:09:51 PM]

[Edited by softwizz - 10/26/2002 7:12:08 PM]

thanks so much for that. can't wait to tell Rods. does you're wife go to allegro functions??? wat a girl!!!!

Stop takin the pi$$ The Allegro was an absolute stunner in its day. So much so, I nearly swapped the Maxi for one in '76 but I would have missed the folding rear seats (make a terrific bed).
The brown you are referring to was called "russet brown" available from your friendly Austin Morris dealer;) Oh dear showing my age again:D........Blutes

Hey softwizz.......like the beemer mate:D......(seriously)

Southstar, if you like that one how about this one? I used it on the Exmoor run after my unfortunate experience in the STi Wagon the previous day...

http://www.software-wizard.com/bimmer.jpg