Can we talk about the Austin Allegro VP

Can we talk about the Austin Allegro VP

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Welshbeef

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49,633 posts

197 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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As with any car of age it seems these days they are "increasing in value"/future classic.

So I present to you the Austin Allegro Venden plas a car which came ins lovely pallet had the key ingredient chrome grill rear trays a la aeroplane and champagne flute holders.


PHmember

2,487 posts

170 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Coffee.

Try coffee first.

craigdub

178 posts

134 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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stephen300o

15,464 posts

227 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Let us test the ambiguity of no.

williamp

19,213 posts

272 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Shame they went down the luxury route. If they had gone sporty with it, with some tasty 14" alloys, low profile tyres and claled it something like s-line or M-sport they would have done much better.


Welshbeef

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49,633 posts

197 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Surely someone might turn one into the ultimate sleeper - slipping in a SL63 bi turbo v12 600bhp monster to it with side exhausts.


Rust retained for originality

wormus

14,499 posts

202 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Normally I defend old cars but simply cannot when it comes to the Agro. We had 2 in my family, a 1300 in Sand Glow orange and a 1750 sport in baby poo green. Both were slow, rubbish and testimony to a lazy British car industry on the edge of collapse.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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williamp said:
Shame they went down the luxury route. If they had gone sporty with it, with some tasty 14" alloys, low profile tyres and claled it something like s-line or M-sport they would have done much better.
Something like this, p'raps?



wormus

14,499 posts

202 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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TooMany2cvs said:
Looks like she's been run over?

marmitemania

1,566 posts

141 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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williamp said:
Shame they went down the luxury route. If they had gone sporty with it, with some tasty 14" alloys, low profile tyres and claled it something like s-line or M-sport they would have done much better.
I give you the Allegro Equipe 0-70 10 seconds sports graphics and twin carb!


TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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wormus said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Looks like she's been run over?
No, you fool. That's seductive, that is...

Welshbeef

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49,633 posts

197 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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marmitemania said:
I give you the Allegro Equipe 0-70 10 seconds sports graphics and twin carb!

0-70 in 10 seconds is for the time respectable - on par with a Maestro GTI or 205 GTI

LittleEnus

3,218 posts

173 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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marmitemania said:
I give you the Allegro Equipe 0-70 10 seconds sports graphics and twin carb!

I quite like that.

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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LittleEnus said:
I quite like that.
Good luck with the search...
https://www.howmanyleft.co.uk/vehicle/austin_alleg...

Welshbeef

Original Poster:

49,633 posts

197 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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TooMany2cvs said:
Why did they halve from 60 to 30 in 1995?


Could this actually be more rare than some exotic Fezzas?

TooMany2cvs

29,008 posts

125 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Welshbeef said:
TooMany2cvs said:
Why did they halve from 60 to 30 in 1995?
Because 30 were scrapped that year.

Mr2Mike

20,143 posts

254 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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Welshbeef said:
So I present to you the Austin Allegro Venden plas a car which came ins lovely pallet
Delivered by fork lift on a large wood tray?

Welshbeef

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49,633 posts

197 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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TooMany2cvs said:
Because 30 were scrapped that year.
But to have 50% of all cars reach end of life together seems unusual.
Unless of course Austin where ahead of the curve and built in obsellesance

stephen300o

15,464 posts

227 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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"And when we fondly look back at the Austin Allegro, then we know that we have truly hit a bad spell"

:Abraham Lincoln

daemon

35,724 posts

196 months

Sunday 7th February 2016
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This was for sale on ebay a while ago.

I fancied it with the wheels done back to original stag spec, and a light tidy up.



http://retrorides.proboards.com/thread/167903/1979...