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Title: This made me laugh
Post by: from edge2edge on June 17, 2011, 01:23:32 pm
I havent exactly been doing too well lately and was driving to my job today when i spotted a customised allegro of all things which really made me laugh   the sheer gaul of the man       Regards Alan(swindon)
Title: Re: This made me laugh
Post by: M.Acorn on June 17, 2011, 03:07:06 pm
Oh dear,my mum used to have one of those,back in the 80'a was a pile of sheite then,she also had a Hillman avenger,which I wrote off for her while she was away in holiday,before I had passed my test  ::)  She should have hidden the keys
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Post by: Dennis on June 17, 2011, 05:18:15 pm
My mum had an automatic Avenger in the early 80's, I used to borrow it to go to work, used to really shift.
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Post by: Jim_77 on June 17, 2011, 05:23:27 pm
My mate used to borrow his mum's allegro, obviously it was 70's poo-brown colour.

We called it the "Land Crab", it was kind of cool I suppose 8)
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Post by: John Kelly on June 17, 2011, 05:24:36 pm
I hired one years ago, you know what one of the best cars I've driven.
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Post by: Colin Day on June 17, 2011, 05:25:41 pm
We spotted one in Falmouth a couple of weeks ago... My late uncle Harry ("Knicker Sniffer") had an Allegro and upgraded.... to a white Lada... ;D
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Post by: Helen on June 17, 2011, 06:16:08 pm
We spotted one in Falmouth a couple of weeks ago... My late uncle Harry ("Knicker Sniffer") had an Allegro and upgraded.... to a white Lada... ;D

At least it was white......my parents got a bright orange one and in all fairness it lasted for Bl**** years, built like a tank and drove like one too! (pre power steering) :)
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Post by: Helen on June 17, 2011, 06:17:30 pm
wasn't it the poor old allegro the top gear guys had it in for and got loads of complaints from the allegro association when they kept trashing them :D
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Post by: wynne jones on June 17, 2011, 06:22:09 pm
If you squint the back of an Allegro looks like a Porsche 928. And it has a cool steering wheel.   ;D
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Post by: Steve Gunn on June 17, 2011, 06:42:20 pm
I served my time on allegro's
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Post by: Colin Day on June 17, 2011, 06:54:06 pm
If you squint the back of an Allegro looks like a Porsche 928. And it has a cool steering wheel.   ;D

 ;D
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Post by: tomsy on June 17, 2011, 09:20:25 pm
My brother had an elderly Allegro and he caught some car thieves trying to nick it by winching it out of his driveway onto a flat-bed trailer!  Can you believe it?! A)Wanting to nick an Allegro!, and B) out of someone's (gated) drive, for heaven's sake.  That's Essex for you!   ;D 

Good job I moved.
Title: Re: This made me laugh
Post by: from edge2edge on June 17, 2011, 09:33:19 pm
Tomsy maybe its the car thieves equivalent of the fat bird on a stag night      Alan
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Post by: Simon@arenaclean on June 17, 2011, 09:52:24 pm
The ';Land Crab' was more commonly associated with the Austin 1800 which looked like a larger version of the Maxi ;D The top gear car that took the stick and got all the complaints from the owners club was the Marina. The reason for many a BL car going 'missing' was they made great bangers for oval racing, hard as nails but of course would never start and the front suspension used to collapse :D The ladas were also renown for their toughness as was the Austin 'wedge' princess. I also had an Avenger which was great fun eventually I put twin 40 webber carbs on with ported head, used to go like a bullet. Later I took it all of and put it into a Talbot sunbeam which was straight swap. The sunbeam put up with much tinkering including a Fiat super mirofori 2L engine and eventually a 2.8 ford essex V6 from a Granada. The most fun I had with my clothes on.
Title: Re: This made me laugh
Post by: cannon on June 17, 2011, 10:44:42 pm
I always remember my dads allegro when i was young,we went all over the country in it camping and stuff. I remenber us limping home in it on more than one occasional as well, always made it though.
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Post by: markpowell on June 17, 2011, 10:57:53 pm
 ;D