[from edge2edge]

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)

[M.Acorn]

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

[Dennis]

My mum had an automatic Avenger in the early 80's, I used to borrow it to go to work, used to really shift.

[Jim_77]

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

[John Kelly]

I hired one years ago, you know what one of the best cars I've driven.

[Colin Day]

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...

[Helen]

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...

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)

[Helen]

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

[wynne jones]

If you squint the back of an Allegro looks like a Porsche 928. And it has a cool steering wheel.   

[Steve Gunn]

I served my time on allegro's

[Colin Day]

If you squint the back of an Allegro looks like a Porsche 928. And it has a cool steering wheel.   

 

[tomsy]

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!    

Good job I moved.

[from edge2edge]

Tomsy maybe its the car thieves equivalent of the fat bird on a stag night      Alan

[Simon@arenaclean]

The ';Land Crab' was more commonly associated with the Austin 1800 which looked like a larger version of the Maxi 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 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.

[cannon]

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.

[markpowell]