New austin allegro forum

[hillmanimpman]

hi everyone i have started a new forum for the austin allegro because the club one doen't let non-members onto there forum.
if you own an allegro please show your support also i require mods/admins to help me develop the site if can help please send me a message here or contact me on the forum.
hope to see you there
http://austinallegro.forumotion.co.uk/

[TriumphDriver]

I see even Allegros aren't immune. They're discussing putting an A-series turbo engine into an Allegro?
I like period mods or even a similar but more powerful engine eg Triumph 1500 into a 1200, but why oh why do some people think that old car + old engine - ANY old engine - is an improvement or even desireable?
I like Allegros, the discussion on the Quartic steering wheel confirms what I always believed - people are actively seeking them to retro-fit. Maybe in a few years, owners will be trying to source the original engine for their car, or an original gearbox they threw away for a Type 9? Or will they just dump them as uneconomic?

[M Paul Lloyd]

I had a 1750 HL in a sort of sand/green colour with a dirt brown vinyl roof, mustard velour and a round steering wheel (no quadratic eccentricty for me Lol) with a dash that matched the roof mmmm....... lovely.
Anyway it was a brilliant car, its only drawback was the slightly silly little boot.
Now if it had been a hatchback........

[TriumphDriver]

Now if it had been a hatchback........

The Allegro estate was a good car, very practical as a cheap load-carrier.

[JPB]

... and an excellent source of those odd-shaped rear side windows for kitten owners who want glass ones in their cars.

In serious mode though, on the Allegro wagon; why does it rot so spectacularly when Allegro saloons seem, if anything, far less prone than most of their contemporaries?
I'd join and ask the question there but couldn't understand the default language at the forum when I had a look.

[Aar0sc]

I'd join and ask the question there but couldn't understand the default language at the forum when I had a look.

It just needs a bit of punctuation and Capital Letters at the Start of Sentances - it'd probably make a lot more sense then.

That or its in Welsh...

[Luxobarge]

[It just needs a bit of punctuation and Capital Letters at the Start of Sentences ...

And spelling (corrected your post for you BTW) and grammar, and vocabulary and sentence construction......

[mr rusty]

The Allegro estate was a good car, very practical as a cheap load-carrier.

.........I would disagree with that! They were terrible as load carriers which is probably why so few Allegro or ADO16 estates survive now, and probably why BL never considered a commercial version. There were Marina vans, Minor vans, A35 vans, etc, but never an Allegro van.

What made the saloon version ride a million times better than a cart sprung Ford Escort or Vauxhall Viva was it's hydragas, unfortunately however when you load the back of an estate up with heavy stuff it shoves all the fluid to the front end and makes it point seiously skywards- not a problem in a hydropneumatic Citroen because the height corrector levels off the back end to compensate, but a bit of a problem with hydragas.

[TriumphDriver]

I wasn't thinking industrial strength; just a few light but bulky objects that wouldn't fit in the saloon boot...

[M Paul Lloyd]

Ah yes the squashy hydrogas suspension, both its greatest asset............... and weakness.
As for rust I seem to recall wheel arches, sills and floor went in very Mini-like fashion. I got to compare mine with a slightly older SAAB which for all intents and purposes looked as good as new.
I rest my case about the hatch idea though but would also like to add that they would have sold a lot more to German customers if British Leyland had exported the 1750 version rather than the 1500, with its fifth gear and higher bhp it was perfect for autobahn motoring.

Oh for a time machine.