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Title: Allegro go go. Post by: Manky Monkey on October 25, 2020, 03:37:24 PM Spotted this afternoon in a local petrol station.
An Austin Allegro in chocolate brown with tan velour upholstery & beaded seat covers. A true classic. 8) Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: Manky Monkey on October 25, 2020, 03:38:43 PM .
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: Manky Monkey on October 25, 2020, 03:39:12 PM .
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: Manky Monkey on October 25, 2020, 03:39:40 PM .
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: BikerGran on October 25, 2020, 09:30:39 PM Must be getting quite rare now. Can't remember the last time I saw one even at a show.
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: Manky Monkey on October 25, 2020, 11:04:03 PM I was comparing it to the modern cars parked alongside & thought what a nice looking car it was.
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: flc on October 26, 2020, 06:28:29 AM I see a young lad most mornings coming the other way in one, in the superb hearing aid beige colour, I can't make my mind up if his grandad gave it to him as his first car or if he's a genuine inthusiast, he always waves when I'm in the bug so he may be a petrol head 8)
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: Tony oily bike on October 26, 2020, 09:04:31 AM Harris Mann's original design.
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: Manky Monkey on October 26, 2020, 12:55:58 PM Cool!
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: BikerGran on October 26, 2020, 05:25:33 PM Yes they looked good but they were rustbuckets!
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: hornet6 on October 26, 2020, 06:49:34 PM I can remember them being call the All Aggro.
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: jevi on October 27, 2020, 07:34:54 PM Last one I saw would have been in the 70's when it's front end collapsed as it was turning into the road junction outside my school. British engineering at it's best
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: Manky Monkey on October 28, 2020, 07:55:35 PM :P
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: minimutly on November 22, 2020, 10:35:00 PM Actually allegro front suspension was based on the Austin 1100 design - millions sold and driven to a rusty grave without suspension issues. I suspect the one you saw was collapsed due to a broken lower balljoint, probably lack of maintenance. Easy to knock British engineering, sometimes warranted (the Allagro ended up being one of the ugliest cars around imho due to commitee design), but we'll still buy crap French and over priced German cars?
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: BikerGran on November 23, 2020, 09:02:52 PM But wasn't the 1100 the same as the mini? Front wheels used to fall off them regularly!
Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: minimutly on December 04, 2020, 11:39:17 PM Only the first ones produced BG, like 1959...
They made the metal thicker after that. Title: Re: Allegro go go. Post by: BikerGran on December 09, 2020, 10:49:13 PM That would be about right cos when I was 17 and I and my friends were driving they'd have had the old ones!
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