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[Rick]

[baconsdozen]

I had an Allegro and I think it just became one of those cars that it was fashionable to ridicule.
Mine never let me down and I can't remember anything on it that was difficult or required special tools.
At the same time I had an Afla Romeo and I'm sure the body was some sort of papermache,great lumps of it dissolved in the rain whereas the Allego seems made of sterner stuff.
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[Kelsham]

I agree with Bakers dozen, I used to tow start a neighbours upright Ford every morning in 1963 to start it during the bad winter.

Of course it was in poor condition. Some of the Fords would actually start or so I am told.

I later had an Anglia which apart from a faint smoke trail always started and ran well.

I quite fancy an Allegro, especially an estate. Give a dog a bad name springs to mind.

Regards Kels.

[barryG]

I had an Allegro with the 1750 engine. It rode well and went like stink but drunk oil faster than fuel! In the space of a year the head gasket went twice, clutch slave cylinder went, alternator and starter motor packed up and then one of the driveshafts broke, I nursed it home and backed it up outside our flat trying to decide what to do with it, and then I touched the brakes and nowt happened... the servo had sucked all the fluid out and that sealed its fate! Off to the scrapyard it went, never again...

[Scotty]

Like a number of previous posters here, I too had an Allegro and it was no worse than many of the other BL products I've owned over the years. If anything it was a good car (for a Red Robbo product!), never broke down and was comfortable - although the "Quadratic" steering wheel was the first thing to come off when I bought the car.

My only issue in three years of ownership was the two rubber straps fitted to the rear underside which apparently stopped it dropping too far down in the event the driver got the car off the ground! They tended to break every now and then, but that said they were an easy fix.

My friend bought a Vanden Plas version at the Glasgow car auctions and we loved it, all £95 of it - a mini Rolls Royce.

[rob needs]

I used to work with a brickie who had owned 13 of them,of course back in the 80's there were more about.He would pick them up for peanuts,we were on one job and he spotted one over the road,bloke says its yours for £150.
It was a brown estate and in bloody good nick. Didn't they say if you jacked the back too much the rear screen would pop out !And what about that square steering wheel they had on one model.

[Jim.Walker]

[victor 101]

Might have been the Hillman Avenger, fitting a sunroof was not advised due to loss of rigidity.

[Rick]

I remember reading of either F-Type Victors or PA Crestas having rear screens pop out if jacked up incorrectly, and I've a vague recollection of the same applying to Aggro saloons?

While on the subject of collapsing/wonky cars, a friend told me a tale of when someone he knew proudly pulled up at his place in his newly-purchased classic (I don't recall what it was now), complete with five family members on board for the ride.

So bad was it that when they tried to open the doors, they were all jammed shut. The only way out was for my pal to jack up under the floor, to enable the doors to open and allow everyone to disembark.

RJ
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[Kelsham]

I had a friend who had a NSU Prinz, she did even better no need to jack it up to dislodge the rear window it popped out as she took a sharp bend.

If that has happened to an Allegro I have yet to hear of it.

Regards Kels.

[peter scott]

[Jim.Walker]

[peter scott]

[john-saab]