One For Classic Car Fans.....

[figbat]

Those wheelarches spoil it.

I think I agree. At first I thought I liked it then I reeled in the boy racer in me and took another look and I tend to agree that the wheel arches don't really suit it. It's a beautiful car without them.

 

[Jameshow]

Those wheelarches spoil it.

Classic car flares imho.

 

[Jenkins]

The 1980's are calling

I spotted this a few months ago in a private garage and have been waiting for it to make an on road appearance, but didn't expect to see it in a used car lot. DVLA have it as a 2.0 and green!
Dull, boring and rare with only 20 Montegos road registered at the end of the first quarter of this year. It also becomes exempt from VED in 3.5 years (assuming it lasts that long)

 

[Rusty Nails]

The 1980's are calling

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I spotted this a few months ago in a private garage and have been waiting for it to make an on road appearance, but didn't expect to see it in a used car lot. DVLA have it as a 2.0 and green!
Dull, boring and rare with only 20 Montegos road registered at the end of the first quarter of this year. It also becomes exempt from VED in 3.5 years (assuming it lasts that long)

It's well past the time it should have survived. It'll probably go on forever.

 

[PeteXXX]

An old Renault TL? parked in my works car park

 

[mistyoptic]

Passed this on the A127 yesterday. No time for a better shot

 

[Ian H]

Chatted to the owner of this Slough-built Light 15. It has the original engine which he rebuilt, and was an unwitting auction purchase.

25 minutes later it had been replaced by this Riley. The owner might have to resort to the starting handle, as he'd left the lights on.

 

[Profpointy]

The 1980's are calling

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I spotted this a few months ago in a private garage and have been waiting for it to make an on road appearance, but didn't expect to see it in a used car lot. DVLA have it as a 2.0 and green!
Dull, boring and rare with only 20 Montegos road registered at the end of the first quarter of this year. It also becomes exempt from VED in 3.5 years (assuming it lasts that long)

The diesel van version of the Maestro was a superb vehicle

 

[Jenkins]

The diesel van version of the Maestro was a superb vehicle

We had a turbo diesel Maestro as a pool car at work. No power at all below 2000 revs then the turbo kicked in like a switch before running out of go at 4000 revs. Much fun trying to keep it in the correct rev range.

 

[Drago]

The diesel van version of the Maestro was a superb vehicle

Perkins?

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

Perkins?

Yes
Much beloved (as was the Montego diesel for transplanting into 'Series' Land-Rovers

 

[Profpointy]

Much beloved (as was the Montego diesel for transplanting into 'Series' Land-Rovers

the "traditional" Perkins transplant into old landies was the rather older 4.203 (4 cylinder, 203 cu inches). The direct injection Perkins in the Maestro was a much more modern unit. I'd have thought it'd be trickier to fit that in a landie as it's a transverse front wheel drive set up. Not to say it was never done of course as there are plenty of smart people !

 

[Richard A Thackeray]

the "traditional" Perkins transplant into old landies was the rather older 4.203 (4 cylinder, 203 cu inches). The direct injection Perkins in the Maestro was a much more modern unit. I'd have thought it'd be trickier to fit that in a landie as it's a transverse front wheel drive set up. Not to say it was never done of course as there are plenty of smart people !

Yes, the 4.203 was the usual engine of choice

A couple of companies manufactured conversions for the Maestro diesel (inc bell-housing adapter)
Milner Engineering(?) springs to mind


A few ‘series 1’ Range Rovers also got a Perkins diesel; the 6.354!!!!!
It was a very tight squeeze longitudinally, having come from Combines

Plus, the ‘York’, as used in the Ford A-Series

 

[Gunk]

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An old Renault TL? parked in my works car park

Lovely, my parents were mad on French Cars, my Mother had an identical metallic blue 1971 TL - OVV 444J, they swapped it for a 1973 Citroen DS Pallas

 

[PeteXXX]

Lovely, my parents were mad on French Cars, my Mother had an identical metallic blue 1971 TL - OVV 444J, they swapped it for a 1973 Citroen DS Pallas

I think this one is c1981. Taxed, too!