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@@JC-hu1wd thank you! Yes the Jazz does really well for me at the moment. Averaging 50mpg currently

@@thtmotoring yours will be the ivtec .mine is the 1339cc idsi.

Thank you!

@@chucky2316 yes it’s been about a bit!

@@ProjektAgnetha thank you!

@@markperks6763 good idea!

@@JC-hu1wd depends on condition. I paid £2800 for this one

@thtmotoring That seems a lot but then I saw the end of the video and shots of the work. So I guess it's labour etc. I do like allegroman and I'm in West Yorkshire also. He's not far away really but don't know him. See him on project Nigel.

@@JC-hu1wd he has some more Allegros in the queue along with some MG Rover cars

@thtmotoring Yes I watched the other videos. When we were kids our neighbours three doors up had a purple allegro super with a black matt roof. He was always tinkering with it and it was fast, probably a 1300 or 1500 I guess. And I remember rides from Bradford to huddersfield in my aunties red allegro. So I have soft spot for them.

@@JC-hu1wd certainly is! Much prefer them to axle stands as well

@@JC-hu1wd thank you! How did you find your Allegros?

@thtmotoring To be honest the green one was rotten. Bought it for £50 and sold it for £50. The red estate was handy but had 98k on ot and I think the drive shafted was knackered. Think I paid £250 sold it for £200 few months later. Then Strangely I heard it was stolen and abandoned. It moved some stuff for me but was quite a whiney gear box. I can't remember what cc it was maybe 1300 or 1500.

@@CarzwithJC_ cheers mate! Certainly isn’t much in it between them. First of many car reviews hopefully!

@@CarzwithJC_ haha well you can call it that but I don’t name cars 😂oh thanks mate!

@@SmashingPistons thank you!

@@nygelmiller5293 thank you! You don’t want waxoyl to get onto anything that gets hot otherwise your driveway will soon end up a different colour!

@@johnmoruzzi7236 I have thought about that, do like that little Metro. I’m considering ZR, ZS and 45. Would like to tour some nice driving roads in the UK in something fun but also relatively refined on the journey

@@thtmotoring I'm sure Allegroman could sort out PN's dented otherwise nice green Rover 25...

@@johnmoruzzi7236 I’ve driven Nigel before and to be honest it didn’t feel too different to my Jazz. Might consider a 25 GTI though

@@nygelmiller5293 mostly, but there is a little rot on a couple of the doors and boot lid which I’ll sort next year 👍

@@nygelmiller5293 yeah, still experimenting. Might need to buy a microphone. Plus an Allegro is not the quietest car at speed!

@thtmotoring although my beloved Allegro was one of the later Mk 3's, only the VERY late cars (up to 1300cc) , got the reworked A - PLUS engines. That would have made a vast difference, and transformed the car! My mother had the 1300 engine in her MARINA, and it got replaced with the facelifted, renamed ITAL model. THAT had the reworked A - PLUS 1300 engine, What a difference! Smooth and quiet!

@@nygelmiller5293 the series 3 Allegros were the best ones they made. Better screwed together, better seats and refinement

@@nygelmiller5293 there are wires there on the window so assuming it works that way. No problem!

@thtmotoring Wow! If only MY Allegro had had a HEATED windscreen - I mihjt not have had a minor accident! I was coming home from work, trying NOT to drop off to sleep. It was so HOT in the car, because I had to have the heater blowing on the windscreen full blast - in the vain hope that it might stop it misting up. But the problem was that the AIR that the heater was sucking into the car, was so DAMP, because of the continous rain that day, so I was fighting a losing battle! I nearly nodded off TWICE, but hoped I'd get home okay, since I was just a mile away. BUT I got hot one time too many, and, with a BUMP -mounted the kerb, woke up, and quickly brought the car to a stop!

@@nygelmiller5293 oh no!

@@robstirling3411 nice story!

@@johnmoruzzi7236 thank you!

@@leebeech6407 yes I have, will definitely give BMW drivers a shock at the lights. This one won’t 😂

@@TrevorBuick haha I do really like the look of those. Don’t see them for sale very often

@@Pidge0386 I’ll weigh up the options and make a decision around Easter 🙂

@@thtmotoring sounds good

@@Pidge0386 appreciate the advice!

@@Pidge0386 colour certainly reflects the time

@@duartesimoes508 objection 😛

There were very fine cars around back then, but I really don't think that the Allegro had a chance when compared with them, _and I refer strictly to British cars only._ The Austin 1300, _every Ford,_ the Minis, all were overall better cars. Do you know the Channel _Little Car?_ Look for the Allegro on it. You may find interesting. I can't provide the link because YT deletes them automatically. 🙄 Best wishes from Portugal. 🇵🇹 My Dad had an Austin 1300, a bit obsolescent but very trustworthy car, they were everywhere. Even the Police used them.

@@duartesimoes508 thank you, will do!

Ah, sorry, BIG CAR, I meant!

@johnmoruzzi7236 Wish I was clever like wot you s,

The fact is that they were way better at holding rust at bay than most of it's competitors. Think Vauxhall viva and Mk2 Escourt, now they were way worse.

@@SmashingPistons well Allegroman has a few that will eventually be for sale!

@@thtmotoring I have an extensive list. 😂 I was considering selling the bike, but after a rude out today I ain't sure.

@@SmashingPistons haha I felt the same when I took the Spitfire out for the last time. Have already been considering adding a third car to the collection over winter 😂

Doors aren't bad 😄 . I'd probably just fiber glass those bits . Just make sure some drain holes are in place after and try to get some wax down inside door.

@@nomd29 thank you!

@@chucky2316 nice! It was owned by a chap up north for a good few years

@@StephenRandall-x6s nice info! Yes car makers really do

@@AnthonyJones-vk6xq thank you very much! Good luck with the Renault and nice Maxi story, I do like those as well

@@thtmotoring I have the Trafic to finish before i drag the Renault Megane Coupe out of the back of the garage ! The wifes going to kill me !

How many cans did you use ?

@@JohnRussell-t8t 1 and a bit

@@thtmotoring 👍

@@PlattLaneEnd probably not! Yes I saw an Ital estate yesterday, things really have got too big these days

@@nomd29 haha there’s not a single A series engine that doesn’t leak oil from somewhere. Although after 5 days there’s only been one drop of oil!

@@thtmotoring yes after a while we gave up replacing seals. I traded it for a B reg mg metro and got 100 pounds for trade in if I left in the afternoon market stereo 😀

@@nomd29 nice deal!

@@iana6713 😂😂😂 that’s a good story!

@@thtmotoring Aye - and it had no rear seatbelts, so my friend and I who were sitting in the back ended up somewhere up against the backs of the front seats with my dad swearing like a trooper! Why a previous owner would have removed the seat then not put it back properly is beyond me! Dad sorted that, and moved the old banger on ASAP. Yet I still have a fondness for the Allegro...😀

@@iana6713 got a charm of its own!

@@Carl-x8y3c they really tried their best to big up the Allegro as they wanted to take on Europe with it. Sadly it was let down by a lack on investment. Wow! Great story!

@thtmotoring I remember when they first came out in 1973 in the UK , i read in a car magazine that they had a square shaped steering wheel. It wasn't a good idea , as it made driving the vechile complicated. Only a few were built like this , and they were later changed to the usual round steering wheel. Have you heard of this ?. I think im right, but not totally sure.

@@Carl-x8y3c yes that’s right, the quartic wheel only lasted 18 months. Mine is a late series 1 so has a round steering wheel. Ironic really as most cars today don’t have round steering wheels

@thtmotoring I googled about it. It was a mistake.

@@eric934 there’s some good services around now to sort out dodgy hydragas units. Sounds like it was shoddy BL built quality as the suspension set up itself is actually a pretty good system

@@rovercoupe7104 thank you!

@@Sarcastic-weirdo2043 not this one

@@parttimetourist classic BL cost cutting back then sadly. Any that have survived today either were lucky to have been built well enough at the time or have had the build quality problems ironed out by loving owners

@@ianmax69 yes it is! Think that’s a longer term project. Of the cars inside, the next job I think is the white sport next to it

@@ianmax69 thank you! Allegroman needs to take all the credit for the saving, along with the previous owner

@@Brendan-q2j nice story! I’ve always found that cars like the Allegro have a certain unique charm to them. I’ve always championed the underdog, hence why I’ve always liked British cars. Mechanically Allegros have always had proven mechanics. Sounds like your dad’s was the victim of classic bodgery that was common back then

To userri7ib9xf4k Don't know what happened to my previous attempt to reply to you! You said the rear subframe came off, because it wasGLUED ON! I remember at that time cars were geld up by a strike, and they glued the suspension on on the Princesses. BUT they did say customers could come back after the strike, to have that BOLTED on, if they wanted!