For those who haven’t seen any previous info on this car, I am building a 2 door Austin Allegro with an engine transplant from a Rover 827 V6. It has a 5-spd gearbox, Golf GTI coilovers and discs and VW Polo steel 14″ wheels. The idea is to keep it stock looking, a real sleeper.
Had this email this morning from MB Motorsport in Hebburn, who are building the Antique Gold 1-owner ’70s retirement rocket. This is what they said:
“hello jonny, the car is making plenty of progress , its on the ramp as we speak, the engine is mounted in , drive shafts made ,gear linkage
made, stearing rack modified, front suspension all tied together. will have rad dimensions asap for you , there is a company up here can make them if you want ? you will need to get a new pair of headlamps for a mot and it could really do with a front valance ,it spoils the rest of the car. It’s basically rotted around those fake fog light vent things, and near to the tie rod mount.”
Naturally I’m rock hard with excitement as there’s a chance this 2 year project could be finished by Xmas!
Watch this space for the project Retirement Rocket. The world’s first 2.7-litre series 2 Austin Allegro with series 1 quartic steering wheel and front grille. Such an accolade….
You are a funny man Jonny doing this. Dunno about “Antique Gold” – seems like a good match for this web page background which is some vomitlike olive green on a Australian monitor…
Looks like you are a true specialist. Did ya study about the issue? lawl
This is a truly great project, it reminds me of my £30 tornado pink vw polo into which I dreamnt of shoehorning in a 16v mk2 motor…sadly it was never to be. Did 95 on the flat that car….can’t wait for the next update.