Pair of Vanden Plas Allegros - Garden ornaments?

[300CE]

Pair of Vanden Plas Allegros - Garden ornaments? | eBay

 

[racall]

Do i spot a Trabant in the background??

 

[300CE]

Could be right there racall!

 

[moonloops]

More garden than ornaments.

yes to the trabant...

 

[trapperjohn]

Don't tell Tiff. About the Trabbie he has 1 already.

 

[StevenN]

are you allowed to use colourful language on eBay?

 

[WOODYTHEWISE]

I had one of these, I used to call it the 'swamp master' more leaks than MI5.The interior was mouldy and it had a large family of midges living in it, I used to leave the keys in it in a vain hope some sad sack would nick it. I advertised it in the local rag. Free to anyone that wanted it, I managed to get rid of it just before the health and safety noticed my add.

 

[evdok]

+£200 to get them out of there!!

 

[racall]

Don't tell Tiff. About the Trabbie he has 1 already.

I,m led to belive the last of the trabbies had VW Polo running gear.

 

[racall]

Well this sold for £1600 so theres hope there.
escort mk 1 mexico,+v5 | eBay

 

[vincenz]

Well this sold for £1600 so theres hope there.
escort mk 1 mexico,+v5 | eBay

The value in that isn't the car it's the v5, a very cunning way to sell the documents of a car for ringing, noway was that a daytona yellow motor.

 

[martyz]

The value in that isn't the car it's the v5, a very cunning way to sell the documents of a car for ringing, noway was that a daytona yellow motor.

The V5 says colour: White.....

 

[MOCAŠ]

no way was that a daytona yellow motor.

How can you tell?

 

[janner]

A yellow Mexico in good condition would make strong money so the logbook has value. The Allegros on the other hand...

 

[Henry D]

I have to confess to owning three allegro's in my deep and distant past,the last one was a VDP auto,there,I've confessed my sins !!.

 

[Scott_F]

I have to confess to owning three allegro's in my deep and distant past,the last one was a VDP auto,there,I've confessed my sins !!.

I heard someone say that Allegros came in two varieties:

- The sort that fell to pieces rapidly
- The sort that went on forever with a constant succession of niggling but usually minor problems.

If you had one of the latter you could have done a lot worse. And let's face it, 1970's Vivas, Escorts, Fiats, Japcrap etc. were prone to either rubbish reliability, rubbish build quality or both.

The Allegro is an under-rated car and in many ways more advanced and innovative than the competition.

 

[Henry D]

I heard someone say that Allegros came in two varieties:

- The sort that fell to pieces rapidly
- The sort that went on forever with a constant succession of niggling but usually minor problems.

If you had one of the latter you could have done a lot worse. And let's face it, 1970's Vivas, Escorts, Fiats, Japcrap etc. were prone to either rubbish reliability, rubbish build quality or both.

The Allegro is an under-rated car and in many ways more advanced and innovative than the competition.

I didn't have any issues with any of them other than routine maintenance,they were certainly better than the Marina that I had before them.

 

[Scott_F]

I didn't have any issues with any of them other than routine maintenance,they were certainly better than the Marina that I had before them.

You are clearly a glutton for punishment !

 

[lxi]

on Escorts, here's the other side of the coin!!

Lawton Brook Ltd.

Possibly a tad optimistic, but it doesn't usually stop them

 

[Scott_F]

on Escorts, here's the other side of the coin!!

Lawton Brook Ltd.

Possibly a tad optimistic, but it doesn't usually stop them

At £49K it will definitely be a "once in a lifetime" purchase but certainly won't "continue to appreciate in value" if someone was daft enough to spend that sort of money on it !