Do you remember?

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Tue 15 Oct 2013 22:28
Do you remember? - Trilogy

Those lovely chocolate brown interiors! www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1987-AUSTIN-MONTEGO-MAYFAIR-GOL...c

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 00:23
Do you remember? - Wackyracer

I was only saying the other day that I've not seen a Montego for ages.

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 13:48
Do you remember? - craig-pd130

There's an engineering place in Macclesfield that does tuning bits and parts for MG Maestros (and presumably Montegos), which must be quite a small market niche ...

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 14:17
Do you remember? - A3 A4

Saw an immaculate 'L' reg diesel estate last week. Good cars, well designed poorly built.

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 14:20
Do you remember? - skidpan

Over the past couple of years there have been 2 MG Montego's racing at MG car club events. One was an estate. They are the only examples I have seen in years other than a Vanden Plas Montego in the paddock with a full roll back roof.

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 16:29
Do you remember? - davecooper

When I used to work for British Aerospace, we used to be able to get MG Rover cars at discount due to the BAe/MG Rover tie up. I had an MG Montego which was actually not a bad car and was pretty quick. Had friends who went for the Turbo versions but these had some frightening qualities, especially the Maestro which had terminal torque steer and felt like it would put you in a hedge if you were a bit heavy footed coming out of a bend.

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 16:47
Do you remember? - RT

For 40 years, I've been able to get BL, MG Rover, Jaguar or Land Rover cars on the affinity scheme as all my in-laws worked there - for much of that time a normal dealers' discount was more than the affinity discount - mind you I bought Hillman, Ford, Vauxhall, Subaru and Hyundai so blame me for their demise!

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 17:25
Do you remember? - veryoldbear

I had a Montego estate as a Company Car (don't laugh). It was a good practical car with a solid old Perkins diesel, but the body build quailty was rubbish and it was rotting well after it's two years alloted life span.

Edited by veryoldbear on 16/10/2013 at 17:26

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 17:52
Do you remember? - A3 A4

This is what an 80's BL car looks like today...

www.flickr.com/photos/48490727@N05/9005507974/

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 18:44
Do you remember? - Bobbin Threadbare

My grandma and grandad had one of those!

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 18:47
Do you remember? - RT

My B-i-L was at Press Car Preparation when the Ambassador was being launched so he brought one home - very impressively quiet but then he told me they'd stripped it down to the bare shell and added a lot of expensive sound deadening - the normal ones weren't nearly as quiet.

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 21:21
Do you remember? - mss1tw

This is what an 80's BL car looks like today...

www.flickr.com/photos/48490727@N05/9005507974/

Good find! To be fair I don't think ANY normally used non-cherished A reg car would do much better...

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Wed 16 Oct 2013 22:53
Do you remember? - Trilogy

This is what a BL 1970s Triumph looks like today. Russet brown. www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C416516

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Thu 17 Oct 2013 00:34
Do you remember? - veryoldbear

I thought it was called "BRR" ... British Racing Rust ...

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Thu 17 Oct 2013 17:08
Do you remember? - Ed V

Ahhhhhh, the wedge!

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