Ledbury Maestro Wanted

[D87 SMW]

I am looking for a Ledbury Maestro at the moment to replace dads Astra. Please let me know if you see a red or blue example in good enough condition for daily use... ;)

Cheers,

Steve.

[E_T_V]

The Ledbury at the BMC show was for sale. Why do you want one anyway as they have certain drawbacks to older ones.

[Austin-Rover]

Steve, i think there is one for sale at the moment on the site's Classifieds page...

:p

[D87 SMW]

Yes there are two on the Classifieds at the moment. One's white and on an N plate - no thanks.
The other sounds great - except it is a LHD! :eek: :banghead: :banghead: :( :rage:

A RHD red or blue R - Y reg Ledbury Maestro is what I am looking for.

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by E_T_V
The Ledbury at the BMC show was for sale. Why do you want one anyway as they have certain drawbacks to older ones.

Oh, can you tell me more? What colour, year, mileage... :eek: ;) :)

[D87 SMW]

Still can't find any Ledbury's, can anyone suggest anywhere I could try?

:banghead:

[Beaker]

Well apart from autotrader, here and loot! You could always find a owner and offer to buy it off them :)

And no i dont mean rich.


DOnt see why you want one so badly. There were only 500 of them i think built.

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by Skatiechik
Don't see why you want one so badly. There were only 500 of them I think built.

Erm,... that's the reason... :laugh: :D

[wyevalet]

http://www.findit.co.uk/cars/rover/Maestro/856387.htm
I found this 51 reg red Maestro for sale, £2290.

[Austin-Rover]

Now that car looks interesting!

Fancy that one Steve - your favourite colour too....

;)

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by RDGelder
Now that car looks interesting!

Fancy that one Steve - your favourite colour too....

;)

51 reg??? :eek: Cooooooooooooooool!!! :cool: :D :)

12,000 miles too! Great!

I'll get onto it... ;)

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by F170 GGT
I'll get onto it... ;)

Uh oh. :(

It's in Sterling. :banghead: :rage: :banghead: :rage: :mad: :o

[MaestroMatt]

Nothing wrong with Sterling - one of the best currencies around. You wouldn't want it priced in Dollars or Euros, would you? Don't know if you had spotted it though Steve, but the car is up in Stirling which is a hell of a long way from you.

Sorry, couldn't resits a spot of pedantry this morning. No offence intended!

[D87 SMW]

:rolleyes:

[Alan the Vanner]

I was wandering if the guys at Ledbury had any leaf springs for a 700 van? I removed mine for refurbishment but one has sagged a bit (or they both have-one more than the other), so if the price is right, I might as well go for some new ones.

[E_T_V]

Just out of curiosity are the springs different for the 700 and 500 vans? If the 700's are stiffer I'd be interested in a pair too if I lower the van at all.

Not sure if the ledburf folks have them but give a call and they'll soon let you know

[Alan the Vanner]

I'm not sure if they are different, that's why I stated 700, just in case.

[Quality]

There was a 2001 Maestro in Classic car weekly, may well have been sold by now though.

[D87 SMW]

Ho hum.

The choice is a Ledbury Maestro, MG Maestro 2.0i, Maestro Advantage, or Rover 45.... :idea:

[John S]

Originally posted by F170 GGT
Ho hum.

The choice is a Ledbury Maestro, MG Maestro 2.0i, Maestro Advantage, or Rover 45.... :idea:

If you're going to be allowed to drive it I'd definitely say Rover 45 although they're subject to heavy depreciation. MG maestro sounds great fun if you're the competitive type on the roads but at least with a Ledbury you won't find any rust.

[Austin-Rover]

What about eBay's current Bargain of the month...

A lovely two-tone Grey Maestro for a starting bid of £10.00

> Click Here < (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2438571607&category=18262&sspagename=rvi:1:1)

Lovely.

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by RDGelder
What about eBay's current Bargain of the month...
A lovely two-tone Grey Maestro for a starting bid of £10.00
> Click Here < (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2438571607&category=18262&sspagename=rvi:1:1)
Lovely.

No.

It's four tone btw. ;) :laugh:

[e692wtt]

Re the 51-regd Maestro in Stirling at the top of this thread. If you look closely its wipers are set up for lhd, so I doubt it's a Ledbury Maestro.

I'd say it's an Apple 2000 Maestro, these came as rhd cars but with lhd wipers and Mirrors (which makes driving in close quarters, errm, interesting). The bits are easily swapped over though...

Just a thought...
:eek:

[Beaker]

Whats an APPLE 2000 maestro then?

[e692wtt]

Who knows, I'm making it up. As ever.

Seriously, a mate has got one of a batch sold from a garage called 'Apple 2000' in Culford, just north of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk (the garage isn't trading as Apple 2000 any more). They came as rhd but, as above, with lhd wipers and mirrors for (if memory serves) £4500 with 1 year 'standard warranty' or £5000 with 3 year warranty, in basic colours (my mates Maestro is black, but also blue and red I think). They were 1996 built and, we *think*, stored at Cowley for several years (pending export to Bulgaria etc? which fell through), and are N-registered to reflect their build date, unlike the Ledbury cars which are later-registered according to when they were finished at Ledbury?). My mate's Apple 2000 car came with 12 months MoT in June 2000... It seems to be to the same spec as the Ledbury Maestros, but my mates came with a good 4-speaker sound system fitted by Apple 2000. The paintwork isn't of a very good finish and chips easily, and the door bottoms started corroding quite quickly so corrosion resistance isn't brilliant either...

If anyone else knows anything, please let me know. These cars seem to be unknown, certainly compared to the Ledbury cars.

And yes, I was joking about making this up - these are true facts.:laugh:

[Dave]

They were advertised in "The Times" in 2000 as the cheapest new car in the country - i seem to remember £4500 too. They were cars that had been sent to Bulgaria, built and then brought back after not selling(?).... i think.

Dave