Austin Maestro Special on E-Bay

[G51 NAV]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2454073683&category=18308

Photos show it to be very tidy, except for knackered headlining

Ideal companion to F170 perhaps ;)

[Andy]

Central locking kit for two door Mini Metro. New Old Stock, never fitted. May be possible to adapt for other vehicles.

er fink u got the wrong link no maestro here

[Austin-Rover]

Click Here (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18308&item=2454073683)

[malcsmaesty]

Looks like tony has his eye on it so the vp doesn't get lonely with all the montys!;)

[talkingcars]

why are there so many cars on ebay that say "short MOT/no MOT" "only done 1 mile since last MOT" - "can't see any reason for it not to pass the next one".

Why can't these people take the car through the MOT, no problem getting a pass, the seller knows it will pass and add the cost to the starting cost of the auction, I am sure they would sell it a lot easier.

:banghead:

James

[G51 NAV]

Whoops! I posted the wrong link...now corrected; thanx for spotting my mistake :)

[malcsmaesty]

Never mind NAV,it took me about a week to work out how to do a link!:laugh: :banghead:

[F690OTF(RIP)]

That does look very nice. Tempting... and not too far from me. Uh-oh...

I didn't know they did the Special in that colour; I thought it was only in red, white and blue.

[G51 NAV]

Originally posted by F690OTF(RIP)
I didn't know they did the Special in that colour; I thought it was only in red, white and blue.

When our resident Special expert sees this, he will no doubt confirm that Specials were available in 5 colours: White Diamond, Henley Blue, Flame Red, Stone Grey and Atlantic Blue

[mgdavid]

>>>>why are there so many cars on ebay that say "short MOT/no MOT" "only done 1 mile since last MOT" - "can't see any reason for it not to pass the next one".
Why can't these people take the car through the MOT, no problem getting a pass, the seller knows it will pass and add the cost to the starting cost of the auction, I am sure they would sell it a lot easier.
====I'm sure you know the answer already but - 10% of sellers are bone idle and really cannot be bothered (so you stand to get a bargain) and the other 90% are lying b@stards that know the car's a pile of cr@p (so caveat emptor). Now let's discuss how to tell the one from the other... 'cos I don't know that bit :-(

[D87 SMW]

Originally posted by G51 NAV
When our resident Special expert sees this, he will no doubt confirm that Specials were available in 5 colours: White Diamond, Henley Blue, Flame Red, Stone Grey and Atlantic Blue

White Diamond, Henley Blue, Flame Red ('89), and Pulsar Silver (non-coloured grille) are the only colours I know of on the Maestro Special.

:cool:

BTW: Who is the Special Expert? ;)

[Ricky]

Blimey! That's so close to me I could probably fall out of bed and land on it! Looks good too, not much rust to be seen (I couldnt see any, but I expect i'm wrong!) If I hadn't bought the 309 i'd probably toddle on my merry way and have a look at that car, speaking of which if anyone would like me to go and look at it for them (purely out of interest you understand, i'm not nosey at all!) then just ask, i'll give you my independent unbiased view!!

Ricky.

[Austin-Rover]

Theres a Maestro Special not far from my house in this colour so it was definatley one of the options.

[D87 SMW]

Yes... White Diamond, Henley Blue, Flame Red ('89), and Pulsar Silver (non-coloured grille) are the Maestro Special paintwork options.

[G51 NAV]

Originally posted by F170 GGT
Yes... White Diamond, Henley Blue, Flame Red ('89), and Pulsar Silver (non-coloured grille) are the Maestro Special paintwork options.
I thougth I'd check out my "Todays Cars" book from early 1990. I was nearly right; the colours were White Diamond, Henley Blue, Atlantic Blue, Flame Red, Pulsar Silver and Stone Grey: 6 colours, not the five I originally said (I missed out Pulsar Silver)

[wyevalet]

Tidy looking L reg van on Ebay http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18307&item=2456144122

[talkingcars]

even for that condition I would say that van is a bit pricy - I prefer the look of this car on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2455407086&category=18308) .

James

[malcsmaesty]

Originally posted by talkingcars
even for that condition I would say that van is a bit pricy - I prefer the look of this car on ebay (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2455407086&category=18308) .

James


I'll go with that! :cool:

[D87 SMW]

I've sent an email to the winning bidder of the silver Maestro Special... hopefully we shall see it in the club. ;)

[Austin-Rover]

Originally posted by F170 GGT
I've sent an email to the winning bidder of the silver Maestro Special... hopefully we shall see it in the club. ;)

....More than likely to have gone to a non-enthusiast to use as a bit of a workhorse.

[Simon]

Interesting DeLorean, nice to see a non Irish regisrered example with the grey trim although this is an LHD version. They made a handful of RHD's only. For the stainless steel bodywork, the cleaning product of choice is apparently Mr Sheen! John Z DeLorean ended up in jail.

[Alan the Vanner]

Great Scott!!!
(Sorry, couldn't help it!):rolleyes:

[e692wtt]

D'oh!

I thought the DeLoreans also came with Wire Wool to enable the removal of those 'embarassing stains'? Bird Poo, for example...

:o

[Alan the Vanner]

"New Flash Excel does the hard work......"
Don't talk to me about bird poo! The scatty old dear a few doors down always chucks bread out for the pidgeons, and I'm always having to wash the results off my Yota's out in the layby!:mad:
In fact the best thing for getting rid of bird stains in my opinion is a 12-bore!:rage:

(Here's me wishing that all Maesties and Monties were made with Stainless Steel!);)

[tony]

Originally posted by Alan the Vanner

In fact the best thing for getting rid of bird stains in my opinion is a 12-bore!:rage:

(Here's me wishing that all Maesties and Monties were made with Stainless Steel!);) [/B]
jasper tells me 12 bore's work on moles too:confused: :)