Maestro 1.6 Auto Clubman?!

[D87 SMW]

I didn't know AR produced a Maestro 1.6 with the metal bumpers... but I have found a rather nice one with 25k on the clock on eBay...

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2454748755&category=18308

:p
:eek:
:confused:

[talkingcars]

How easy is it to convert from auto to manual, I need a manual but all other respects this car is perfect.

James

[MGTurbo]

Yes they do exist because i had one.

Gareth

[Mat_C]

Sorry for dragging an old thread up, but this cars destination is beyond belief.

It is currently in storage after being brought by a guy from Holland and is due to be exported to Australia!!

I kid you not.

[F690OTF(RIP)]

Since you have dragged it up, does anyone have an answer to the question asked about converting from auto. to manual? I hang my head in shame and confess that I'm not actually talking about doing it to a Maestro, but I'm hoping that the general principles will apply to a Fiesta as well.
If anyone has any experience of performing this conversion, or can think of any major problems, I'd be very interested to hear.

[E_T_V]

If you've got a donor car for the bits it'll be easy either way round.

[talkingcars]

Montego and Meastro spares have lots of manual gearboxes in their depot.

James

[matthewsemple]

Originally posted by MGTurbo
Yes they do exist because i had one.
Gareth

That's amazing. In twenty years of Maestro spotting I have never seen one of these. Just checked it in a 1990 brochure and it's there in the small print in the spec details:

AUTO OPTION on Clubman and LX**

** available with 1.6 engine.
It is not mentioned in any of the main pages on the Clubman. I checked it on RAC though and it looks genuine rather than a conversion. One owner from new as well.

Manufacturer Rover
Model MAESTRO CLUBMAN AUTO
Body type sports
Colour Red
Fuel type Petrol
Date manufactured 31 December 1991
Number of previous owners 0
Last owner change 22 March 1991

I love the body type description!(especially as my 2.0 Turbo just says 5-door hatchback)

[matthewsemple]

Originally posted by Mat_C
Sorry for dragging an old thread up, but this cars destination is beyond belief.

It is currently in storage after being brought by a guy from Holland and is due to be exported to Australia!!

I kid you not.

It can join the Montego 1.3 that is in New South Wales. The owner is a member of this forum.

[tony]

yes they do a auto lx,i have one,they come with a three speed auto box ,not like the montegos which is a 4 speed auto
:)

[MGTurbo]

Originally posted by matthewsemple
That's amazing. In twenty years of Maestro spotting I have never seen one of these. Just checked it in a 1990 brochure and it's there in the small print in the spec details:

AUTO OPTION on Clubman and LX**

** available with 1.6 engine.
It is not mentioned in any of the main pages on the Clubman. I checked it on RAC though and it looks genuine rather than a conversion. One owner from new as well.

Manufacturer Rover
Model MAESTRO CLUBMAN AUTO
Body type sports
Colour Red
Fuel type Petrol
Date manufactured 31 December 1991
Number of previous owners 0
Last owner change 22 March 1991

I love the body type description!(especially as my 2.0 Turbo just says 5-door hatchback)

We must have found a rare one, it also had power steering. Made a grand profit on that car! Wasn't bad to drive either and was a minter at the time.

Gareth

[matthewsemple]

Originally posted by MGTurbo
We must have found a rare one, it also had power steering. Made a grand profit on that car! Wasn't bad to drive either and was a minter at the time.

Gareth

Maestro 1.6 Clubman Auto with PAS - must be rarer than a Maestro Turbo. Interesting when you think that in 1983 the Auto was a model in its own right and similar in spec to a 1.6HLS.

It was then offered as an option on Vanden Plas and I think SL, LX and other well specified Maestros - so for it to be offered on the Clubman shows how these things get downgraded over time. I notice that it has small 13" wheels as well like the 1.3 Clubman not 14" like the Diesel.