how many cars do u own

[tony]

whats the most number of cars that you have owned at any one time?i have 6 at the moment,.
i company car
3 that are on the road
2 getting reddy for use
only one is a montego :(
what about u?

[Maria]

7 between me and Chris

5 Maestros (of which 2 are roadworthy, 2 are projects and one is a racecar and doesn't count)
1 Mini (racecar)
1 Cavalier (tow car and long journey car)

[topgear]

weve got six.

1) Austin A30,
2) MG TD 1953
3) Morris Traveller 1966
4) Rover P4 1969
5) Austin Maestro 1.3 City x 1988
6) Austin Maestro 1.6 VDP 1989.

[Aussie Montego]

I have 10

1- Morris 1100
2- Morris 1100 Auto
3- Morris Cooper S
4- Leyland Mini 1275LS
5- Austin Montego 1.3l
6- Ford Falcon
7- Ford F100
8- Ford Econoline E350
9- Holden Kingswood (racecar)
10- MJM Roadrunner (racecar)

The most I have ever owned at once was over 30 :eek:

[Maria]

:eek::eek::eek::eek:

Do you live in an aircraft hangar or something?!? :eek::D

[F690OTF(RIP)]

No, he lives in Australia. Approximates to roughly the same thing, I suppose.... :)

[Maria]

:laugh:

[matthewsemple]

Originally posted by Aussie Montego
I have 10

1- Morris 1100
2- Morris 1100 Auto
3- Morris Cooper S
4- Leyland Mini 1275LS
5- Austin Montego 1.3l
6- Ford Falcon
7- Ford F100
8- Ford Econoline E350
9- Holden Kingswood (racecar)
10- MJM Roadrunner (racecar)

The most I have ever owned at once was over 30 :eek:

I saw a few of those Leyland Mini 1275LS models when I was in Australia - very nice and quite similar to our very own Mini Clubman 1275GT which I have always admired.

Great to see a Montego in Australia. I think you now need to get an MG1100 to go with your other ADO16s and perhaps a Morris 1500 or a Nomad!

Cheers - keep up the good work down under a good place to keep British cars where they won't rust so quickly!

[Strandy]

just the four

Maestro LX
rover 416 Roundy shape
a Mini
and a Renault Migraine :banghead:

:laugh:

[topgear]

A full sized crow/wrecking bar could fix that! :D

[Strandy]

hmmm, yeah - I’ve been tempted!


they are pretty hopeless - Get this...

Rear screen stops working but the switch/warning light are ok and you can hear the relay clicking from somewhere deep inside the dash.

Auto electrician says "I ain't touching it with a sh*ty stick!"

Renault say "Relay's nackered and because they're soldered on to the fuse box/computer arrangement it all has to be replaced and your keys and immobiliser will need re-programming. £300 Thank-you very much!"

I say :censored: !!

I can live without a rear screen and I'll sell the bloody thing one sunny day...

[mtamin]

Ok my turn

5

Maestro Mayfair 1.6 Auto 1988
Maestro LX 1.6 Auto LX 1991
Austin Allegro Vandenplas 1750 Auto 1980
Morris Mini minor all steel traveller Auto 1968

and the odd man out Ford (urgh!) Granada 2.0 Ghia X auto 1990

and which auto box failed?

yup! the FORD!

(Well ok so did the mini Traveller a while back but it had just turned 30 years old!)

Martyn

[MaestroMatt]

Only two for me


Austin Maestro Vanden Plas 1983 (A82 WHR)
Austin Maestro 1.3L 1989 (G699 G0J)


The latter car had better find itself a new owner fast before I get sick of it and break it for spares then cut the rest up with an angle-grinder. If anyone wants it as a donor car then it is yours for £50! The tyres are fairly new and worth that alone so the rest is free!

[D87 SMW]

I have F170 GGT - Rover Maestro Special :cool:, and my dad has RAZ 4293 - Vauxhall Astra Expression. :( :banghead:

[MaestroMatt]

It's OK, I have to share a driveway with an Astra too - you come to terms with it eventually. Thankfully the three Maestros on our drive help the Astra to blend into the background. I bet your dad's has a squeaky fanbelt as well - they all seem to!

[D87 SMW]

Not a squeeky fan belt, but the waterpump's really noisy!

[CyrixDes]

I cant believe this, my family accuse me of being mad for owning 2 cars and then I see people have double figured numbers!!

Oh well
1990 MG Maestro 2.0i
1980 Triumph TR7

[Jonathan]

OK, there are four in the Sellars household. First two belong to me, but only the one Maestro... that is until I can find somewhere to stick an MG Maestro 1600 :)

1987 MG Maestro 2.0 EFi
1997 Rover 820 Si
1998 Rover 214i
2000 VW Polo Estate (company car)

[threelitre]

Hi!

Nice new forum, here!

Ok, short list of only my cars:

1968 Austin 1800 auto
1969 Austin 3litre LHD auto
1971 Austin 3litre auto
1974 Austin 1300 GT (project or spares)
1980 Maxi 1750 HL
1980 Maxi 1750 HL
1984 Austin Maestro 1.3 LE
1984 MG Maestro 1600
1989 Austin Maestro LS
1991 Rover 216 GSi

and then there is a VP 1300 auto from 1968 belonging to my girlfriend and a few more cars with my parents...

Regards,
Alexander

[matthewsemple]

Originally posted by threelitre
Hi!

Nice new forum, here!

Ok, short list of only my cars:

1968 Austin 1800 auto
1969 Austin 3litre LHD auto
1971 Austin 3litre auto
1974 Austin 1300 GT (project or spares)
1980 Maxi 1750 HL
1980 Maxi 1750 HL
1984 Austin Maestro 1.3 LE
1984 MG Maestro 1600
1989 Austin Maestro LS
1991 Rover 216 GSi

and then there is a VP 1300 auto from 1968 belonging to my girlfriend and a few more cars with my parents...

Regards,
Alexander

Wow -lots of british cas in Germany that must be a quite unusual. Can you post up a picture of your MG Maestro 1600 - I'd love to hear more about it. Does it have a German language voice synthesiser?

Also were those wheels standard on that 1.3LS? You have to be careful with those square centre caps as the blank ones are very difficult to get hold of. We didn't have the LS in the UK but it looks like a Mayfair but without electric windows.

An LE is very rare also - does it have the 4+E gearbox and econometer like the UK LE?

Very jealous of all those rare Maestrso, not to mention the two ADO16s!

Cheers, Matthew

[threelitre]

Originally posted by matthewsemple
Wow -lots of british cas in Germany that must be a quite unusual. Can you post up a picture of your MG Maestro 1600 - I'd love to hear more about it. Does it have a German language voice synthesiser?

Also were those wheels standard on that 1.3LS? You have to be careful with those square centre caps as the blank ones are very difficult to get hold of. We didn't have the LS in the UK but it looks like a Mayfair but without electric windows.

An LE is very rare also - does it have the 4+E gearbox and econometer like the UK LE?

Very jealous of all those rare Maestrso, not to mention the two ADO16s!

Cheers, Matthew

Hi!
Most of them is very rare in Germany. I suppoose I have about 10-20% of the existing Maxis... and probably the only existing LHD 3litre. The MG 1600 is also very rare, the computer speaks German, french, italian (and spanish?) - but no english. The language can be choosen using dip-switches on the panel. But now the MG just sits around and waits for its fait - which is not yet decided.

The LE is mostly like an early HLE (3+E'box, chromed door handles, but thin steering wheel). The LS was sold as 1.3L in the UK. The things you see on the outside are done by me: colour matched door handles, VP mirrors (got them for free as NOS from a friend), other wheels) and home-made grille. The wheels came from an MG, as I find the standard 155 tires a little mean. I do have nearly 3 sets of the blank square centres; one of them came with a set of still unused optional 13' cheese grater alloys... Last summer I used a set of Monty TD wheels on it, they did look good, too.

And my parents have one more Maestro (MG EFi) and two more ADO 16's (see below, picutred on this years Enfield show).

Regards,
Alexander

[matthewsemple]

What a great selection of cars!

Those 13" cheesgraters sound like MG Metro alloys. Look after those blank centre caps as they are impossible to get hold of.

I have never seen a left-hand drive MG1600 with the extra languages. Your car will have an extra chip for all those languages. Is the Italian voice male?

Can you take some pictures of your MG 1600 to put in the gallery of my MG Maestro site or to post up here on the bulletin board?

my MG Maestro site (http://www.angelfire.com/home/mat99v/)

[threelitre]

Originally posted by matthewsemple

Those 13" cheesgraters sound like MG Metro alloys. Look after those blank centre caps as they are impossible to get hold of.


Nope, they are original, optional Maestro wheels, as seen on some VP in early brochures. They replaced the standard steel rims using the same 165/80 tyres.


I have never seen a left-hand drive MG1600 with the extra languages. Your car will have an extra chip for all those languages. Is the Italian voice male?


I don't know it by heart. There are 2 male and 2 female voices. The German one is male. The former owner of my car has put a switch in it, to change the voices on the dash :-) But right now, I until did not hear them, because there is no radio.


Can you take some pictures of your MG 1600 to put in the gallery of my MG Maestro site or to post up here on the bulletin board?


It does not look very good right now. But before polishing it (and deciding what to do with it anyway) I'll have to get the engine running. The old owner put a new s/h engine in it, but with the distributor drive located wrong, so I have to fiddle about with the timing a bit...

Regards,
Alexander

[Lewis 325]

Most I've had is 8, which was causing the neighbours some stress so now down to three road cars, a stock car and two (road) bikes:

Mercedes 280E (1983 W123)
Skoda Favorit Estate (1995)
Montego TD Clubman Estate (1994)

Maestro 1300 (326, my team-mate's MG is 325 - d'oh!)

Kawasaki Gpz900R (1991)
Honda CB125S (1974)

Until recently I had a VW Scirocco Storm (one of 300) until some kids tried to make off with it and then torched it when they couldn't get it hot-wired :censored:

People say "Why don't you sell all your old cars and buy one good one?" (they mean "new" one)
I say "Variety is the spice of life" and if one doesn't start in the morning I just try another one!! ;)

[MGTurbo]

Alexander, those 13 inch alloy wheels are exceptionally rare, as you said, available only as an option on Vanden Plas models. I've NEVER seen a set in my life!

Gareth

[matthewsemple]

Originally posted by threelitre
Nope, they are original, optional Maestro wheels, as seen on some VP in early brochures. They replaced the standard steel rims using the same 165/80 tyres.


They must be 14" wheels then as Maestro cheesgraters are all 14" wheels and they were standard on all MG Maestros between 1983 and 1986

[MGTurbo]

Sorry Matthew you are wrong, it quite clearly says it in the brochure, Alexander i suggust you get the tape measure out! Unless you can read the sidewall of a tyre which i'm sure your quite capable of ;)

Gareth

[threelitre]

Hi Gareth!

You're right, the 13' wheels I mentioned are the optional ones (there is a picture of them in one brochure I have). These are not the ones on the car! On the car I have a chubby old set of MG wheels. The 13' ones have the same dimensions as the std. VP or 1600 wheels and are supposed to be driven with 165/80 tyres. Mine are sitting in storage unused and looking very clean among all the used 14' rims - and they are noticeable smaller and less wide.
The same place I got these wheels from provided me with a new, orginal Unitpart cruise control for the Maestro 1300. I already have fitted it, but did not connect the electrics by now... It was really funny: when I visited that ex-BL garage with a friend, and after I found the wheels, I told him that now I would like to have the cruise control for the Maestro... 15 min later: "is it that what you are looking for?" :-)

Regards,
Alexander