a reg 1.6 l monty

[steve smith]

yesterday i picked up a very rare 1984 a reg 1.6 l monty with no less than 34500 on the clock she runs like a dream and drives well apart from the wheel whoble she had been garaged for the past 2 years and today is the first time she has been away from her home in london i will get some pics take ( yes ed please post some for me ) then u can all see what she is liek

[matthewsemple]

yesterday i picked up a very rare 1984 a reg 1.6 l monty with no less than 34500 on the clock she runs like a dream and drives well apart from the wheel wobble

When we had a wheel wobble on our old Maestro it was because one of the front wheels was a bit buckled. Try swapping the spare or get some new wheels for it.

Great to have an A-reg Monty with so little mileage. Our A-reg MG Maestro 1600 has been a fantastic car - it was a low mileage 1 owner car.

Looking forward to seeing the pictures.

[Ed]

Looking forward to seeing the pictures.

Here they are. Very nice example of an early Monty. Just goes to show they did have the ability to make a few good ones! :laugh:

[SimonR]

Very nice Monty, er, Montyboy.

Are those original front speaker grilles? - they look very different to later Maestie ones.

[Guest]

very nice

[e692wtt]

It has to be said, that Montego looks brilliant. I'm quite jealous...

There again, I'm in too deep with my Monty to back out now! :laugh:

Seriously, one lovely-looking Montego. Nice one!

[Ed]

Very nice Monty, er, Montyboy.

Are those original front speaker grilles? - they look very different to later Maestie ones.

They certainly are the original ones. Not sure about the 1.3 Montys but I believe the 1.6 and 1.6L's had these up to 1988.

[matthewsemple]

10/10

Cool - Eclipse Blue like my first Maestro. Original number plates with dealer logo, Supercover sticker, original bendy keys, wheel trims all present and correct, crystal clear headlights and no stone chips - it looks wonderful.

[Austin-Rover]

Very nice! It’s the same colour as my 1.3 Montego.

My car has the same colour interior too, and has the very same odd looking speaker covers on the front door.

It certainly gives me something to aim for. I would be happy indeed if my car looked like that next year.

Nice to see another early car finding its way into enthusiast’s hands.

[Andy]

wheel trims all present .

Dident no they had theise wheel trims on the montys, thought there went on the 80's rover 213.

[steve smith]

just to let peps know she has now had a complete new set of brake shoes and pads as the old ones where the ones that austin fitted when she was new yes i have still got the old ones will get some pics of them later the resaon she has lived so long is teh old guy never went anywhere in her and only did 5000 miles in the past 11 years so she has not had the useage liek most others did.

montyboy the pics look wounderful

[Ed]

Dident no they had theise wheel trims on the montys, thought there went on the 80's rover 213.

These trims were unique to metric wheels on the 1.6L, 1.6HL & 2.0HL/HLS until 14" wheels were made standard in 1987. The only similarity to the Mk1 Rover 200 series is the holes around the outside. Otherwise, the Monty ones are bigger and have the circular pattern in the centre, not the Rover shield.

[steve smith]

right i did it as of yesterday A87 KLU passed her mot with flying colours with nothing needing doing what so ever even the 20 year old lower ball joints and track rod ends where ok as where the front wheel bearings and the emmisions where as low as low can be on a montego of her age. there was no need for welding as none has ever been done on her i am so please no all i gotta do is put her under cover and remove the rad and make a start on cleaning up teh few rusty bits she has got on her ready for next year and any show that is coming up.

[steve smith]

i have had confirmed by Skatiechik that my a reg monty has teh oldest recorded vin plate in the club now how about that for a find ehh
i will now be looking after her much better that i first thought am getting her put under dry cover asap