Bit of a long shot, but...! French Austin Maxi for sale!
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Bit of a long shot, but...! French Austin Maxi for sale!
Bit of along shot, but its a bit different and intersting,so thought it worth a mention...........
Austin Maxi, (same as a BX, but different!!) Very Rare Left hand drive model on french plates,and yes, its in France! near Le Mans,
Has been off the road some several months,think it may be a 72/3 car,
i've never seen a french Maxi so must be VERY RARE! be great fun driving it over here (im trying to talk myself out of it )
PM if interested, i have the contact details
chris
Austin Maxi, (same as a BX, but different!!) Very Rare Left hand drive model on french plates,and yes, its in France! near Le Mans,
Has been off the road some several months,think it may be a 72/3 car,
i've never seen a french Maxi so must be VERY RARE! be great fun driving it over here (im trying to talk myself out of it )
PM if interested, i have the contact details
chris
GSA X1,GSA estate, GSA PALLAS C-matic,Simca 1100,Renault 16TX auto, yellow Visa super E, wanted mk1 bx!
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Recent scruffy diesel n/a estate - "The Red Shed" - is no longer mine. - x 9
They're pretty rare here too - do they rust less than what they were trying to copy (The Renault 16)? Or is that a stupid question - nothing seems to rust faster than a Renault 16 (with the possible exception of the BL 1100/1300).
Usual BL story with both the above cars - good car or potentially very good car, completely underdeveloped.
Usual BL story with both the above cars - good car or potentially very good car, completely underdeveloped.
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.
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Maxi's did rust badly,but certainly not as bad as R16's! by gum i've had some rusty 16's, but i think Simca 1100's were worst! the one car that didn't rust so bad, and lasted very well was the humble Austin Allegro,
im so tempted with the maxi............. i just can't............
im so tempted with the maxi............. i just can't............
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I remain convinced that my first girlfriend was conceived in a Maxi. Her dad used to wax lyrical about the way the Maxi's seats converted to a double bed with a real gleam in his eye!Way2go wrote:I remember the informal advertising for the Maxi when it was a current model " Ton-up Double Bed" because the seats would fully recline,slide & fit into a level position front to back in the car!
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But who in their right mind would want one? Having said that, I do think the estate shape was an interesting oddity.the one car that didn't rust so bad, and lasted very well was the humble Austin Allegro
The debacle of the Allegro replacing the 1100/1300 (ugly as sin, no perceptible improvement) was an automotive blunder unmatched until Ford introduced the last Escort (ditto). Hell, they're still on the road., but...
As for the Simca 1100, I didn't own one for long enough for it to do anything other than break down. However, my ex-wife's family tell an apocryphal story of a family member's hands disappearing into a large rust hole when the front shock-absorber test was administered to a prospective Simca 1100 purchase.
Do you get the "Gazoline" magazine in France? Pure restoration magic and old cars used rather than garaged, without that peculiar British characteristic of opening a wallet and letting someone else do the job on your "classic" in the faint hope of capital appreciation.
Back on two wheels and pedal power for the moment.
Never appealed to me when they were current - suppose the shape or lack of it put me off as well as it being BMC FWD - which always seemed to go wrong. Sort of car that was sensible.
Just think what BMC would have achieved it it looked better and not so stodgy alongside the Ford Mk111 (and 11) Cortina.
Just think what BMC would have achieved it it looked better and not so stodgy alongside the Ford Mk111 (and 11) Cortina.
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i had a 78T 1750HL in metallic blue and it had a broken displacer so it leaned great laugh..........it was my first car at 16.
the thing with bmc cars was the lack of development and money they had quite a few firsts in the industry i.e the princess had hidden wiper spindles, front wheel drive straight six and they where good at badge engineering.
the thing with bmc cars was the lack of development and money they had quite a few firsts in the industry i.e the princess had hidden wiper spindles, front wheel drive straight six and they where good at badge engineering.
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maybe but wasn't it the renualt 16 the first hatchbackTrue, and the Maxi was credited with being the first hatchback
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00' Fraud Mondeo 2.0 ghia x......i know couldn't resist a bargain.
99' Peugeot 306 1.4 lx. nicely spec'd.
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93' xm 2.1 turbo D saloon 203.000mls has been sold to "citroenxm".
00' Fraud Mondeo 2.0 ghia x......i know couldn't resist a bargain.
99' Peugeot 306 1.4 lx. nicely spec'd.
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93' xm 2.1 turbo D saloon 203.000mls has been sold to "citroenxm".
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the R16 was the 1st hatchback,introduced in 1965,the maxi came in 1968,or there abouts, but after the R16, the A40 was more an estate car than a hatchback,
if i could work it, i certainly would have this maxi! just a slight problem with funds currently! but in a few months, who knows!! a Maxi would fit in well with my R16 and Simca 1100 hatchback!!!
chris
if i could work it, i certainly would have this maxi! just a slight problem with funds currently! but in a few months, who knows!! a Maxi would fit in well with my R16 and Simca 1100 hatchback!!!
chris
GSA X1,GSA estate, GSA PALLAS C-matic,Simca 1100,Renault 16TX auto, yellow Visa super E, wanted mk1 bx!