Gulf Racing Allegro

[retroade]

OK, own up.. who's painted an Allegro in Gulf Racing colours?

Spotted heading west on the A14 near Stowmarket around 5.30ish.

Passed me on the opposite carriageway so no time for a snap which is a crying shame as it looked spot on.

[bagss2]

Was it this bad goat?





I'm not the guilty party by the way (wish I was!! )


Cheers, Baggers.

[retroade]

Nice work Baggers. That's the one, I remember the numbers.

It's got scissor doors!

If you're the owner and you read this I need to know more about this car, drove 170 miles today and that was the best car I saw all day and I saw a BMW 1602 near Bury St Eds that would normally Top Trump anything else. If you saw an E30 cab going Eastbound that was me.

[Mercdan68]

Ade this is getting a bit to weird for comfort.....every time you post something up I find myself thinking I like that, we must be from the same era!!

[Smiler]

I really like that.

[adam73bgt]

Well I never thought in a million years I'd see Austin Allegro and scissor doors come together.. Amazing

[retroade]

It's not very often you hear 'Allegro' and 'scissor doors' in the same sentence is it?

My old man taught me to drive in an Allegro, and it was the first car I drove after passing my test, so these once much maligned machines have a little place in my heart.

@mercdan68 - defo same era, I was born '71 so I'm guessing come driving age we were both around late 70s, early 80s metal, plus growing up in the 80s influenced heavily by German stuff. Either that or my new mind control device is working in which case people of Retro Rides surrender your bank details to me...

[Mercdan68]

Yes ade born in 68, and there's no money in my account the wife sees to that,,, or I've spent it all on cars!

[slomoshun]

Allegro unusual fusion of parts but a definite one off i like.
A friend of mine had an orange Allegro around 1994 and he cried when it went to the scrap yard
More info appreciated on Gulf colour Allegro ?

[PistonBroker]

That is awesome!

Alas, the web address across the top of the windscreen is just a holding page :-(

[concertocharlie]

farm6.static.flickr.com/5101/14104547753_83dda667bb.jpg
always good to see a loved allegro

[nelliem]

I saw this in Le Mans either last year or the year before and I'm fairly sure it has Subaru 4x4 running gear!!

[retroade]

Mar 19, 2015 16:34:09 GMT nelliem said:

I saw this in Le Mans either last year or the year before and I'm fairly sure it has Subaru 4x4 running gear!!

4X4 what now??? ...and scissor doors.

The owner of this car needs to get on here and write a thread, this has winner written all over it with a capital wubbel-yoo.

[heathrobinson]

I took the unprecedented step of trying the website on the sun strip. It has a tempting front page with a logo of the car, but that's all folks. Nothing else. Nada. Many curse words were uttered, I thought I was up for sleuth of the year for a moment there.

[optimusprime]

'Seymour Vadge ' is the bloke responsible.
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