" I've got a BMW on my tail ....." Lalalalala etc...

[MGJohn]

"But he's just looking for the Holy grail ..."


Listen to this ....

http://smg.photobucket.com/albums/v236/G51NAV/HLE/...

Catchee choon ....... Rattan Beige .... exceedingly cool colour ....

[DamianBlades]

Well it wasnt what I thought lol. Was thinking more of a video of you blitzing a bmw lol. But kool vid, nice paint job

[MGJohn]

DamianBlades said:

Well it wasnt what I thought lol. Was thinking more of a video of you blitzing a bmw lol. But kool vid, nice paint job

I have Blitzed a beemer ~ in my MG Maestro Turbo ... It was a Tuesday ...

That rattan Beige Maestro changed hands for £600 ....

[andymadmak]

I had an MG Maestro Turbo from new. White one. F504DBD Wonder if she still lives......

[MGJohn]

andymadmak said:

I had an MG Maestro Turbo from new. White one. F504DBD Wonder if she still lives......

From new eh....Lucky you. Bet you had some fun playing with other road users in that MG Turbo back then ~ I certainly did with mine.

There's a register ~ About half of the 505 MG Maestro Turbos still exist including some truly mint examples. A few are used as daily drivers or track cars ~ some running 300bhp with 'mods' ... maybe yours still exists too ~ quite a few are road worthy but, most owners keep them tucked away in a dry garage and only come out for shows etc.

DVLA records show yours was last VED Tax expired March 1999....

A friend used to regularly track his modified example at "The Combe". Showed well and surprised the drivers of cars thought to be faster ... more than once.. That was until some other competitor recently did a PIT move on it at the start ~ cars involved severely damaged ~ incident is on U-tube somewhere ~ Maestro driver gutted .... Was quite nippy ~ do not know current status:~



The onlooker in red is his sister ...
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[andymadmak]

MGJohn said:

andymadmak said:

I had an MG Maestro Turbo from new. White one. F504DBD Wonder if she still lives......

From new eh....Lucky you. Bet you had some fun playing with other road users in that MG Turbo back then ~ I certainly did with mine.

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Yes indeed. My colleague had a Pug 205 Gti 1.9 which was the weapon of choice for the hot hatch performance brigade (moreso than the Golf Gti 16v) and I would regularly trounce him during track days at Donnington Park.
It was very tyre sensitive though, and really only handled properly on Michelins. You could get the tail out on it, which was a bit strange on a FWD car!
It was 100% reliable too. Only fault was caused on a track day, when my accounts clerk at the time (who I had let take the wheel) accidently went from 5th to 2nd on the main straight and beaucoup leptons. The gearbox let out an almighty howl therafter. I took it to the dealer and feigned ignorance of the circumstances and got a new 'box from MG under warranty! In fact, the only fault found on strip down of the 'box was that a circlip had popped off one of the shafts, letting it rub against the casing. I was amazed at how tough the old girl was.
It got pinched once too, and the Policeman told me that I would have to wait for it to be abandoned in order to get it back (assuming it was not torched) because his officers were under instructions not to pursue high performance cars. Got it back a week later after it was abandoned on the vicarage lawn in Strelley, Nottingham. Not torched, but in a sorry sorry state. It was never the same after that. Thems were the days

Andy

[heightswitch]

Now I really liked that.

Thats what resto is all about.

N