Description
Drives just fine, revs cleanly, no sputtering or stalling.
new (well, 800-ish miles on):
rebuilt carb
electronic ignition
spark plugs
ht leads
thermostat
thermostat housing
thermostat housing gasket
alternator
hoses
recored radiator
resealed fuel tank
clutch master cylinder innards (with fittings re-done as metric to make any future replacement connection parts easier to source)
battery
oil
filter
Interior is fantastic, looks like new.
1 owner for almost all of its life, me in the last couple of years.
Always ran on Shell 99
Suspension was regassed and holds pressure just fine.
Rust: as can be seen in the pics and Youtube vid, the Allegro is in pretty good nick. There is obvious corrosion in 3 places each lower corner of the windscreen and the rear wheel arch (you can clearly see at the end of the video). Tiny patch on the driver's wing.
Underneath is a different story - it's fantastic!
Alas I don't have any ramps to get the car in the air to take a pic.
Lastly, there's a rattly bush in the steering rack - I'm led to believe that a new one can be easily sourced through the owner's club. We drove last year to the 50th Anniversary of the Allegro.
My car comes up at 9:09 and the lady commenting points out my lovely wind deflector at 9:48!
