Allegro Club International

I have had a 1500 engine, originally fitted to a Vanden Plas, it was sitting in my garage since I acquired it with a job lot of parts 5 years ago. I have no idea what mileage is on it nor as to how se ...

I know Hopwood are a bit touchy about groups congregating there for POL but ignoring that is there any plans to meet up there and go to the event enmass?
If so, what time?

Saw the new Christmas Cadbury chocolate advert last night. The theme is an entire street covered in wrapping paper and the residents all rush about tearing it off houses, cars , trees etc and end up w ...

Well had I put my money on it being the gasket I would have lost!

Bought a brand new gasket, checked the surfaces of the head and block to eliminate any bits, fitted the head , tightened to the cor ...

Thanks for the suggestions Graham. They are all worth checking out though there was no evidence of leakage before stripdown and to have 2 cracked heads would be extremely unlucky. We have certainly ex ...

Can someone shed any light as to a solution to a leak that is driving us barmy? I wont bore you with the back ground to it, suffice to say Brian spent sometime awaiting an engine rebuild. So the grea ...

I have had an email from Hatton Models, Liverpool www.ehattons.com to say the Austin Allegro estate in Citron Yellow will hopefully be in stock from Monday April 28th priced at £4, presumably plus P+P ...

Woohoo! Roll on September 2020 when Brian the VP turns 40 Very Happy

Sadly I will be 91 when my Vauxhall Agila also becomes eligible in 2049 Sad

As we all know the good old tax disc will disappear later this year to be replaced, - well by nothing, just a big blank area in the corner of the windscreen, and that got me wondering.
Each year we a ...

As well as big screen appearances has anyone seen the "32 Red" gambling company television advert that starts with an aerial shot of a car park where some old chap in a sandglow Allegro is a ...

This is the year Brian the VP hits the road again (hopefuly) and all is going well except for the the headlining. I had all the interior stripped and bought the recommended adhesive from Woolies, appl ...

Isn't that the red Allegro Paul and Teresa took to a film shoot in Ghent, Belgium back in 2012? Presume the producers have sent them a gratis copy as a thank you, maybe we all ought to pop over to Ash ...

Well that's my incentive to get Brian the VP back on the road then Smile

Update regarding the 1st model issue, in the booklet it says it will be available in Citron Yellow but the model is shown in what looks very much like Applejack so which it will end up being is anyone ...

Was in a model shop today that stocks Oxford Diecasts and saw their 2014 catalogue so decided to browse through to see what was new. I was stopped in my tracks on page 4, due for release in the 1st q ...