Hi,

In message , Keith G
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"Glenn Booth" wrote


The revered Rustin Allaggro. I once had to pump three gallons of water
out of the petrol tank of one of those. To this day, I have no idea how
it got there. I was running a mobile disco using a 1750 Austin Maxi as a
'van' about then (1983?). It was a horrible piece of junk, but it just
wouldn't die, despite all my friends learning to drive in it.


I'm surprised to hear that - I always thought the Maxi was ****e-looking but
quite 'useable'.

Oh it was definitely usable - my old man used it as a butcher's van for
five years, he taught all my mates to drive in it, and I used it to tow
DJ equipment around for ages. It was a workhorse. However, the speedo
didn't work, ever, from the day it was new, the paint fell off in lumps
and it had a nasty habit of blowing fuses for no apparent reason.

....And it was definitely ****e-looking :-)

There used to be a load of speed bumps in this road (on an Industrial
Estate, near the Bedford Truck factory in Dunstable) which were very big -
an 'up and over you go' kinda thing. However, if you floored this (brand
new) Maxi and took them all at DEAD ON 60 (I think it was) the car stayed
level and steady as a rock and the speed bumps just went 'whadap, whadap,
whadap' underneath!!

I can believe it. I gave my old man's Maxi a real hard time on a lot of
bumpy country lanes around the coast in South Wales and it never missed
a beat. The 'horrible piece of junk' comment was just the subjective
view of a (then) 17 year old. It's easier to 'pull' in a hearse than it
is in a Maxi (but that's another story...)

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Regards,
Glenn Booth