Another blast from the past

keithst24 · 5th March 2017, 08:50

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-MONTEGO...UAAOSw32lYutZ-
Lovely condition

zedhed · 5th March 2017, 09:24

that is a blast from the past.shame there ain't many cars left like this anymore.

coolguy · 5th March 2017, 09:37

Never owned the MG version, but had a succession of the 2.0 GTi automatics in the 80's and 90's - the Company sold them cheap at under 3 years old and I was friends with the Transport Manager, so always had first choice. Should have kept the last one!

picky747 · 5th March 2017, 11:04

I used to make the bumpers for those (and Maestro,800)

Mogodon · 5th March 2017, 11:26

Looks A1 condition, but not wishing to be critical, if I was in the market for this at that age and mileage, (even though very low for age) and their deserved reputation to dissolve in just about every conceivable place at the mere sight of daylight, I'd want a very detailed and knowledgeable inspection and take any sellers description with a dose of salt at that price.

Some years ago, watched a consumer programme about dodgy cars and they took a death trap car from a scrapyard and gave to a back street garage, within days they had transformed it into what passed as a very tidy and well looked after car.

They then showed you the hidden bodges and it was still a death trap, just a good looking one, they then crushed it to make sure it never returned to the road.

Tourist · 5th March 2017, 15:30

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Originally Posted by Mogodon

Looks A1 condition... I'd want a very detailed and knowledgeable inspection and take any sellers description with a dose of salt at that price.

...they took a death trap car from a scrapyard and gave to a back street garage...They then showed you the hidden bodges and it was still a death trap.

The Montego and Maestro range did/do rust fairly readily, but always in the same places: bottom of front wings, sill ends, rear arch bottoms and the corners of doors. The later cars (post 1986) rusted worse than the earlier ones and out of the whole range, the red/brown ones seemed to last better, perhaps due to the paints used. I had a 1988 white Maestro which seemed to have very little rust-proofing at all!

That one looks a little over-prepared (or more accurately the colour-balance in the pictures makes the colour 'pop' a bit too much) but tidy enough, certainly the interior would support the mileage. That's one of the tidiest MG interiors I've seen for a long time - and apparently the dash isn't cracked which is a miracle if it's been parked outside.

It's a mystery, however, why the seller has gone for an advert in block caps with a grey background. Not exactly easy reading...

Sprinter · 5th March 2017, 16:02

£8k for a Montego! Or a V8 75 hmmm let me think.

Shame it's not the turbo version as I watched this the other day...

Blackrose · 5th March 2017, 20:36

Montego every time, just watched the video.

Rooney · 5th March 2017, 21:11

Quote:

Originally Posted by keithst24

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MG-MONTEGO...UAAOSw32lYutZ-
Lovely condition

I had that exact model as a company car once.

They're cracking cars, but even then people were critical of them. I remember telling a mechanic friend how much I loved it and he sneered about how prone to rust and poorly made they were.

Funny how many of the cars I've liked during my life have been ridiculed through theirs then become ''collectables''

neilll · 5th March 2017, 23:23

They also rusted (badly) around the rear windscreen (MG Turbo)!!
Neil

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Sprinter Posted a thing or two Jag S-Type 4.2 V8 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Derby Posts: 1,645 Thanks: 271 Thanked 427 Times in 293 Posts	£8k for a Montego! Or a V8 75 hmmm let me think. Shame it's not the turbo version as I watched this the other day... __________________ “Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana.”

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zedhed Posted a thing or two zt saloon turbo Join Date: Sep 2015 Location: Tipton Posts: 1,461 Thanks: 1 Thanked 167 Times in 132 Posts	that is a blast from the past.shame there ain't many cars left like this anymore.

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picky747 Gets stuck in ROVER Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Vera Posts: 746 Thanks: 56 Thanked 111 Times in 85 Posts	I used to make the bumpers for those (and Maestro,800)

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neilll Gets stuck in MG ZT,MG ZT-T Join Date: May 2008 Location: St. Helens Posts: 961 Thanks: 211 Thanked 235 Times in 158 Posts	They also rusted (badly) around the rear windscreen (MG Turbo)!! Neil