Michael Delamar Posted April 2, 2012 Share Posted April 2, 2012 this is worth a watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_sS011854 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted November 13, 2012 Share Posted November 13, 2012 No new posts since April about the Maestro. Has anybody got a completed van for us to see ? Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Spotted a real van on the road recently , they are very rare sight these days , s'pose it could be ex BR Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted November 16, 2012 Share Posted November 16, 2012 Spotted a real van on the road recently , they are very rare sight these days , s'pose it could be ex BR Thought you had come up with the model for a minute. Registered in Reading so not ex B R. I think the AA register there. Nice condition for one of them. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jcb 3c Posted November 21, 2012 Share Posted November 21, 2012 Thought you had come up with the model for a minute. Registered in Reading so not ex B R. I think the AA register there. Nice condition for one of them. Merf. lol - didn't read the preceding post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Clarke 1980 Posted June 29, 2013 Share Posted June 29, 2013 This is excellent my first car I want one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
andye Posted July 7, 2013 Share Posted July 7, 2013 That an ex AA van, they had a lot of them, the tow hook with the pin coupling, the stripe at the bottom are the tell tales. I had a G reg diesel maestro van, did 210,000 thousand miles in it, two engines, three gearboxes, endless front hub bearings, I did enjoy (!) it though! They are rare these days, because like most Leyland products, they just rotted away! Andy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 No new posts since April about the Maestro. Has anybody got a completed van for us to see ? Merf. Finally yes!!!!! Thanks again to Merfyn for the registration plate details. Looks like the offside front wheel needs touching up a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted March 12, 2015 Share Posted March 12, 2015 And it looks great, so much better than a lot of the whitemetal kits about. Captures the Maestro look exactly. I didn't like spending that amount of money till I saw one in the flesh (yellow) Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Clarke 1980 Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 how much would one cost please ? Phil Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flood Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 how much would one cost please ? Phil The Shapeways page for the van is here:http://www.shapeways.com/product/9585DAVRB/ooamv01-1-76-austin-maestro-van-fud?li=user-profile&optionId=3067961 £20.08 plus postage from America. It's not cheap but it will be rare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 12, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2015 That an ex AA van, they had a lot of them, the tow hook with the pin coupling, the stripe at the bottom are the tell tales. I had a G reg diesel maestro van, did 210,000 thousand miles in it, two engines, three gearboxes, endless front hub bearings, I did enjoy (!) it though! They are rare these days, because like most Leyland products, they just rotted away! Andy A lot of diesels had premature endings due to the fact that the engines are sort after by land rover enthusiasts as a conversation and also for use in boats Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merfyn Jones Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 The Shapeways page for the van is here:http://www.shapeways.com/product/9585DAVRB/ooamv01-1-76-austin-maestro-van-fud?li=user-profile&optionId=3067961 £20.08 plus postage from America. It's not cheap but it will be rare. Thanks Flood, I still want one, let's see what's in the piggy bank. Merf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 this is worth a watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8G_sS011854 The Maestro 5 door's low waistline and huge glass trapezoidal cabin reminds me of a sawn-off VW K70, and I do wonder if Austin/BL ever planned to make a 4-door variant with a boot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 12, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2015 The Maestro 5 door's low waistline and huge glass trapezoidal cabin reminds me of a sawn-off VW K70, and I do wonder if Austin/BL ever planned to make a 4-door variant with a boot. They did and called it montego Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Premium PhilJ W Posted June 12, 2015 RMweb Premium Share Posted June 12, 2015 The Shapeways page for the van is here:http://www.shapeways.com/product/9585DAVRB/ooamv01-1-76-austin-maestro-van-fud?li=user-profile&optionId=3067961 £20.08 plus postage from America. It's not cheap but it will be rare. I ordered a couple a few years ago, the price then was less than that for the two, and they came from Holland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 They did and called it montego No, that wasn't quite what I meant. I meant keeping the looks of the Maestro but sticking a boot on the back end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMweb Gold russ p Posted June 12, 2015 RMweb Gold Share Posted June 12, 2015 Here are some pictures of what is essentially a maestro saloon http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/austin/maestromontego/concepts-and-prototypes-lm11-saloon-and-lm11e-estate/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pugsley Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 They so should have made the production cars like this: http://www.aronline.co.uk/images/lm10dev_02.jpg Far nicer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted June 12, 2015 Share Posted June 12, 2015 It looks too much like a Talbot Solara or Tagora though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
45059 Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 We, (my parents that is) had an A reg MG from new. In the 90s my late father pondered that the Maestro looked like an updated All-agro. To stretch things further, I thought that the Vauxhall Astra (MK3 was it?) GSi looked like an updated Maestro. Either way. The models no good- there's not enough rust around the arches! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BernardTPM Posted July 6, 2015 Share Posted July 6, 2015 To stretch things further, I thought that the Vauxhall Astra (MK3 was it?) GSi looked like an updated Maestro. IIRC this was even noted by Autocar in 1991 when the Astra Mk.3 came out. Either way. The models no good- there's not enough rust around the arches! Simple solution - don't smooth the print down round the wheel arches! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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