Show us your Maestro/Montego...

[Beaker]

No offence intended but why put an MG grille and interior on a car which is not an MG?

Its called modification :laugh:

[D87SMW]

MG stuff

No offence intended but why put an MG grille and interior on a car which is not an MG?

It's not a bad idea, it's just the badge on the grille and the bonnet don't go well.

[Guest]

Hmmmmm!
I think i recognise those seats from some where!!!

[steve smith]

and yet another one rescued from ebay my 1989 f plater mg monty sorry they are the only ones i got so far the guys gonna take some more for me later ..

[Beaker]

I was looking at that one on ebay the other day it looked good.

[Guest]

mg td

I am flushing the bonnet and doing away with the bonnet badge. The front lip each side is very rusty,When I do the rest of the bodywork ie rear o/s wheel-arch,2 little spots of rust on bottom of back doors repair corner of rear bumper,spray each corner of the rear bumper as well,The biggest job the rear tailgate needs the bottom half chopping out and a new plate welding in plus filling and spraying.All this should be getting done with help from my mate on the 20th march.In the meantime Im doing my interior,I just need a drivers doorcard and hopefully getting my back seat retrimmed in a few weeks time.But my n/s rear seat catch is broke so got to strip plastic panel and do this first,also looking for center caps.I have got my interior pics sorted now what do u think??

[Andy]

looking good, as I rember someone before has changed an estate to an mg. Not sure bout the sparco seatbelt pads though, bit nova'rish.

[E_T_V]

Yes there has been an estate converted to MG spec but only one true MG estate which resides not a million miles from me in a certain members garage/office and very nice it is too.

[hornmeister2000]

[QUOTE=passionwagon]I just need a drivers doorcard and hopefully getting my back seat retrimmed in a few weeks time.QUOTE]

I've still got the doorcards for you, but are you sure a Maestro one will fit?

BTW, can't find details of Gaydon anywhere on the site. Can someone point me in the right direction?

Thanks

[Beaker]

I've still got the doorcards for you, but are you sure a Maestro one will fit?

Front doors are the same on the Maestro and Montego, the only difference is the Montego has two sticky up bits of metal for holding on the window seal on the outside.

[Guest]

My lot.....!

Well, I thought it was high time I actually showed my lot, but unfortunately I decided this at half one on a snowy morning, and sadly the pics reflect this, but you'll get the general idea (I hope!)

The first pic is of Mum's 2.0i, even in that poor light it is still easily recognisable as a Maestro! It is actually a dark metallic blue colour (the name of which escapes me at the moment, is it Atlantic Blue?), and looks virtually identical to the one that was on eBay recently. It replaced her '93 Prelude VTEC, purely and simply because the purchase price for the Maestro was the same as a second hand distributor for the Prelude!

The second pic is of the LX, which I purchased from Dave Monks back in July last year. Still soldiering on, at the present time it needs a new CV joint and an oil change, it isn't easy finding the time to do it though!

The third and fourth pics are particularly harrowing for me, they are of the MG1600 that lurks round the corner in my garage. It last ran just before Christmas, albeit on three cylinders, but this was an encouraging development, as the carbs have just been rebuilt and many people were doubting my Frank Spencer-esque DIY skill! Hopefully, all that is needed is a quick plug clean up, a carb tweak, and fiddling with the gearbox linkages, and then it will be off to the MOT station to scare the MOT tester, who thinks it is dead and buried and in his opinion (and I quote) "it would make a lovely fish tank"!!

I will get some better pics soon, especially of the '1600 as it needs a good wash after not leaving that garage for the last 18 months!

Ricky.

[Dave]

Hi Ricky,

The club spares stock has lots of driveshafts complete with cv joint/boot, probably cheaper (and definately easier) than changing just the boot.

Dave

[matthewsemple]

MG1600

The third and fourth pics are particularly harrowing for me, they are of the MG1600 that lurks round the corner in my garage. It last ran just before Christmas, albeit on three cylinders, but this was an encouraging development, as the carbs have just been rebuilt and many people were doubting my Frank Spencer-esque DIY skill! Hopefully, all that is needed is a quick plug clean up, a carb tweak, and fiddling with the gearbox linkages, and then it will be off to the MOT station to scare the MOT tester, who thinks it is dead and buried and in his opinion (and I quote) "it would make a lovely fish tank"!!Ricky.

Keep the faith, Ricky - the MG1600 is a fantastic car and well worth preserving. If the MOT tester is difficult, why not take it to a traditional garage ran by an old chap with a few old Morris Minors parked out the back? You know the sort of place - sympathetic to older cars.

I have started keeping a register of these cars and I have a picture of your car that I found on an MSN Group.

If I can offer any help or advice, let me know. By the way you can still buy the gearbox linkage parts from Rover and they are not very expensive. I needed one of the rods last year and it cost about £6.

[Guest]

A little off topic but what is that pipe that is running over the heatsheald in front of the carbs?

[Maria]

The club has driveshafts with the inner CVs, and some outer CV joints. We also have a stock of the longer VW gear linkage rods.