British Leyland,What car is this?

joeperry

I love British Leyland and all the stories about it. Look at this video and at about 50secs what is the car in the top right hand corner. I've know idea what it is?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-8rzJB1Pu0&feature=related

who the fug

Austin Metro

Davidth88

Is that the Morris ital ( ie re-styled Marina ? )

Could be the most ugly horrible care , along with Allegro , ever built ?

joeperry

No i think you are both wrong, maybe i should of posted in the classic car forum.

Anan1

It's an Innocenti.

Thatnastyboy

Anan1 wrote: »

It's an Innocenti.

Correct and right

who the fug

joeperry wrote: »

No i think you are both wrong, maybe i should of posted in the classic car forum.

There is nothing Classic about Leyland

joeperry

Anan1 wrote: »

It's an Innocenti.

Excellent thanks, never seen one of them, i am amazed at that :D

who the fug

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Correct and right

Did they sell any in Ireland ?

Thatnastyboy

Couldnt tell ya, well before my time

My grandfather spent a lot of time in England through the years and he had a british leyland book (an annually type thing covering all sorts of stuff) from his travels, I recognised the car in the video from the book, but couldn't think of the name till Anan mentioned it

who the fug

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Couldnt tell ya, well before my time

My grandfather spent a lot of time in England through the years and he had a british leyland book (an annually type thing covering all sorts of stuff) from his travels, I recognised the car in the video from the book, but couldn't think of the name till Anan mentioned it

Cheers, the only Austin I remember seeing on the road was the Princess never heard of that model

Just remembered something
Did't the coppers have a job lot of Austin Allegros in the late eighties

coylemj

who the fug wrote: »

Just remembered something
Did't the coppers have a job lot of Austin Allegros in the late eighties

Don't think so, the Allegro ceased production in 1983. I never saw a Garda Allegro patrol car.

Markcheese

I always liked the look of the allegro .... Never had to drive one though ( prob thankfully)

dingding

http://ucapusa.com/lost_marques_innocenti.htm

Looks like it was formally an Italian car.

Big Nasty

Thread may be more suited to Classics?

exador

who the fug wrote: »

Cheers, the only Austin I remember seeing on the road was the Princess never heard of that model

Just remembered something
Did't the coppers have a job lot of Austin Allegros in the late eighties

They had a lot of Maestro's and Montego's as well as the Sherpa vans later known as freight rover...

Davidth88

Blimey, I was 18 in 1980 ... highly interested in cars , living in England , my Dad was a Toyota dealer , and I have never seen or heard of that ...... well you live and learn

who the fug

Davidth88 wrote: »

Blimey, I was 18 in 1980 ... highly interested in cars , living in England , my Dad was a Toyota dealer , and I have never seen or heard of that ...... well you live and learn

back of my mind blue Austin equals cops

Terrontress

who the fug wrote: »

Thatnastyboy wrote: »

Couldnt tell ya, well before my time

My grandfather spent a lot of time in England through the years and he had a british leyland book (an annually type thing covering all sorts of stuff) from his travels, I recognised the car in the video from the book, but couldn't think of the name till Anan mentioned it

Cheers, the only Austin I remember seeing on the road was the Princess never heard of that model

Just remembered something
Did't the coppers have a job lot of Austin Allegros in the late eighties

My uncle bought a Rover SD1 2000 in Dundalk in the mid-eighties, YZY reg, and it had an Austin badge on the left, beneath the lights and Rover on the right beneath the lights.

Davidth88

My first car was a Triumph Toledo ..... horrible car

The BL cars in that era were truly terrible . I remember I was on the BL stand at the Motor Show , I looked at an Allegro , they boot didn't shut and this was in the motor show !!

Rust , bits falling , horrible colours ... p*ss yellow , puke green .

Even great cars like Jags...... badly made overheated

I remember my father bringing a Princess home one time ( a trade in ) ....... truly truly horrible .

Saying that I saw a Dolomite Sprint yesterday , now that was a great car and would beat a Golf GTI ..... but half the time it would fall apart doing it.

jimmyw

Innocenti mini 90 L

As bad as the austin apache of south africa;)

Pdfile

Davidth88 wrote: »

My first car was a Triumph Toledo ..... horrible car

The BL cars in that era were truly terrible . I remember I was on the BL stand at the Motor Show , I looked at an Allegro , they boot didn't shut and this was in the motor show !!

Rust , bits falling , horrible colours ... p*ss yellow , puke green .

Even great cars like Jags...... badly made overheated

I remember my father bringing a Princess home one time ( a trade in ) ....... truly truly horrible .

Saying that I saw a Dolomite Sprint yesterday , now that was a great car and would beat a Golf GTI ..... but half the time it would fall apart doing it.

my father traded a 124 for a hunter years ago, then the hunter for a dolomite, it could beat most around bar a decently tuned cortina/capri/escort....

the old renault 4 van on the malahide road used to hate them :pac:

Terrontress

Davidth88 wrote: »

Saying that I saw a Dolomite Sprint yesterday , now that was a great car and would beat a Golf GTI ..... but half the time it would fall apart doing it.

There is an immaculate Dolomite Sprint round the Donabate way. It even has an original Aer Lingus car park sticker with the old logo. Somehow this hasn't faded.

Delancey

The Austin Allegro was such a shyte unreliable car they were banned from the Mersey Tunnel in Liverpool.

What was the Leyland car dubbed '' The Land Crab '' ?

jimmyw

Delancey wrote: »

The Austin Allegro was such a shyte unreliable car they were banned from the Mersey Tunnel in Liverpool.

What was the Leyland car dubbed '' The Land Crab '' ?

Austin 1800/Wolseley 18/85/Morris 1800

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Morris_1800_1970.jpg