Part 1: Austin Allegro V6 street sleeper project // Jonny Smith

Bald.

Mark burley at mb motorspots is a genius and his work is amazing
Take it back to him to map it ect

Just wondering what is the Pink Floyd Breathe eseque song in the background?

I need to see more of a supercharged C27

British designers must be masochists otherwise this car (and others) wouldn't be produced

BL had to use those bad colours as the workforce used to steal the paint !

Can we have a update please

I had an equally appalling Princess which I deliberately ran the alloy engine extremely hot without coolant then dosed the whole muthafukka with freezing water. And yes, the engine shattered but nowhere near as dramatically as I wanted. I fucking hated that car but loved it, too. No, I just hated it.

What a fantastic project.

Absolutely beautiful!

What happened with this project? I can never find anything continuing on this.

Jonny has big balls, he starting on a car that looks terrible, most people like to start with something they think looks good, and then make better.

i was trainee mechanic in the mid 80's they were called Austin agro

I was a bit against the idea when I first started watching but your wish to keep it BL / AR / Roverish really has won me over. Those 14" wheels are exactly what I would do given the time, money, workshop space and talent. On to Part 2 in my Sunday morning bingefest! Good work.

My first car was an allegro. I love them!

RWD would have been awesome.

I would love to see an update on this project. I would convert it into a hatchback with folding rear seats while I was at it!

Bro thus is fecking brilliant

Jonny! My Man! I'm a bit of a latecomer. It's so good to see a car show that isn't presented by a know-all dickhead! Your genuine enthusiasm shines through.Keep it up!

My Father was Engineering Manager at Vanden Plas in Kingsbury, One day he bought the Vanden Plas 1500 press car home before it was released (VDP 74N) and we went for a drive in it, I rather liked it and still do to this day, he later had an Allegro 1750 HLS as his company car

Oh. Here was me, an Aussie, thinking that the Marina was BL’s most appalling creation. Thank god they never tried to bring the Allegro here! Or did they? What a thought. So repulsive, it a l m o s t makes me think fondly of a French cars. Good luck with the project, though; it’s so bad that it’s almost good. In an ironic way.

Feck me it’s a sporty 2dr!🙈🤷‍♂️😂

I love your weird shit!👍🏻

Wow this is so cool. My mum had a brown one with an orange stripe. This was in Switzerland, needless to say it must have been one of the only ones.

My dad had one of these - the rear passenger door swung open as I was sat in the back as 5 year old kid - I always check car doors are locked since

Please make this a playlist so it's easier to find the first/next video, especially after you've taken a break from watching them

Vile car

Jonny that's cool

You live in Lincolnshire?
Do you know the Lincolnshire Poacher?

Going for the K20 was definitely a better option.

Nothing better than a BL sleeper, I've done a landcrab with a VW VR6 24v 2.8 conversion

What's happening with the allegro now? Is Adam still doing it?

allegro is brisk speed in MUSIC, I'M SURE AVANTE IS ITALIAN FOR FASTER

This 'sleeper' could be even more effective (surprising) than a beefed-up Morris Traveller.

Heh. My first car after I passed my test in 1983 was an Allegro. Blue, S reg but with the round steering wheel. Crashed it into a stone bridge after a night out, yes I was pissed, never done that again since, learned my lesson there. It was, as I recall, quite a solid car. The replacement one (same model) wasn't though, and dropped an exhaust valve half way round the Coventry ring road. Ah, the memories are flooding back 🤣

Awesome, I hadn't found you when you started this project but just saw you posted part 9 so searched to start from the beginning. I learned to drive in a red/orange allegro and always wanted to do a build like this, so for now I will live vicariously through you! Thank you!

Allegro is one of the several ways of saying happy in Italian, but when used as a musical term it’s meant to indicate an upbeat or faster tempo. So, I’d suggest that the best English translation of your cars model name would be the Austin Upbeat…

Being ex-Rover I love the 827. Had two 800s myself including a 1991 827SLi. I would probably have used a V6 2.8 turbo from the Saab 9-3. 250 or 280 horse versions available and a st1 map takes it well north of 300 horse.

Wow I didn't realise this project is 17 years old!

I remember my uncle having a brown 1 of these 😂😂😂

He had a brown Austin princess as well

Thanks wt martin for putting these Allegro vids into a neat playlist. 🚗 😊

I love the allegro. My first car. I want an allegro estate

4 years ago !!! Well 17 , Bloody hell Jonny

Excellent!

This was 4 years ago!!!!
Nope it wasn’t ’really fast’ was it 😂

Love this soooooo much

I saw an Allegro this colour on a low-loader in Hull last Monday, IE, 17/03/25 - could it have been this one? I could only see it from the back so don't know how many doors it had, but seeing it made me smile!

Blows my mind how random this channel is. Fantastic job Jonny.