| | John's Austin Maestro Info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02) |
 | | The Maestro was produced as the successor to the Allegro, and shared many of it's innovative features, like being ugly and unpleasant to drive. |
 | | My Maestro was a 1598cc automatic in metallic blue of 1988 vintage, and came free courtesy of Lisa, who had rejected it after it had started to show signs of unreliability. |
 | | I became expert at starting the engine standing outside the car, with one hand on the ignition key and the other hand on the carb, lifting the dashpot, then running around under the bonnet to blip the throttle and screw the dashpot back in without stalling (learned from the AA man). |
| www.superjohn.f9.co.uk /maeinfo.htm (401 words) |