Classics Monthly

AUSTIN MONTEGO ESTATE PART 5

ne of the reasons why our Montego looked so down at heel when we bought it was because there were blemishes on virtually every panel, some of them worse than others. The offside sill had a small section of rust at the front end, but the nearside sill was in worse shape with no fewer than four problem areas – rust at the back by the rear wheelarch, a dent below the rear door, some filler under the B-post, and finally some surface rust by the A-post. As the pictures

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