Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
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Club RR Member Number: 140
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May 18, 2011 13:11:47 GMT
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May 18, 2011 13:36:03 GMT
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It looks so cool - I'm sure there was all sorts of tweaking going on under the skin, but it looks like a road car with a cage that's just been driven to the circuit and stickered up. And that's brilliant. Very much the look of the era, but somehow all the more cool for having (in the case of that green one) a vinyl roof!
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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May 18, 2011 16:33:17 GMT
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The vinyl roof on the green one is standard on Avenger GT's I'm not sure what mods were carried out, don't think there are any records of what was done. This is the engine bay and interior of the green one A standard GT would have twin Stromberg CD150's, so the presence of the Webber DCOE's makes me think it's at least Tiger spec
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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May 25, 2011 15:03:19 GMT
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Late addition Not sure what this guy was smoking when he edited this, but there's come cool footage in there
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May 10, 2017 15:39:33 GMT
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NECRO BUMP! A friend in the states who specialises in British vehicles and motorsport with them is trying to work out what saloon to enter into a particular championship to face BMW 2002s and the like. I had a look at what dominated the UK BTCC over the eligible years, I was surprised at how successful Hillman was with both the Imp and Unett's Avengers... which lead me to this thread. Retro Rides is ace
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Davenger
Club Retro Rides Member
It's only metal
Posts: 7,272
Club RR Member Number: 140
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May 10, 2017 20:22:48 GMT
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Last Edit: May 10, 2017 20:27:04 GMT by Davenger
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bazzateer
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Imping along sans Vogue
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May 11, 2017 14:00:55 GMT
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1968 Singer Chamois Sport 1972 Sunbeam Imp Sport 1976 Datsun 260Z 2+2 1998 Peugeot Boxer Pilote motorhome 2003 Rover 75 1.8 Club SE (daily) 2006 MG ZT 190+ (another daily) 2007 BMW 530d Touring M Sport (tow car)
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May 12, 2017 10:46:41 GMT
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According to list i have , Atlas editions are going to release a model of the BTCC championship winning Avenger, I already have the imp they released
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Last Edit: May 12, 2017 10:47:00 GMT by Imperial
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gazw
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, also my first post.. Wooo! My Dad used to work on this car at Halesfied Motors when it was racing and acquired a tshirt bearing the logo, it's a kids size (7-8yrs I think) but is brand new. Doe anyone know where this car is now? I would like to donate it to be kept with the car if the current owner would like it..
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Sorry for resurrecting an old thread, also my first post.. Never a bad thing, welcome to the forum Looks to be a racing Simca, which means we'll need scmick to the identification phone
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gazw
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Yes, i believe it's a Rallye 1 and was driven by Simon Kirkby. I may be wrong on that though!
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scmick
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gazw
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Wow, thanks for the information! If I can't track down anyone from the time that would like it then I will happily donate it to the club if you'd like it? I think my dad and I may have spoken to yourself (or someone from the club) at the NEC restoration show a couple of years ago. Thanks again for the help and info. I knew I could count on the last great car forum! Just need to start a thread for my own project now
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scmick
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Jun 19, 2020 11:26:55 GMT
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gazw I'll see if we still have any contact info for the guy who had the Rallye 1. Otherwise the SIMCA club would be grateful for the donation. I'll message you and send you a PDF copy of our club mag if you let me have an email. The Rallye 1 was a 1294cc version of the SIMCA 1000 with just a single small solex carb.... 'strangling' it to 60bhp. (Ron Jones got much more from it) The rest of Europe got the Rallye 2 with wilder cam, twin twin choke sidedraught solex carbs and 4 wheel disc brakes plus front mounted rad. The Rallye 2 produced 82bhp, 86 on later cars. To mark the end of SIMCA 1000 production in 1978, SIMCA made just 1000 Rallye 3's, a 103bhp 'homologation special' which came with all the group 2 parts previously available as a kit... race cam, 40 DCOE Webers, close ratio box, Koni suspension, offset wider alloys under a special bodykit. Only one example of the Rallye 3 came to the UK when new and was raced in touring cars with some success by Neville Knight and Ron Jones was his 'engine man'.... until it was decided that Group 1 (that the Rallye 3 was classed as in mainland Europe) allowed much more than RACMSA Group 1 over here and it was banned, racing in later years in road saloons etc. Only the Rallye 1 fitted the Group 1 touring car regs over here at the time. Phil Hart in our club now has that Rallye 3. I have a rare in the UK Rallye 2, a '75 car imported in '79 hence the V reg. see photos. car on trailer is a Rallye 3.
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scmick
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Jun 19, 2020 11:47:15 GMT
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Regarding the NEC. My brother Kev, Sister in law Lesley and I organise our club stand at the March NEC Restoration show. A couple of years ago we had the orange 'Youngtimer Trophy' Rallye 2 on the stand. We'd planned to have it there again this year along with KEV's 1200S Bertone Coupe (based on the 1000 Rallye running gear) and a SIMCA 1000 project but the lockdown intervened. The Youngtimer Trophy car, as with SIMCA Rallyes in France & Germany etc has been taken much further than the Rallye 3 and, still with 1294cc turns out a reliable 130bhp.
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