Hi there,
Up for sale is my 1973 Hillman Avenger historic rally car. I had planned to compete in 10 rounds of nescro rallies this year in this car and have spent the last 8 months putting a lot of time and effort into the car to make it mint. However i have been offered 2 very good mechanics jobs, and it seems extremely unlikely that i will be getting out rallying myself this year. Thus I have made the decision to sell the Avenger and buy a practical diesel for everyday driving.
I have done a lot of work to this car in the last 8 months and it really is a turn key go rally car as it stands now.
On its, and my first event out (doonhamer classic) we won it, the 2nd was cockermouth revival and had we not had a navigational error (wrong test) we would have been 3rd overall out of over 50 cars, setting 2nd fastest time on the last test and 3rd fastest time on a couple of others. So it goes to show that even with an unexperienced driver this is a very quick car indeed.
I have included the original advert from when I purchased the car and a detailed list of all the things I have done and parts that have gone into the car. Simply adding up the cost of the parts will get you to £15k no problems, if you wanted to purchase an escort in as good a condition and preparation as this you would easily be into the 15-20k area. I am really a perfectionist and have put many hours into this car making it absolutely mint. If you have any doubts come and see the car, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.
Lots of pictures available at s867.photobucket.com/home/feeling_impish there are also a lot of pictures of previous projects, so if you have any doubt as to the standard of my preparation then please have a flick through. Videos of the car in action:
The shell is rot free and in excellent order, if you have any questions please ring me on 07896034136 or email me at feeling_impish@live.co.uk
Price £6000
Thanks for looking
Sam
Original Advert
Avenger Historic rally car msa log booked,(Historic).This shell is one of the best that I have seen it has only required one weld repair on the o/s rear sill. Still in its original factory colour majenta (pink) if its not to your taste paint it yellow as it will make a fantastic tiger replica as it still has its twin head light front panel and grill.
msa logged booked historic
• 1600 ti spec on dellorto 40 big value head.
• Bilstien flat top wedged front struts.
Mi16 calipers with vented discs comp pads front and rear linings.
• Rs wheel cylinders.
• All steel plated lsd rear axle with dura brace (mal stuart motor sport).
• Tubular top arms poly bushed.
• Minalite wheels.
• Rs 4 speed box with quick shift fully recond skip brown bell housing
• Ap racing clutch.
• Bias pedal box.
• Safety devices cage and door bars.
• Sparco Evo bucket seats.
• Willans harnesses.
• Mal stuart motor sport sump guard and sub frame.
• Ashley forest exhaust.
• Lekki petter tuned 4 branch manifold.
• Life line fire kit and electric cut off.
• Navigater foot rest.
• Grp 4 seat rails
• Pts tank guard + all lines inside car.
• Red top fuel pump in fire box.
• Cibie spots.
• 12 months mot.
• Tax free year.
• Spax rear shockers adj.
• Quick rack.
• Comp springs 180 front 130 rear.
• New tca and trends.
• 130 over 90 bulbs
• Hydraulic hand brake alloy type.
• Lotus cooling fan kit.
• New big core radiator.
• Twin coils aldon points kit converter.
• Grp4 wheel studs.
• Ti wheel 6 dial dash,
• Nylon rear spring cups strengthened rear bottom arms.
• Grp4 gear box mount.
Things I have done
• Re wired the majority of the car, all wiring in the rear of the car now runs down the centre tunnel, loom tape raped, and secured neatly with cable tie saddles. New discrete number plate light.
• Wiring in the engine bay stripped back to the bulk head removed unnecessary wires and we wired the headlights with independent relays, brand new lights and bosch 90/130 watt bulbs.
• Cut down spot lamp brackets and re wired spot lamps.
• Re mounted coil.
• Completely reorganised dash board wiring, new switch panel with toggle switches and fuse box with circuit breaker fuses.
• Re secured fuel line, front to back all new fuel hose, turned fitting on carb 90 degrees and tidied fuel line in the engine bay. Refitted fuel pump in the fire proof box with pre and post pump filters secured in the box.
• Corrected tank sender unit wiring to correct fuel leak.
• Fitted spare wheel strap.
• Re fixed brake lines throughout the car and tidied.
• Ditched aluminium handbrake and converted a standard handbrake lever for fly off and fitted a hydraulic system so back brakes can be fitted with cables for mot.
• Cut out seat mounts, modified and widened so seats can be moved on the mounts and allows other seats to be fitted with ease.
• Welded holes up in floor and painted floor.
• Welded a shifter tower in with aluminium cover plate.
• Re mounted extinguisher and re run lines and fixed securely to bulk head. Re run pull cables and free’d them of so they work.
• New mudguards and brackets.
• Re sprayed whole car in Seat Rojo Lipari (as close to factory as possible).
• Works type rear bottom arms. 10mm steel bar running down each side, 3mm plate front to back down the sides. 2mm plate plating the top and bearing journal.
• New Mal stuart rear wheel bearings with external oil seals.
• Reinforced, thicker half shaft retaining plates.
• New Manual adjustable back brakes! Miles better than the automatic adjuster set up. (all parts where brand new)
• New Sunbeam lotus front TCA’s.
• Works type plated drag struts with caster mod.
• Blasted and re sprayed front bilstiens with brand new forest inserts.
• Ditched the spax’s in favour of Bilstiens on the back.
• Captived sub frame bolts for the sump guard.
• New interior light, modified using a standard sunvisor stripped down and laminated with a thin sheet of ply wood, looks very smart.
• Aldon reconditioned distributer, so no vaccum advance.
• Had engine professionally tuned and new pipercross filter instead of silly socks, now runs beautifully and gives good power but can potter round town all day no probs.
• New front wheel bearings.
• Welded new captive gearbox mount nuts into chassis (12mm bolts) and modified existing gearbox mount so that it comes out 90 degrees to the gearbox and is now bolted through the floor with 3mm plates stitch welded into the floor and 12mm bolts.
• Competition engine mounts bolted through the cross member.
• Fitted an OMP 3” steering wheel with a 2cm spacer.
• Chopped spot lamp brackets down and mounted vibration rods so that bonnet can be opened with spot lamps in situ.
Up for sale is my 1973 Hillman Avenger historic rally car. I had planned to compete in 10 rounds of nescro rallies this year in this car and have spent the last 8 months putting a lot of time and effort into the car to make it mint. However i have been offered 2 very good mechanics jobs, and it seems extremely unlikely that i will be getting out rallying myself this year. Thus I have made the decision to sell the Avenger and buy a practical diesel for everyday driving.
I have done a lot of work to this car in the last 8 months and it really is a turn key go rally car as it stands now.
On its, and my first event out (doonhamer classic) we won it, the 2nd was cockermouth revival and had we not had a navigational error (wrong test) we would have been 3rd overall out of over 50 cars, setting 2nd fastest time on the last test and 3rd fastest time on a couple of others. So it goes to show that even with an unexperienced driver this is a very quick car indeed.
I have included the original advert from when I purchased the car and a detailed list of all the things I have done and parts that have gone into the car. Simply adding up the cost of the parts will get you to £15k no problems, if you wanted to purchase an escort in as good a condition and preparation as this you would easily be into the 15-20k area. I am really a perfectionist and have put many hours into this car making it absolutely mint. If you have any doubts come and see the car, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed.
Lots of pictures available at s867.photobucket.com/home/feeling_impish there are also a lot of pictures of previous projects, so if you have any doubt as to the standard of my preparation then please have a flick through. Videos of the car in action:
The shell is rot free and in excellent order, if you have any questions please ring me on 07896034136 or email me at feeling_impish@live.co.uk
Price £6000
Thanks for looking
Sam
Original Advert
Avenger Historic rally car msa log booked,(Historic).This shell is one of the best that I have seen it has only required one weld repair on the o/s rear sill. Still in its original factory colour majenta (pink) if its not to your taste paint it yellow as it will make a fantastic tiger replica as it still has its twin head light front panel and grill.
msa logged booked historic
• 1600 ti spec on dellorto 40 big value head.
• Bilstien flat top wedged front struts.
Mi16 calipers with vented discs comp pads front and rear linings.
• Rs wheel cylinders.
• All steel plated lsd rear axle with dura brace (mal stuart motor sport).
• Tubular top arms poly bushed.
• Minalite wheels.
• Rs 4 speed box with quick shift fully recond skip brown bell housing
• Ap racing clutch.
• Bias pedal box.
• Safety devices cage and door bars.
• Sparco Evo bucket seats.
• Willans harnesses.
• Mal stuart motor sport sump guard and sub frame.
• Ashley forest exhaust.
• Lekki petter tuned 4 branch manifold.
• Life line fire kit and electric cut off.
• Navigater foot rest.
• Grp 4 seat rails
• Pts tank guard + all lines inside car.
• Red top fuel pump in fire box.
• Cibie spots.
• 12 months mot.
• Tax free year.
• Spax rear shockers adj.
• Quick rack.
• Comp springs 180 front 130 rear.
• New tca and trends.
• 130 over 90 bulbs
• Hydraulic hand brake alloy type.
• Lotus cooling fan kit.
• New big core radiator.
• Twin coils aldon points kit converter.
• Grp4 wheel studs.
• Ti wheel 6 dial dash,
• Nylon rear spring cups strengthened rear bottom arms.
• Grp4 gear box mount.
Things I have done
• Re wired the majority of the car, all wiring in the rear of the car now runs down the centre tunnel, loom tape raped, and secured neatly with cable tie saddles. New discrete number plate light.
• Wiring in the engine bay stripped back to the bulk head removed unnecessary wires and we wired the headlights with independent relays, brand new lights and bosch 90/130 watt bulbs.
• Cut down spot lamp brackets and re wired spot lamps.
• Re mounted coil.
• Completely reorganised dash board wiring, new switch panel with toggle switches and fuse box with circuit breaker fuses.
• Re secured fuel line, front to back all new fuel hose, turned fitting on carb 90 degrees and tidied fuel line in the engine bay. Refitted fuel pump in the fire proof box with pre and post pump filters secured in the box.
• Corrected tank sender unit wiring to correct fuel leak.
• Fitted spare wheel strap.
• Re fixed brake lines throughout the car and tidied.
• Ditched aluminium handbrake and converted a standard handbrake lever for fly off and fitted a hydraulic system so back brakes can be fitted with cables for mot.
• Cut out seat mounts, modified and widened so seats can be moved on the mounts and allows other seats to be fitted with ease.
• Welded holes up in floor and painted floor.
• Welded a shifter tower in with aluminium cover plate.
• Re mounted extinguisher and re run lines and fixed securely to bulk head. Re run pull cables and free’d them of so they work.
• New mudguards and brackets.
• Re sprayed whole car in Seat Rojo Lipari (as close to factory as possible).
• Works type rear bottom arms. 10mm steel bar running down each side, 3mm plate front to back down the sides. 2mm plate plating the top and bearing journal.
• New Mal stuart rear wheel bearings with external oil seals.
• Reinforced, thicker half shaft retaining plates.
• New Manual adjustable back brakes! Miles better than the automatic adjuster set up. (all parts where brand new)
• New Sunbeam lotus front TCA’s.
• Works type plated drag struts with caster mod.
• Blasted and re sprayed front bilstiens with brand new forest inserts.
• Ditched the spax’s in favour of Bilstiens on the back.
• Captived sub frame bolts for the sump guard.
• New interior light, modified using a standard sunvisor stripped down and laminated with a thin sheet of ply wood, looks very smart.
• Aldon reconditioned distributer, so no vaccum advance.
• Had engine professionally tuned and new pipercross filter instead of silly socks, now runs beautifully and gives good power but can potter round town all day no probs.
• New front wheel bearings.
• Welded new captive gearbox mount nuts into chassis (12mm bolts) and modified existing gearbox mount so that it comes out 90 degrees to the gearbox and is now bolted through the floor with 3mm plates stitch welded into the floor and 12mm bolts.
• Competition engine mounts bolted through the cross member.
• Fitted an OMP 3” steering wheel with a 2cm spacer.
• Chopped spot lamp brackets down and mounted vibration rods so that bonnet can be opened with spot lamps in situ.
