Feel free to post any comments/thoughts/tips about my car in here, cheers
good to see yours on here will be following progress with intrest
Love the new rims. I don't think I have seen them on an Avenger before so they should look unique. What size rubber are you going to put on them?
Can't wait to see some pictures of them on your car.
not sure yet. depends how close they rims sit to the guards. I want to go quite low, so might even end up running 175/50s. otherwise 185/60 likely
What size are you currently running on your stock rims? My manual says 155 is the standard size. Must be pretty sketchy on those like tyres. I run 185/70/R13 Goodyears on 13x6" tridents on my 1975 and 205/60/R13 on 13x7" hotwires on my race car.
the tyres now are 165s, are so old they dont even have a profile size (but they are usually about 80). tried rims on today (no pics sorry) and they are going to be pretty much perfect. will need a pretty small/narrow tyre though, hence thinking about 175s. anything bigger will probably rub. will look into getting the guards lip professionally, as my usually hammer technique isnt that great on the paint haha.
Yeah I remember looking at your tyres in Hamilton. They look at least a few decades old so even new tyres would do you a world of good.
Are you going to get it lowered at the same time as you do the wheels?
On my race car I used the old hammer technique, I wasn't too much of a perfectionist with my race car because was for racing not looks.
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Yep it definitly needs a bunch of slam to pull off small tyres. Have no money or space to work on the car at the mo, so waiting for payday and then get a flat sorted before I do too much more
Cool retro shot. What did you use to get that effect?
Here is a driving shot of mine. You can see my GPS speedo in action saying I'm doing 96KPH.
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Glad to see you finally got rid of those old tyres, They looked sketchy as. I am actually surprised they were still holding any air going by the age of them, they remind me of the spare tyre on my Charger. It is 30+ years old and has a slow leak (I put a tube in it)
Good luck with the new engine. Try not to get too many speeding tickets. I remember when I put my race engine in my '80 before doing the suspension mods, it was pretty damn scary.
Those trim strips pull off pretty easy. I used to wreak heaps of Avenger with them on and just peel them off. just be careful you don't pull the paint off with the strip but the paint on yours looks sweet so it should be no probs.
yeh the strips look like they should come off sweet. will just need a quick cut/polish to get the paint even
dont throw the strips away you never know who might need them in the future if you have somewere to keep them safe!!!!
oh yeh will definitly keep them safe, just dont like the look of them personally. cheers
Yeah it is amazing how much the factory paint fades and how much brighter the paint is under the strip.
Cool. Congrats on the new job.
Sounds like you have a lot of fun stuff planned for your Avenger. It will be cool to see the difference when it is all done.
I just got my WOF on my Avenger yesterday, passed with flying colours except he moaned about it having no front park lights. I convinced him that it never had front park lights. I don't know if that is true or not I just bluffed him to get my WOF. Does yours have front park lights?
not sure, will check one day and let you know haha
also richard, all going to plan I will have the engine tomoro. although I havent herd from the guy who was going to pick it up for me since last week......so fingers crossed.
otherwise i might have to go for a drive this weekend.......
Cool. Let me know when you have the bellhousing etc.
Let me know if you want to ship the bellhousing up to me or if you want to bring them up to the Hastings car show if you are coming.
I already have a boot load of parts to take down with me to Hastings for my mates. Always seem to be stockpiling parts for people but it really saves on shipping if you are driving down anyway. I took a valiant 4 speed manual gearbox and radiator with me down to Nelson. Sucks because I would have really liked that gearbox for my Charger but they are worth over $1500.
unless i get a good amount of car done on the car i probably wont come up for the show. will let you know. will ask around on oldschool as well, as there are always people driving up and down the country haha
That's a shame, would be cool to have your Avenger there also.
I'm not in a super hurry for the bellhousing. I'm focused on getting the Avenger ready for the drags at the MoPar Nationals on the 6th of March, then I have Hastings the weekend after that so I won't have time to do any work on the gearbox till after that.
yeh id love to come, just dont think itl really be worth it unless i get the car tidyied up a bit, new wheels on etc. no one reeeealy wants to see a sky high 1300 avenger haha
As I said in Hamilton you Avenger looks awesome the way it is plus if you bring it now when it is stock then people will be amazed at the difference when you bring your tricked out super custom Avenger next time.
I just want as many Avengers as we can get there so we can have a really good showing, just think of it as a benchmark so you can look back at photos from the weekend and fondly remember when you car was sky high and stock.
There will be plenty of other shows that you can bring your tricked out, slammed to the ground Avenger but people also need to see the begining of the story, the birth of a legend. people will talk of seeing that car before it's rebirth in to custom goodness and be in awe of it's tranformation.
Okay thats my best shot at a motivational speach so get your Avenger up to Hawkes bay, you are closer than me so it is only a short drive.
haha ill see what I can do. would be a good excuse for a drive...if my car survives the 8 hour round trip to stratford this weekend to get that engine haha. dont think they guy got the info in time to pick it up....although im secretly hoping itl be sitting on the driveway when i get home tonight....
Haha, you seem to be doing a lot of driving in the mighty Avenger. Hamilton last week, Stratford this weekend.
Good to see you are getting as much milage as you can out of that old engine before replacing it.
PM me if you want something for gas to cover picking up the bellhousing.
hah! nah i flew to hamilton....drove down from there a month ago though, was actually a bloody nice drive.
UPDATE! engine and box is on its way to wellington, has been picked up and shall be delivered tonight.
should probably tell the people im staying with not to be surprised when it turns up....haha
Gosh, who's mister fancy pants now flying all over the country ;D Long drives are great. I did a tour from auckland all the way around the south island last october in the Charger, 12 days of driving and over 4,500KM.
Thats awesome with the engine being delivered, Now with all that saved gas and milage you have no excuse not to come to Hastings :D
looking good its amazing what a polish can do for old dead paint!!! i think the colour of your car is great really shows off the shape of the avenger well,i think they have a great shape despite what most people say.
so did the wof go ok or is it done yet? so whats the next plans for the car,i,m not a 100% on the spotlights maybe its the covers just unsure of how they look.although spots on an avenger are a useful i had cibie oscars on mine a bit big the difference was unbelievable at night the standard head lights are crap to say the least.have you sorted somewere to live yet and get her into a garage so you can do your jobs?
it still has a wof for a few more weeks, I just plan on getting a new one before i start doing too much work on it. am waiting to hear back regarding a house, was just getting our references checked out so fingers crossed. it has a double garage with power (which is big news in wellington) so will be a great help.
the spots arent actually wired up, kinda just put them on becasue I could haha, will reasses once it has its new wheels and is lowerd.
so plans are (in no particular order):
swap out engine for 1600 (which I have sitting in the driveway...haha)
new carpet (autodec stuff from trademe)
get tyres for my other wheels (first need to fit them up and see what size il go for)
lower it (and new shocks in the back, fronts are new, but will likely need shortening)
recover dash
am hoping to make it to the car show in hastings on the 13th? of march, wof runs out just before that, so will get wof, then probably just roll to hastings as is, and then get cracking on the jobs when I get back
Nothing wrong with your photographic skill, your Avenger is looking sharp. Man I am going to had to give my car a polish now after seeing yours, Kiera's and Aaron's Avenger all shined up in recent photos or else I might be put to shame in Hastings with all these mint Avengers around. The 3rd and last photos are my favs, it looks bloody awesome in those pics. I like the spotlights and covers, gives it that retro customised look, like they could have been installed in the 70's or 80's.
I installed some Autodec carpets last year, you can see photos in my gallery thread. They fit pretty good except around the middle of the transmission tunnel by the shift and up by the firewall. Basically they have just made the transmission tunnel mold a tiny bit too big. I cut mine under the centre console on mine but I have the late model centre console which you don't have so you might just need to finesse the shape a bit. It is a little wide which is good just in case so you need to just trim the edges, don't worry about being perfect because the edges are covered by the plastic trim. The only other place I needed to cut was they forgot to cut out the bit for the pedal box and heater. The carpets go right up the firewall behind the dash so you need to trim in it fit around a few things up there.
If you have any questions while installing the carpets then let me know.
I just got my WOF the other day an I am doing the same as you. I am wanting till after the Hastings trip on the 12th-13th then I am going to be doing my gearbox conversion, brakes and suspension.
I have been doing some hard thinking about my cars and I have made a decision on something.
yeh im looking foward to the carpets, think it will make a huuuge difference. the rest of the interior is pretty tidy but it just looks shabby because the carpet is a bad DIY job (and its grey haha)
I try to keep my modifications to things that would have/could have been done when the car was new. so yeh the spolights for example, and then keeping period wheels on it is key in my books
and that decision would be.....??
Yeah that is the way to go. old school mods. thats why I like the big oldschool dual dellortos instead of going EFI or turbo or anything. I have some electrics in mine like electric fuel pump and electric fan but they are out of sight. They had MSD's back in the 70's so that is period still. I really wanted to get a limited edition 40th anniversary MSD 6AL in the old school design but you can't get them in New Zealand so I settled on a standard MSD 6AL (which I ordered on Friday)
Here is a picture of the retro MSD
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The decision I have made has come from the trouble I am having finding parts to modify my '75, namely the Volvo brakes and Electronic ignition plus other trick suspension bits I want to do. I was thinking of where I could get all this gear and then I figured I have all that gear just sitting in my race car unused. I haven't used my race car in about 4 years now and it would take a lot to get it back on the track so I have decided to start taking some of the custom bits off my race car to use them on my '75.
I have no plans to get back in to racing any time soon so it seems a waste to have all this trick gear just sitting there not being used. The motor and springs will stay in the race car because they are way to hard/aggressive for road use but I will grab some of the suspension bits, maybe my custom struts, camber plates and strut brace. Maybe swap the carbs over because my '75 is using "emission control" dellortos which aren't as good as the original dellortos I have on the race car.
sounds like a sensible decision. if you have any goodies you wont be using let me know....
Haha. Nice try but I won't be selling any parts, just swapping them from one car to the other.
got the flat I wanted, so as of next week will have a nice double garage to work on the car
Awesome! That's great news. plenty of room to work on the Avenger.
I expect tons of progress pictures after you get back from Hastings.
haha yep well i have big plans, so hopefully it all comes together fairly quickly!
will probably be the tidiest car Ive owned once im done with it, new carpet, recovered dash, nice paint etc. must be moving up in the world....haha. either that or its because im not a poor student anymore
Awesome news about the carpets, which colour did you go for? with me they were pretty fast at making them and shipping them. I ordered them on the Monday and they arrived Wednesday morning. did you order underlay also?
One tip my mate gave me which was really good is to get the carpets out the day before and lay them flat on the floor. This will help flatten out the creases made from when they fold it up to fit in the box, you may want to put something under the transmission hump so it keeps its shape. I just used a rolled up blanket. After that it was nice and flat ready to be installed.
It took me a few hours to strip the old carpets out and clean the floor. They old carpets were totally rotted so this took heaps long than it should have. I did it over easter long weekend last year so I spent the Friday stripping the old carpets and cleaning, then I spent the Saturday installing the underlay and Sunday doing the carpets themselves. I could have probably got them done quicker but I wanted to take my time.
If you don't get them by this weekend then I have a spare unopened can of ADOS spray contact adhesive. I brought 2 cans of it not knowing how much I would need and I ended up only using 3/4 of a can. I couldn't be bothered taking it back so it has just been sitting in my garage so you can have it if you want. I can bring it with me to Hastings.
I unbolted the boss kit for you last night so I will have that with me in Hastings, not sure what I am going to do with that fugly wheel now :)
Good luck with the WOF, you should pass easy.
just went with black. the kick panels and door pods are black so made sense. yeh i ordered the underlay stuff, was only 35 bucks. The carpet was actually replaced last year, but with some shitty hardwearing outdoor carpet from mitre 10 and looks like shit. so it will come out super easy. hopefully the floors are pretty tidy, will just lay down some spray bombs if they arent. Am really looking foward to it, as it will make the car a shit load tidier. next pay check will look at getting the dash recoverd as its getting worse everyday
Black will look sweet, Yeah that underlay is cheap and really good to have. It comes in one big sheet and you have just a bit left over at the end. The trickiest bit to figure out is how to cut it up in to smaller bits to get it to cover the whole floor. You can see pictures of how I cut it under my gallery thread. also mark the holes you need to cut for the seats and safety belts and cut them out before putting the carpet in because once the carpet if in it is imposible to find where the holes are. I had to make up some little spacers for the seats because the carpet is really thick with the underlay so my seat wouldnt go back and forward without the spacers.
I was fully stoked with my carpets when I got them it. You can see how much of a difference it made on mine. One of my next projects will be to get that Alpine dashboard recovered and installed.
Avengers park lights shine through a window in the rear of the headlight. The OEM light was sealed beam Lucas, no longer made. The light size is fairly common across a range of classic cars and new sealed beam ones are available, but I haven't seen them with a park light window, hence losing your park lights when replacing a blown headlight!
just heard back from wof people, failed on exhaust leak (whichi I knew it would) where the down pipe joins the manifold. everything else was sweet though which is nice. Have a complete front section bolted to the 1600 so will just take that off and get it welded to the rest of the system on the car. so fingers crossed will be fresh wof tomorrow.
Awesome. Good to hear everything else passed. Now just to fix that pesky exhaust leak.
yeh ive had it fixed twice in the past (gasket replaced, new nuts etc) but it keeps blowing out, and they fucked the studs last time they did it, so it will be easier to chop it off just after the 2-1 collector under the car, and then swap in the good manifold and 2-1 section I have on the 1600
Sweet. I just went brand new extractors and welded a flange on the end so it is easy to unbolt if I ever need to pull the engine out again.
who did you get your extractors through? am picking up that race engine (which has run big end bearings) i mentioned to you a while back that has extractors and will likely use them if they are decent.
I'm not sure, It is the only part I couldn't find myself so I asked my Mechanic and he found them within a day. from memory they were about $260+GST and about $240+GST for the HPC coating.
I can find out if you need to know or I will ask my mechanic when I drop off the Avenger to get the next round of projects.
nah all good, i have heard coby make them. will see what these other ones are like.
Rocking! your all legal, congrats on getting the WOF!
Now just the fun task of swapping over the carpets! Should be pretty easy but give me a yell if you get stuck and need any hints.
yeh can see it being rather tedious. did you just spray adhesive everywhere when laying the carpet down? or just so its glued to the underlay (which will already be glued in place)
I did the underlay in sections putting them down one at the time spraying the floor and the underlay then put the underlay in place and sat on it to for a few minutes making sure it was well pressed down and there wasn't any lumps.
Like this
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After the underlay was in I started with the back carpets (you need to do the back carpets first so the overlap is hidden under the seats) with the carpets I sprayed the back section of the transmission tunnel and the middle bit of the carpets then stuck it in place. You sort of need to beat it in to all the bends so I just did like a karate chop to make sure it followed the lines of the transmission tunnel. Basically any time there is a corner or a curve you want to do this so it follows the curves and sticks well. If you don't hit in down hard enough it will look loose in the corners.
After the glueing the middle I worked my way out to the side doing one side at a time. once you have the back all glued down then get the plastic trim and use that as a guide to trim the extra carpet off. You want the carpet to go under the plastic trim but stop just short of the screws.
It Should look something like this.
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Once you have done the back do the same with the front. Always start with the middle and as long as you have that centered and straight then everything should be sweet. The firewall to transmission tunnel bend in the hardest to get right. I have to cut some little wedges out of the top to get it to fit but you can't see it because it is right up behind the dash. I still need to cut a little bit more out of mine on the passengers side because it has a small lump where the carpets are too long. The trick to the front is the test fit it first then cut the bits out that you need to. You need to cut carpet out from where the heater is and where the pedal box is. They must have made the mould from a car that was totally stripped because a few things get in the way and need to be cut around.
Once you have it all glued it should look like this.
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Good luck. I found it quite a fun project. It was the first time I ever installed carpets and I thought I was going to stuff it up badly but they came out good so if I can do it then you can.
sweet thanks for that. Unless a servo or the warehouse sells some spray adhesive I wont be abel to get some today (shit shuts before I finish work) so might have to wait till first thing int he morning. will strip car out tho and give it a good clean out
Yeah best to get a good can of spray adhesive. I used ADOS stuff from Mitre10, worked great. Cost about $17 from memory and I used less than a can.
I suppose bunnings etc will be open late tonight. i shall investigate.
Yeah they should have some good sprays there.
Also when you are working from them middle of the car do it in little bits at a time, so lift the carpet and spray a strip of adhesive then press that bit down hard and make sure it is nice and smooth without ripples. The glue sticks fast so you don't want to drop a large section down or else you won't have time to smooth it out before the glue becomes tacky enough to cause problems.
oh sweet cheers. how did you mark out the holes for the seat mounts etc? just lay the carpet down the find the holes under them?
I marked the holes with a vivid when putting the underlay in and cut the underlay before putting the carpets in.
I then took measurements from the edges and back seat so I could find them again once I put the carpets in. They are really easy to lose once the carpets are in because you can't feel the holes through the carpets. Then just use a craft knife to cut the carpets out. If you get really lost then stick a screwdriver in the hole from underneath the car and look for the buldge in the carpets, you may need 2 people to do this because some of the holes are right under the cars so you won't be able to do both at the same time. But I marked and measured mine and found them okay without having to get under the car.
Actually can you do me a favour. I lost the little holes for the centre console so I can't screw that down properly. Can you measure how far from the back seat the screws at the back of the center console is. That way I can screw it back in.
Got them finished yesterday, came out pretty good in the end. I just stiuck a screw driver up the hoples to find them, my arms were long enough haha.
yeh i lost the centre consol holes as well lol so I just drilled some new ones
haha, great stuff. You will have to post some pictures! Did you have to cut the carpets much to get them to fit?
Those little console holes are impossible to find aye. I think I will do the same and just redrill some new holes.
I just had to cut the excess from the edges of the car really.Under the centre consol is a bit ripply but its hidden so doesnt matter. I really could be bothered getting it perfect and it came up pretty good. Like yousaid the carpets are a bit big around the transmission tunnel but yeh, still looks sweet
Sweet man. Well with your new WOF and carpets it sounds like you are all ready for Hastings next weekend.
haha yep. has started to miss a bit when cruising but im sure itl make it....
I have my Avenger booked in for a service before I leave so I can make sure it is running nice and smooth for the trip down.
Are you going to try fixing the miss before you come up?
probably not....haha, im flat out this week. will just check the basics before i leave, she'l be right. pretty sure its just shitty leads, might grab a new set
Those rims look sweet but I agree those tyres are way to small. You would have to have it right down on the ground to make it work.
Should look mint with the 70 profile tyres.
Did you polish and paint those rims? Because they look much better than in the trademe pictures.
nah havnbt touched them yet. Will spend some time in the garage tonight polishing them. the rcar comes in very handy as a automatic buffer....just jack the diff up, bolt the rims on, 1st gear with a touch a choke for some revs and polish away haha
Rims look sweet! What sort of offset and width?
they are 6", offset is about 0 I think (outside edge of rim is about 80-85mm from hub face)
Yeah a bit bigger or a few inchs lower would look sweet.
Those new pictures of the rims look awesome. Quite an epic deep dish on those mags. I really like them and they are going to look so sweet when you get them all on.
Good work, Made a huge improvement.
Wheels look sick. Keep it up
there are actually two different pairs of rims, one has the flat dish like the picture of the rim mounted on the car, and the other has a stepped lip. the stepped lip actually has more dish but it doesnt look that way. Kinda wish they were all flat dished haha, ah well, cant complain.
will go 175/70 or 185/65 and then lower the car further, should be sick
those wheels look wayy better. u shud put sum pics up of it sitting on its arse
1600, good looking wheels, its all coming together for you Hunted!
The wheels look wide for 6's don't they? How is the clearance on the outer edge of the arch?
Engine is looking great! She will look a new car by time your done.
Good work!
Quote from: Linesy on March 19, 2011, 07:30:22 PM
1600, good looking wheels, its all coming together for you Hunted!
The wheels look wide for 6's don't they? How is the clearance on the outer edge of the arch?
they way the centres are shapped makes them look wider/more dish. theres plenty of clearance thankfully. dont reeeealy want to have to massgae the gaurds/lips to get them to fit. rears will be fine, not too sure on the front, will just see what happens
Seems like the wheel wells on Avengers are quite big. Look forward to seeing it on all 4 on the ground.
Carbs also look the goods. Have chucked a bit on a set on T-Me myself, will see what happens.
Linesy
yeh offset plays a bif part in wheel fitment. the offset on mine are pretty small so is sweet. keirber has 14x7" tims on hers. has stretched tyres and lipped gaurds though. looks so sweet.
sweet, you should get those carbs for reserve as they have been on there a fair few times without selling.
Drool... That engine looks great with the new carbs. Can't wait to see it with the engine all painted and the wheels fitted.
Are you coming to the oldschool nats? it would be cool to see the changes in person.
Keep up the good work.
yeh ill be at nats. should have motor in by then....haha. once its tidyied up theres nothign really stopping me from doing the swap
haha its going to be carazy seeing it all different. exciting!
Engine is looking awesome all painted. Can't wait to see it in the car.
just got a call from tonys tyres, the set of tyres I ordered orginally (some cheap as shit hankooks) arrived but one had a slight deformity, so they are getting me another set but there are no more of the hankooks availbale, so are getting me a set of much much much better quiality Toyos for only 10 buks a pop more. super stoked. I wasnt going to b abel to pick them up till this weekend coming either way (due to work hours) so its not hassling me in the slightest.
Dude I feel your pain. Carbs have been the bain of my life, all my cars I have had the carbs give me arseholes.
My race car took years to get the carbs so they didn't pop or spit. I couldn't afford a dyno back then so it was just trial and error and tuning by ear.
My Charger had an old Carter 2 barrel which was well and truely poked so I replaced it with a used holley 350CFM 2 barrel which would leak like a sieve, I am pretty sure it leaked more fuel than went in to the engine. I then replaced the manifold to an aftermarket Cain 4 barrel manifold with a new Holley 390CFM 4 barrel with vacuum secondaries which had a huge flat spot, I fixed that by installing a plenum pig which fixed the flat spot but it has never run perfect and uses too much gas.
And then there is my '75. It ran well on the overjetted settings but now that we are trying to jet it properly we are running in to heaps of problems getting it perfect. A lot of these problems are because the carbs are later model emission controlled carbs from an Alfa, Which I didn't know when I brought them because he sold them as DHLA40 not DHLA40C so I may have to ditch them and use the ones of my race car because they are proper DHLA40 carbs.
I can see why they went to EFI after all the pissing around I have done with carbs.
haha yeh I love carbs when they work though. hopefully will get time to pull out the diff this weekend and try find which bushes are shagged. can get new UJ's though Graeme and he has a few of the diff mounting bushes in stock, so hopefully the ones I need (he can order the others in, just takes a while)
I just redid the UJ's in my Charger before my big south island road trip and before that I replaced every bush in the whole car, mostly with nolathane. None of the bushes had ever been replaced because the car had only done 76,000 miles when I brought it but 40 year old rubber is pretty shit now days. Made a world of difference to the handling.
ye superpro do them to for avenger/sunbeam arent they an ozzy crowd,i did all the ones on the tiger with them they fit nice.sorry i posted in your project thread never noticed till now.
all good mate. yeh Graeme/avenger parts on here has half of the rear bushes for a very very good price, and can order the rest in if need be (takesa while though). planning to full the rear end to bits this weekend and see what the damage is and make up a shopping list of bushes and joints haha
It will be a totally different car with new bushes. If I was you I would replace the whole lot while you are at it.
It is on my incredibly long list of projects to redo all my bushes.
the costs adss up when you start getting carried away though....haha. although graeme can get them pretty cheap (compared to retail etc). I remember when I had to get new leaf spring bushes in my cortina, was about $90 just for a pair
haha, I know all to well about how costs add up and I always get carried away on car builds. I just never add up all the invoices at once to save me having a heart attack. I have a fair idea on how much my cars have cost me but it is worth it when you drive them.
haha yeh. I usually get away without spending much money on my cars unless they are really broken lol.
haha. I wish I was like that but I just get carried away and one thing leads to another and next thing you know everything on my car is custom made.
If you want to spend heaps of money...try electric cars...I'm on my 5th motor...I've spent enough to buy a $60,000 Mitsubishi EV...lol
Yeah cars sure are money pits. Don't know why we do it. Pretty sure that little voice inside your head that tells you to stop spending money is broken when it comes to cars. Everything else I am really good at saving money on but not cars.
Oh well there are worse things I could be doing with my money.
Awesome work! That engine looks amazing now that it's fully painted.
Loving the wheel and tyre combo. Can't wait to see it at maximum low.
yeh I think I may have some issues up front, there is minimal travel at the mo so dont know how much lower I can go. got carbs all assembled and working properly (ie pistins rising falling freely etc) just missing one fuel bung. Next I need to suss out a cable throttle, think I hit up pick a part tomoro and see If I can find one there.
think I have an issue with the spiggot bearing as well. As the 1600 was originally auto, it doesnt have a spiggot bearing. I got one off graeme but it appears too big. whether thast is beacause the auto crank shaft is different, or there are two sizes of siggot bearings I dont know
Looking sweet with those new rims on.
I noticed in the last set of photos you have the new steering wheel on. I looks really good in there, much better than I imagined it to look. It really suits the car.
yeh its sweet. keen for the dished version though for some more room
Yeah I have the same problem because I use the same wheel on my race car. Dished ones are pretty hard to find now days but atleast you have the boss and everything so if you ever see one pop up then you can just swap them over.
thers on on tm but dont want to for out 50 bucks lopl
Damn man, that is one sexy beast. Loving the new photos. The Avenger looks rocking with it's new wheels and stance.
Love the shot with the puddle in front, looks really cool with the reflection. The front on shot and the shot with the Danger sign look cool. Your Avenger looks so hot it needs a warning sign!
Man I am going to have to go out and do more stuff on my Avenger now ;D
haha yeh I only noticed the reflection after I got home and looked at them otherwise I would have used it better and got the entire car in the reflection and square on etc.
but yeh pretty chuffed with how it looks now
Looks like a staged shot, bloody good getting that just by chance. It reminds me of a shot one of the MoPar guys took of his Cuda.
(http://i539.photobucket.com/albums/ff359/skul4aface/IMG_1084_02.jpg)
cool setup you have in your garage. I wish my garage was as tidy as yours.
just need to fix the leak in the roof now haha
liking all the pics i think this colour is cool on an avenger,on the vin tag on the slam panel if its there does it have a code beside the colour? there was also a really nice green that nztigers rally car was before it got painted that i like.
chop chop hurry on get that 1600 in so we can see how you like it.....
color code is CA, no one seems to know what it stands for haha, any ideas?
engine is on hold for a bit, needs a few more things before its ready to drop in and I dont have the money at the moment. want to to everything in one foul swoop.
Very sad to see your Avenger go but best of luck with your new Trump.
Please feel free to still hang around on the forum and post stuff. Once an Avenger owner always an Avenger owner.
yeh ill show my ugly mug around here every once and a while haha. the new owner is a nice guy so Im sure he will do it justice.
Sweet. I will hold you to that.
I will be following your progress on with the Trump on OS.
i like the new whip 8)
but she wont handle like the avenger
enjoy the 2500
cheers mate, its definitely a very different car to drive. love the sound of the 6 cylinder, needs manual conversion asap
Yeah, 6's sound great. I love a sound of my 265 Hemi 6 in my charger.
A pity your 6 is only 2.5L, you should try the 4.3L 6 in the Charger. So much torque. It doesn't need a manual because it pulls hard in top gear at pretty much any speed.
haha im not saying it needs a manual, it would just be so much more fun with one
Sure mate, I am sure your tiny little 6 is putting out some power ;)
I don't see how people could put manuals in Chargers, they are stupidly torquey so I would imagine a manual would just be a nightmare. I just leave mine in D and cruise and if I want to hoon then just stick it in to 2nd and all hell breaks loose. I love doing that on the motorway, going 60MPH, slap it down to 2nd, mash the loud pedal and it takes off like a rocket and sound soo cool.
I can see on smaller engines that you need a manual, like my Avenger is awesome with the 5 speed, but you will find almost all muscle cars are autos because when you get that much power gears don't really matter that much anymore.
Well you know women are much more colour conscious than us guys and after having seeked the advice of fashion consultant Kiera, it can now be revealed that the Avenger paint code CA is in fact CARROT...!!
LOLLLLL actually? or are we just deciding to give up and call it carrot? also, i nearly bought a triumph before my avenger haha it was on 18" chromes ewwwwwwwwww
New info...CA paint code is in fact Caracas and Logan thinks his CL Avenger is Caramel...sounds feasible??
caramel? but isnt his comparable with vomit? im picking up paint for mine on monday, then should look sweeet
Paint code is definitely CL not VT....so will your car still be Ford Blue Kiera?!
yea same colour, just make it all one colour. im realy not sure what its called though.