Avengers on Trademe (NZ's EBay)

[JoKer]

4x Whole cars for sale on TM at one time : Must be some kind of record



$3k - $11k : take your pick

(Still like the red 1300 the most from that bunch)

[HenryM]

There is 5 for sale on trademe also add the yellow chrysler wagon in Wellington to the list plus one other on Facebook.

[JoKer]

ahh true I searched for "Hillman Avenger" hah

[HenryM]

Another 2 Avengers for sale both on hold on trademe both Hastings car museum

[kierbear]

tempted to go have a look. the cars there were not very well looked after except at least they are under cover

[JoKer]

AVNGA tells me the Blue on is De-reg & now has images



1976 Hillman https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/listing/3725634379?bof=67tDjble

1978 Chrysler https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/chrysler/listing/3725637894?bof=ddvik7gp

[avenga]

tempted to go have a look. the cars there were not very well looked after except at least they are under cover

AVENGA tells me the Blue on is De-reg & now has images



1976 Hillman https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/other/listing/3725634379?bof=67tDjble

1978 Chrysler https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/chrysler/listing/3725637894?bof=ddvik7gp

That blue one is deregistered, probably why he only wants $3,000 for it, vs $6,000 for the 78. In the photo there is another 1 owner 1300 above it's so that will probably be listed after they get this one out.

From personal experience, having bought my 79 Avenger wagon from them. The seller was really great to deal with, do delivered the wagon up to Auckland for me the next day. Can't get much better than that.

As for the wagon, it went in to the museum in 2003, looks like that's about the amount of time as the blue 76 they have listed, it's last WOF was 2002.

My wagon hadn't moved or been wash in 20 years so it has been quite a mission geting her back on the road. Pretty much anything rubber has perished. Fuel lines were just crumbling, all the seals and gaskets were leaking. Frost plugs were completely rotten and leaking so I replaced them all. Rear oil seal was leaking due to someone replacing it and using silicone instead of the proper side seals. I pulled the engine out to do the frost plugs so I'm repainting the engine, doing a new clutch and engine mounts while it's out. The fuel pump didn't work so I got a new pump. The water pump, thermostat and housing were pretty rusty so I replaced all that, and the radiator was leaking but I have a spare I will use. The brake master cylinder was seized, haven't tested the rest of the brakes yet. And the suspension will probably need a lot of work. I know for sure the tie rod ends are gone but I'll find out more when I move on to suspension. All the tyres have perished also, and are bulging out, at least one of them is a retread also, so I'm going to replace all of them before I drive it anywhere.

The paint was really oxidised having not been washed for 20 years but a cut and polish restored it back to shiny.

The body was pretty good, some bad rust around the back of the D pillar, and a bit in the normal spots of the bottom of one of the doors and one fender, but that's pretty normal.

Overall, it's been a lot bigger project than I was hoping for, when I got my blue 74 wagon (Alfred) going after 15 years, it wasn't as hard. After 20 years of sitting in one spot then I think there is a lot you need to do, it's much easier if has been moved or ran every once and a while

[JoKer]

the one above "May" still be their keeper OR Owned privately and gifted to display (for return one day) : I doubt they will get to Zero Avengers for the Museum as I understand they are downsizing, not Clearance everything eh

and that's all awesome & useful info for anyone thinking of buying

thanks for taking time to write it down

[avenga]

Photos are up for the other Avenger listed at the museum.

https://www.trademe.co.nz/a/motors/cars/chrysler/avenger/listing/3725637894

It is a yellow Chrysler Avenger GLS with a white vinyl roof. Actually the same colour combo as another forum member has.

It's rego is on hold. It's last WOF was 28/02/2001 so it has been in the museum for 21 years. Probably expect the same problems as my wagon.

Interior looks good but very moldy. You can see all the reminders for the rego exemptions on the drivers seat. This was the same as my wagon, he kept all of the reminders going back 21 years!!

The vinyl roof looks okay, a bit gone on the boot lid. I see there is trays on the roof to catch oil leaks from the car above. At least he did that. Mine had oil stains on the roof from the car above, they cleaned up okay on the painted roof, but it's good he had trays to protect the vinyl.

[HenryM]

Yellow chrysler looks good no cracks dash also fitted with a sunvisor looks very nice

[avenga]

They had the British car museum on Seven Sharp on Friday.

https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/seven-sharp/clips/british-classics-for-sale

You can see the blue Avenger Apline and the 1300 above it at around the 1:33 mark

[JoKer]

ahh chur : heard about it meant to go back & look : link bum for me so try tis one : https://www.tvnz.co.nz/shows/seven-sharp

edit : works after I vsited it LOL

[kierbear]

he is really going hard on insisting the blue car isn't an alpine
the questions sections of the listings are interesting to read, lots of tyre kickers. i wouldn't have the patience for it

[avenga]

When was the switchover from Alpine to GLS branding? I know it was about 76 when they switch from a twin carb to a bigger 1.75 inch single carb but I'm not sure when they dropped the Alpine name.

FYI. they had to drop the Avenger Alpine name because of the Chrysler Alpine which was based on the Simca 1307 which came out here in 1977, so maybe they dropped the Alpine name from the Avenger in 1976, a year before the Chrysler Alpine came out over here.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simca_1307

Also, the British Car Museum did have a Chrysler Alpine (Simca 1307 based) for sale, so it could be that he is getting confused about a Hillman Avenger Alpine, and a Chrysler Alpine (Simca 1307 based)

[JoKer]

ooh pass Good question

I just know it's a Kiwi Assembled thing : nowhere else in the world uses it

Mine is both an Alpine GLS etc : pretty sure the later Chrylser GLS I parked next to ages ago was sans (minus) the Alpine badges

https://www.instagram.com/p/BvGYIt2lQbi/