Avengers for sale around the world...

[Paddy75]

Ohh dear I'm spending way too much time on Ebay! At least I got the man with the orange GIJ Avenger 1600 a speedo cable for him.
Look at this!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/AUSTIN-ALLEGRO-DASH-BOARD-MOUSE-MAT-/221047012723?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item33776dbd73

Hahahahaha - ohh Leyland really asked for the jokes didn't they! Note too the position of the pedals! The throttle is about just on the centre-line of the steering'wheel'! Allegros were driven with your legs sidewards! Metros I recall were like this too but not as bad as the Allegro.
The clutch pedal looks like its positioned like a 'Benz hand/parking brake pedal! Hahahaha!!!

Ohh man! I have heard that there might be an Estate Allegro about the place, yeh! Hahahaha, give everybody a laugh! Park it outside the Mental Hospital or a School, the kids would burst themselves laughing at it!
Then fit the Allegro3 pionty-out rear lights on it, just to complete the BL work of art!

[oldschool]

What??!! An Allegro mouse mat Paddy...how much are they paying us to buy it?? HAHA
I know the Allegro is universally bagged around the world, how about the Austin 'wedge' Princess??
They used to be cheap as chips here, now people are asking much more for them....

http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/austin/auction-444637653.htm

[oldschool]

Found a 2 door Avenger on eBay...has had a lot of work done...like the boot stickers...don't like the inner guard welding....won't pass compliance?!

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1973-HILLMAN-AVENGER-1600-SUPER-BLUE-2-door-/110904553633?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item19d26d30a1

[JoKer]

such an escort

[Paddy75]

Yeh nice wee 2-door and I'd guess the lad who built it is indeed a young lad. Really not sure about that front spoiler! To my eye its a pre-oct'73 with 3 fuses I see and the strip dash on the Super trim level. Like the plate! WTF!
There are guys building or restoring Tigers (Tiger1 was based on the Super trim) who would buy it for the dasboard alone!
I think you could be on to something there JoKer about ''..such an escort..'' likely the kid is selling it because his mates have escorts. Putting the GL/GT/GLS/Alpine lights on the front shows a certan 'escortitis' I see the escort harriers are mad for converting a square light MK2 Esc' to round.

There is something very 'chav' about what the lad was thinking.

The Wolsley Wedge! Oh-hohoho, as I heard said about BL, ''..did they ever make anything that even looked good..'' Yeh ''..with the Princess it would seen that the man who designed the front was not talking to the man who designed the rear..''
Allegros, Maxis and the Princess 'hydragas' = a space hopper! Metros did the same they bounced about the road like Zebedee
I seen at a classic car show about a month ago everybody just had to take a look at the Maxi, those doors! Insane!

[oldschool]

C'mon Paddy the Maxi was advanced for it's time...a roomy front wheel drive 5 door hatchback with good suspension, a 5 speed gearbox and overhead cam engine...everything the Marina wasn't...lol
I heard the Metro hydra gas suspension was a disaster because BL wanted to save money on piping, so joined the units left and right across the car instead of front to rear like in the Allegro etc!

[Paddy75]

Funny how people have kinda a soft spot for Maxi's! The Max'ceedes! Hmm depends how you define 'suspension' and as for the 5-speed 'box, well they could go bang on you without warning. I'm left-handed and I still had trouble feeling for the gears on them! My Mother used to drive my Grandas KIJ (the reg' about 1978) wine red Maxi 1750, oh we thought it was great - a big bouncy castle!
One day we were in our sitting room and my Father seen her come around the drive in the Maxi and he said ''..that thing has byre doors are a floorboard for a dashboard..'' hohoho.

Oh yes, ''..the Maxi was the forerunner to the modern car. Five doors, five gears and an alloy headed engine..'' erm! Hmmm! Well...
When BMW was designing the new Mini there was apparently some sort of meeting where one of the German guys, when they were talking about the new Mini being quite big ''..vhy don't ve call it ze Maxi..''
There was a lot of laughter then someone explained to him!

[Paddy75]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MORRIS-MARINA-1-8-SDL-FOUR-DOOR-SALOON-MANUAL-1972-TAX-EXEMPT-/160829353126?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item25722d2ca6

Wooo-hooo a 1.8 MK1 Marina!

If that was an Avenger '72 1500 GL/GT he could have put a '2' in front of the price. Sheesh the dashboard on them! The generic Leyland steering wheel, the Maxi had that wheel too at a bus-like angle, the 'nappy' looking rear end.
BL spent a fortune apparently too putting a set of shoulderpads on a Morris Minor and dropping a de-tuned MGB engine into them, how? What did they spend the money on? Ballsing up a few Triumph bits they put into the drivetrain?

Ohh a 6 years of age memory, my Fathers name is Frank and the 1.8 'coup?' is over the mechanics pit - again - getting the suspension fixed - again.
''..There you are Frank, ready to go...rrr rrrr brooommm..''
Goes for reverse gear to back out of the garage.
BANG!
Friggin' thing couldn't have made it off the pit without something else serious going wrong.

[Paddy75]

Okok I'll stop cluttering up this forum with daft stuff, just couldn't resist this!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C263653

They looked like a disease! I see its well gassed up! Also the very all-aggro used in Life on Mars, wonder where the Avenger is?

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C311461

''..they had extra steel plates welded for the stunt..'' Yeh I bet the life insurance lawyers insisted!
(..you are gonna do what? In a WHAT!!!)

[avenga]

Man the back end of that Allegro Estate has to be the most ugly rear ends I have seen on a wagon in a long time.

[oldschool]

I reckon it would make a great pet hearse and it looks like Mazda copied the whale tail for their early 323 wagons?!

[oldschool]

Hey Paddy, here's a tidy 1300 in NI painted your favourite blue colour for your collection!

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C302078

[Paddy75]

Hey I rushed to judgement about the carrib' blues, reminded me of the many MK3 Escorts or vans that had a darker duller shade of light blue, the Avengers blue is a lot more cheerfull than the Ford tractor or van blue!
Yeh a strip dash to go with the GL dash, what to drive today, am I in the mood for an oil warning lamp or the paranoia gauge! Ahh sure I couldn't do without the usefull door pockets! Mind you the strip dash had a bigger glovebox, hmm...
I'd have to... Drive an Avenger all the time! Mr Drum Brakes! Never a dull moment! I'd have to upgrage one of them to the Ford 5-speed. ?1800? Hmmm could be got for...

[Paddy75]

Look at the pictures of the Marina.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1972-MORRIS-MARINA-1-3-DELUXE-COUPE-NEEDS-LITTLE-WORK-FOR-MOT-/190699793098?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item2c6697eaca

I see the bronze number beside (see other items) it is not for sale!

[oldschool]

That's too bad Paddy...I know you're looking for a GLS!!
Hey, aren't the Marina Coupes getting collectible/pricey...more than the POS sedans?