Avengers for sale around the world...

[oldschool]

How bad is the rust Paddy and what's the inside like, does it need a major rebuild?

[Paddy75]

I don't know, the Avenger had the disadvantage of a wafer-thin floor but the advantage of being solid steel body so the rust doesn't spread as badly as many cars of the era. Its no good to me as the expense of going to the UK and all the rest.
Looking at the picture, the sills and arches look okay, presumeably someone treated the body at some stage in the cars life so it survived at all this long.
It will surely make someone a good project, 2-door and GL front. I see a Chrysler automatic on ebay as well, seems cheap but for me the Hillman shape is what its all about.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Chrysler-Avenger-/120811335679?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item1c20eaafff

Current bid

[Paddy75]

Tiger tiger,
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HILLMAN-AVENGER-TIGER-MK-/390365661061?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item5ae39b4785

Why is it always bought then sold again?!

[Paddy75]

Yep, was bought from a private dude then a dealer is gonna wait for a guy with

[Paddy75]

''..for sale in Cornwall UK..'' meaning handy for the Paddies to get to! Plus its not UK tax exempt so an ideal Avenger for Ireland. Many for sale in the UK head over the sea.

[oldschool]

Here's a cheap Tiger for 1500 pounds...is it genuine???

http://www.gumtree.com/p/cars-vans-motorbikes/hillman-avenger-tiger/91214024

[avenga]

It is totally not genuine.

Under model it says "Avenger 1500 G Luxe". So he even says it is a 1500 GL not a Tiger.

Also he says "non complete car . rear doors /bonnet and boot stolen". hmm bonnet and boot stolen, funny how those are the 2 unique body part of a Tiger. So if I take my bonnet and boot off does that make mine a Tiger.

You used to get this with a certain Trademe seller who sold Valiant parts. He would sell a standard VJ dashboard as a genuine E55 Charger dashboard because they both used fish scale aluminium trim and other standard Valiant parts as E49 parts. We have a bit of a running joke on the MoPar forum about it like one guy was selling a genuine E49 left indicator

[Paddy75]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/hillman-avenger-2-door-/270853069614?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item3f1019db2e

This project went for over

[avenga]

Also I see there is a 1970 brochure in Australia, maybe one of you guys might be intrested.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/HILLMAN-1970-AVENGER-Sales-Brochure-/360249223666?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D4%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4537279577881320623

I have a New Zealand version of that brochure, all the pages look the same except it has a different cover on it. The cover of mine feature 2 NZ Avengers at a beach. It also has a little insert about the NZ Avengers.

all the inside pages are the UK Avengers, it has all the UK models even ones we never got like the DL. you can spot the NZ ones because they are rocking NZ plates.

[Paddy75]

Oh right I see what you mean. The NZ Avenger was basically a Super UK model. The bodies were all pressed in Scotland I believe so I suppose the 'body in white' shells were also a bit better sprayed or dipped for sea and ocean boat transportation to NZ I guess. Then add to this that Todds also applied decent underseal and NZ's fair climate the NZ Avengers lasted much longer.
I'm really obsessing about the rust proofing of mine! I've told the guy to acid burn and rot he finds and waxoil the bejakers out of it! When there is salt on the road my Avenger stays in bed! I never seen or recall, an Avenger with the inside-out bin-lid hubcaps on the GL model in the early brochures. I see too the earliest ones had a 'Hillman Avenger' badge on the front wings, I guess thats was for product recognition to differentiate the new car from a Ford. Which is also why I put a big Hillman badge on the grille of mine and the small blue Hillman badge on the rear! Calling my Avenger a Ford is a good way to annoy me!
This is also why there are so many Avenger badges on ebay I guess! I'm thinking of sticking an Avenger (without the rectangular Hillman) badge on the wings of mine.

[avenga]

Yeah New Zealand is pretty good on rust.

I think one of the main things that make the cars last longer down here is that we never use salt on the roads, and with the better rust protection on NZ car then you find a lot of 70's cars which are still in good nick.

[Paddy75]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1972-TAX-FREE-HILLMAN-AVENGER-1500CC-GREEN-/230715492802?_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D2%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4816677905606998246

Nice write-up and it looks like he will get what he is asking for it. Looking at the softness of the lines on the rear wings I'd say its full of filler though. Oh well at least I don't feel like I paid too much for mine now!

[Paddy75]

Same car!?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Hillman-Avenger-1500-/330571018805?pt=Automobiles_UK&hash=item4cf7917235&clk_rvr_id=295298378925

June this year. ''..only selling because the restoration of my Marina is finished..'' I see it had early GT hubcaps then too.

I can only guess that maybe it was bought then a discovery of something very wrong...

[blekkja]

I hope for his sake his coupe is an Aussie Six or else he is being very stupid.

[Paddy75]

Gave up an Avenger for a Marina? The guy must be a sadist or something, sheesh! I'd hate to see whats under his bed! I see a couple of Marinas in good condition have been for sale for a long time, I suppose Top Gear has made them untouchable. You gotta feel a bit sorry for Marina owners though they get no thanks at all for preserving or restoring an old car. My Father had one and that was one hated car even then, the damn thing was pure torture.