hunted's avenger

hunted · January 13, 2011, 08:05:03 AM

Its a 1975 1300 super. only done 110000 kms. all original apart from the carpet. got it about a month ago and have just been spending time tidying it up and getting it running right. drove it around the corromandel over xmas/new years with no reall issues.

future plans are to get spotlights mounted, new wheels, and lower it. also want to replace the carpet as the stuff in there now is a home DIY job done by the previous owner.

pics of when I first got it

pulled carb to bits and gave it a good clean out, worked a charm

few random snaps

new spotlights i brought. haven't mounted them yet. will be mounted above the bumper, not below it, when i get around to it.

some pictures of avengas and my cars. is amazing to see how a few simple exterior mods changes the entire look of the car. will also be removing the body stripes/moulding from mine at some point

and my latest addition, some sweet speakers. got sick of no music on long drives haha

well thats all for now, am shifting to wellington this weekend so things will be on hold for a while until I am settled in. Good news is that ill have an income so will be able to throw a bit of cash at this and get it where I want it

Cheers

discussion http://www.avenger.co.nz/forum/index.php?topic=5.0

hunted · January 14, 2011, 12:22:08 PM

just brought these. centres have been put into 6" ROH bands with a decent amount of dish. mmmm chrome. depending on the condition of them will maybe get them stripped and powder coated silver and black inserts. hopefully can just give the chrome a good polish and redo the black. slicks will be lol

hunted · January 27, 2011, 08:25:48 AM

hunted · February 01, 2011, 09:40:19 PM

right, havent done much lately, dont have anywhere to work on it etc until I find a flat. brought some cheap ass tyres (60 buks for a set) to replace the current ones as one has a slow leak and they are all about 64 years old. will be a while till i get the above rims wrapped in rubber and fitted. need to do some severe lowering before that happens as well.

some good news though, have tracked down a avenger race motor via gaz and am in the process off getting info about it etc. needs a few thigns done but sounds like afairly seriuos engine. might throw my first pay check at it

also, another job is to remove the hidous body trim stuff. pulled a tiny bit off today and looks like it will come up swee

hunted · February 03, 2011, 12:05:42 PM

mounted lights last night. was going to make up a bracket and mount them above the bumper to the bumper bracket but didnt work out. So instead mounted them to the valence so they hand just below the bumper. are tucked in very nicely and look super sweet. will wire them in one day....haha

we decided that when they were on top of the bumper they looked out of place next to the rectangle headlights

pics tonight

next job is to swap tyres over (trying to find time but am away for the enxt week), get wof (needs one end of feb), and then severe lowering. theeeen get some tyres for new rims and chuck those on. will likely need to roll guards and that so will take a bit of time

hunted · February 15, 2011, 04:40:14 PM

right, things have been bloody slow on the avenger front. new job, still havent got somewhere to live/work on car etc

although, once im settled, things should start happening fairly quickly. have a 1600 engine which hopefully will arrive tomoro, and a race engine which I will probably get and steal some goodies off it, maybe use the head (has double valve springs, ported exhasut and intake manifolds, twin carbs, race cam etc). also have my wheels to get tyres for (plan to go shopping this weekend)

needs a wof before i do any of this though, so hopefully its nothing major

hunted · February 20, 2011, 03:57:52 PM

right, finally some pics. gave it a cut & polish/cheap repco polish today, actually came up really really good (considering I have no patience haha) so decided it was time for some pictures.

excuse my horrible photography skills

discussion http://www.avenger.co.nz/forum/index.php?topic=5.0

hunted · March 01, 2011, 02:39:23 PM

ordered new carpets today (Autodec as recommended by Richard). hopefully have them by this weekend and stick them in. Need to get wof sorted either this week or next (before hastings show). Nothing that Im aware of is dodgy/crap etc so I think it should be fairly straight forward. New engine is sitting in the garage, will pull the gbox (for Richard/Avenga) off tonight and give things a good clean up. After wof, will be lowering (makita one ways at this rate) and then hopefuly splash out on tyres and fit my new rims

hunted · March 04, 2011, 08:03:50 AM

carpets arrived yesterday, will attack them tonight and try finish off tomorrow. failed wof yesterday on exhaust leak at the manifold flange (which is fucked), but have the front section of exhaust off my 1600 so they are going to stick that on for me so should have fresh wof by end of today. even brought some rego! now I have no money haha

hunted · March 04, 2011, 02:42:18 PM

hunted · March 10, 2011, 08:22:39 AM

unfortunately no pics (will get some sorted asap) but lowered this last night. about 40mm fromt he front and 25 from the back. isnt super low but looks a damn site better than it did.

needs to go lower at the back to even it up (was already slightly lower at the back but no needs to come down a bit further) but need shorter shocks first. will eventually go lower again, but will need to modify/remove bumpstops in the front (there is still plenty of spring left, and "some" captivity, can always shorten shock). so will keep it as is for now until I can get some new rear shocks, and I can be botherd pulling the struts apart again

hunted · March 17, 2011, 06:25:17 PM

right, got a 175/60 fitted up to a rim and chucked it, am thinking its waaaaaaaaaaay to small. will have to remove suspension entirely to pull it off (seriously would need 2" out). so will just get a cheap set of 175/70s for now and then go from there. car needs/will be lowerd further, but i doubt I can take enough height out without goin crazy to pull off the small wheel/small tyre look

excuse shitty cellphone pic. this is with the diff jacked up ie what it would sit like on the ground. can see that a heap lowering would be required

hunted · March 17, 2011, 08:21:53 PM

some better pics. tyre size isnt as bad as I first thought, but I still think ill go up to 175/70 or 185/60

hunted · March 19, 2011, 06:51:46 PM

4 cans of degreaser later and my 1600 engine looks like this....

will give it a repaint (in blue of course) and give the bits a good polish up. seems silly not to make the most of it being on a stand before I stick it in. just need a new intake/exhaust gasket and will mount all that up. new spark plugs, new oil filter, new oil, and should be good to go, fingers crossed.

oh and ordered tyres today for my other rims, will get them fitted on saturday, probably wont get a chnace during the week.

hunted · March 20, 2011, 05:07:20 PM

spot the difference =D

cheers to joker for all the goodies (were spares that came with his avenger haul he picked up from wellington)

Will strip and clean the carbs, replace the diaphrams, then should be good to go. lick of paint on the head and block, and engine should be ready to drop in....