Avenger

yasmar · Sat May 09, 2015 8:09 pm

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Mon May 11, 2015 2:56 pm

Cleaner than yours!

Tonyr · Mon May 11, 2015 7:25 pm

Well at least the wing mirrors are holding out, though it's probably had several sets of front wings during its life.

TonyR

deggles · Mon May 11, 2015 8:17 pm

Can't be many of those left! Probably the first car I was ever in, my dad had one when I was little.

softlips · Mon May 11, 2015 8:25 pm

My second car was a 1500 Super Avenger in Grasshopper Green with a black vinyl roof.

yasmar · Tue May 12, 2015 6:40 am

I had an Avenger GT and Tiger (with the power bulge)

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yasmar · Tue May 12, 2015 6:48 am

The black Dunlop wheels corroded badly. They were the same as on the Europa

softlips · Tue May 12, 2015 7:32 am

yasmar wrote:The black Dunlop wheels corroded badly. They were the same as on the Europa

But not as quick as the bodywork.

Tue May 12, 2015 8:26 am

yasmar wrote:I had a power bulge

Tonyr · Thu May 14, 2015 9:14 am

The engines were cheaper to tune than ford crossflows for similar power outputs. Avengers and Sunbeams were very competitive in club rallying back in the 80's.

TonyR

yasmar · Thu May 14, 2015 6:17 pm

They would win the British Touring Car Championship as well in the hands of Bernard Unett who lived down the road from me when I was a lad.

It couldn't compete with the twin cam Toyota Celica imported by Wyn Percy and the 1600 changed to a 1300 in the late 70s

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softlips · Fri May 15, 2015 7:02 pm

Tonyr wrote:The engines were cheaper to tune than ford crossflows for similar power outputs. Avengers and Sunbeams were very competitive in club rallying back in the 80's.

TonyR

Shared the same floor pan and doors too.