Brand new Hillman Avenger !

[smillion]

Now you're not likely to see one of these very often.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/REMARKABLE-HI...QQihZ010QQcategoryZ100929QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Aaaahhh, memories - none of them fond if i'm honest !

 

[pammy]

Wow!!! How amazing - but to say it's been in dry store it's suffered a bit. Shame it has the dings etc. But it's still amazing - wouldn't buy it though

 

[High-Lo]

What a find. Maybe they should have used it in Life on Mars. If its never been registered before does that mean it will get an 07 plate on first registration?

 

[A210AMG]

Wow,

Thats amazing !!!

Shame its not something a bit more special though.... old cooper S or Lotus cortina etc..

Someones going to win a concors at a classic car show though..

 

[Gucci]

Quick, call NCAP...test it

 

[pammy]

Quick, call NCAP...test it

lmao - brilliant

 

[Dave Lewis]

Good News: A mothballed brand new car from 1970!
Bad News: It's an Avenger!
I had the misfortune to own one of these in the '70s. It dissolved into a rusty heap before it was 3 years old. I notice the seller refers to contemporary road tests saying that it was better to drive than a Marina. Faint praise indeed: the go-cart I made as a kid out of plywood and pram wheels was better to drive than a Marina. Still, someone obviously wants it, the biddings up to 5 grand

 

[BTB 500]

I drove a late one (IIRC badged as a Talbot Avenger?) as a company car, remember it being much nicer than the Alpines and Solaras we also had!

 

[rajinder_1]

my dad used to have one of those, i didnt really like it then, so i drove it into a wall!!!!!!! ( i was 11 or 12 and thought i could drive ).

 

[Shude]

I'd question the use of the term "brand new", this vehicle is in fact 34 years old!

 

[glojo]

Of all the cars to preserve. I would endorse every word wrote by Dave Lewis. Comparing it to a Marina? Why not an All-Agro, sorry Allegro. These vehicles were terrible and the final coffin of what was a decent marque.

Regards,
John

 

[BonzoDog]

Of all the cars to preserve. I would endorse every word wrote by Dave Lewis. Comparing it to a Marina? Why not an All-Agro, sorry Allegro. These vehicles were terrible and the final coffin of what was a decent marque.

Regards,
John

I was once lucky enough to hire one of these and I never regretted it because if I hadn't hired it, I might have bought one and it would have been yet another of the many bad decisions I have made in my life.

 

[R2e]

Bad choice of car to preserve though. Now a Sunbeam Tiger - that would be a whole different ball game, though I can't recall if they were available in 1973, probably not. A nice Merc or even a BMW2002 would have been a better bet.

The Marina was a bit of a horror, I had a 1.8 Estate as a company car, went like the proverbial off a shovel until the gearbox mounting rusted through in the first year and deposited the gearbox on my drive. The All-Aggro was worse in my opinion - what was that square wheel about? The last decent BMC car to my mind was the 1800 Land Crab.

 

[gurpz]

Wow the fact thats its virtually new woudnt surprise me if the price of the car went high, im not shure if anyone remembers but there was a VW T2 van that almost went to £35 a while back here so dont know how high this will go

 

[pammy]

a VW T2 van that almost went to £35 a while back here so dont know how high this will go

£35 - as high as that

 

[gurpz]

£35 - as high as that

Only because it was virtually mint just like this although this has some rust that did not. Im shure someone remembers ?

 

[grober]

Reminds me of the scene in Woody Allens "SLEEPER" when he discovers the VW beetle in the cave after 237 years covered in dust---sits in ---and starts it up. The one liners are worth a look. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0070707/quotes
heres a few:-
Miles Monroe: I'm Not Really The Heroic Type. I was beat up by Quakers.

Miles Monroe: My brain! It's my second favorite organ!

Miles Monroe: Perform sex? Uh, uh, I don't think I'm up to a performance, but I'll rehearse with you, if you like.

 

[Dieselman]

Only because it was virtually mint just like this although this has some rust that did not. Im shure someone remembers ?

Pammy was taking the proverbial...You mean £35k.

 

[pammy]

Pammy was taking the proverbial...You mean £35k.

 

[wallingd]

What a difference a "k" makes .