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Hillman Avenger Tiger
« on: 17 July 2009, 12:48:54 »
[size=14]I went to a village fair recently, and the local garage owner was displaying some of his car collection, including this[/size].








[size=14]He also had a restored Leyland T45 Cruiser with the following spec sheet[/size]

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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #1 on: 17 July 2009, 14:21:50 »
God those old cars are so small.
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #2 on: 17 July 2009, 15:46:57 »
Wasn't the Tiger meant to compete against the Escort Mexico ,but was as popular .There's not many left now i cant remember the exact number single figure ??????
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #3 on: 17 July 2009, 15:52:50 »
My mate took me out for a spin in his years ago, Bet he wished he still had it.
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #4 on: 17 July 2009, 15:53:55 »
Those performance figures are not exactly staggering are they?  105mph, 0-60 in 8.9secs?

It's a bit of a disgrace being in the same picture as an Impreza.
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #5 on: 17 July 2009, 15:59:21 »
Bloody fantastic performance in it's day though, from a 1500.

37 years old, I bet the Impreza wont grow that old.
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« Reply #6 on: 17 July 2009, 16:04:12 »
Brings back memories, my first car was an Avenger 1500 - unfortunately the DL version rather than the Tiger, and a white 2 door. Went OK though, but needed 2 bags of sand in the read footwells to stop the steering going earily light at around 60 mph. The sand raised it to around 75mph.....

Could be a bit unnerving when overtaking.....
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« Reply #7 on: 17 July 2009, 16:08:50 »
Mate of mine had a tiger. Brings back memories.

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« Reply #8 on: 17 July 2009, 17:15:19 »
Same mate who had  the tiger had a couple of other interesting cars one of which was a 1750 holbay Hunter, that was a really nice motor
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #9 on: 17 July 2009, 18:08:11 »
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Mate of mine had a tiger. Brings back memories.

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What happened?
Did a White Hunter shoot it? ;D
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #10 on: 17 July 2009, 18:15:40 »
Nice car - as to performance - interesting cams make it faster.

I personally like the 2.2 hatch version - now that was quick!
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« Reply #11 on: 17 July 2009, 18:34:46 »
That really is a rare beast nowadays( if "beast" is the right word!
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #12 on: 17 July 2009, 21:37:27 »
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Brings back memories, my first car was an Avenger 1500 - unfortunately the DL version rather than the Tiger, and a white 2 door. Went OK though, but needed 2 bags of sand in the read footwells to stop the steering going earily light at around 60 mph. The sand raised it to around 75mph.....

Could be a bit unnerving when overtaking.....
A mate of mine had a VX 2.3 Magnum a couple of 3x2 paving flags in the boot really helped the back not overtaking the front on a tight bend in the wet, without them was rather "tail happy" :o
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #13 on: 17 July 2009, 21:48:57 »
I would love to have that parked on my drive, lovely... :y :y
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Re: Hillman Avenger Tiger
« Reply #14 on: 17 July 2009, 21:50:23 »
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Nice car - as to performance - interesting cams make it faster.

I personally like the 2.2 hatch version - now that was quick!
What?
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