Hippo
Lord Hippo
Gerra freelander. Tis a freelandering fred afterall.
You gettin this Kev?Decided to have a purge and chuck some stuff away
I thought the clay would be wrapped around something, but a wire seemed anachronistic..
Same way they made 'em 150 years ago ...
Me neither!Yup & it was a belter.Ive never seen one in red tho.
Citroen C3 Pluriel, they made various versions. Ours is the 1.6 petrol TC 16 valve. But they did make smaller engined versions, it sure is unusual. (Make sure the roof is in tip top condition and preferably the arches have never been removed. Also check both rear windows work properly.) Easy enough to work on as basically they are just a C3 with a funny body/roof/boot.
Knowing the temperatures at which things get baked at in kilns, (We have friends who make china dolls) I don't see how else they could make them easily, bar moulding them in two halves then somehow firing them together again, which on such a thin thing would be very dodgy, expensive and time-consuming. As it is I bet they had lots of fails.
Yup They do a red one
1972: Hillman Avenger Tiger[edit]
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Hillman Avenger Tiger Mk2Named to evoke memories of the Sunbeam Tiger, the Avenger Tiger concept began as a publicity exercise. Avenger Super (four-door) cars were modified by the Chrysler Competitions Centre under Des O'Dell and the Tiger model was launched in March 1972. Modifications included the 1500 GT engine with an improved cylinder head with enlarged valves, twin Weber carburetors and a compression ratio of 9.4:1. The engine now developed 92.5 bhp (69 kW) at 6,100 rpm. The suspension was also uprated, whilst brakes, rear axle, and gearbox are directly from the GT.
A distinctive yellow colour scheme ("Sundance") with a bonnet bulge, rear spoiler and side stripes was standard, set off with "Avenger Tiger" lettering on the rear quarters.
Road test figures demonstrated a 0–60 mph time of 8.9 seconds and a top speed of 108 mph (174 km/h). These figures beat the rival Ford Escort Mexico, but fuel consumption was heavy. Even in 1972, the Tiger developed a reputation for its thirst.
All Avenger Tigers were assembled by the Chrysler Competitions Centre and production figures are vague but around 200 of the initial Mark 1 seems likely.
In October 1972, Chrysler unveiled the more "productionised" Mark 2 Tiger. The Avenger GL bodyshell with four round headlights was used. Mechanically identical to the earlier cars(from contemporary road tests, however,there were better performances and fuel consumption), the bonnet bulge was lost although the bonnet turned matt black, and there were changes to wheels and seats. These cars went on sale at £1,350. Production was around 400. Red ("Wardance") was now available as well as yellow ("Sundance"), both with black detailing.
6pot
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Nice pics, you can see the difference but it's quite subtle. They were pretty stylish cars, can't remember the last time I saw one in the UK.The difference is most obvious around the rear side window area.
Major disappointment with it was that although a hatchback the rear seats couldn't be folded flat.
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Mine was the same colour as this one.
First car that did a real 100 mph that I ever owned and the pillarless design with the windows down was sooooo sexy!
Loved it. Had to be scrapped after a learner driver out with his mates decided to change a cassette rather than stop at the back of a line of cars. Mine was at the front.
You must have been sick about losing your one, especially given the circumstances. I had a number of R16s over the years, they were a bit prone to rot unfortunately and I had the rear suspension collapse on one side on one - drove it for a while with the torsion bar resting on the hole through a chassis member at the free end!.... Could have had it repaired but didn't in the end, wish I had.
I had another 16 which was fully rebuilt including new rear suspension mounts but I sold it around the same time as the Santana and probably regret selling it more than the Santana to be honest, but needed the money at the time and didn't have the garage that I have now
Sorry to come back to this late but had a mega lie-in because I did my back in over the weekend and was walking like a crab yesterday! Spent the day moving satellite dishes today - exercise is a better remedy than being laid up.
What's this semi auto all about ?
Have to disagree with you actually, of course it is egg shaped as most cars are nowadays with weird little bumps in places, but with the roof wound back inside the boot and all the windows down it looks quite cool.Oofft thats one fugly motor init bruv
But then I think I have had time to get used to it!
But to me this
This is our preferred way of driving it around
And of course you have to store the arches at home as, as Clarkson correctly pointed out, you cannot store them in the car!
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