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My Avenger clicked over last year - lucky timing given that they have finally caught onto the A-reg trick. It's a real life saver... especially because if you like to walk on the wild side you normally only have to pay for 9 months anyway.

5 [plus doners] is enough - one of each body style. arrange it so each one has a different motor [5 of those by my count - perfect] if you so want.

for myself one is prob enough. there are other austin/bmc that i would like too. for instance -

p76 [v8 with matching caravan]
a35 [o-series]
ruby ...

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YES.

any larger images? that's inspirational.

one of my brother's mates is big into land rovers so that would be the way forward. think he might even have a gypsy ripe for cannibalising sitting about too. toyota would be the most sensible ...

two diagrams.

i would be pretty keen to 4x4 the van. there's usually a rough gypsy going for a steal on trademe every other month. think it is a good idea. needs to be done right [not just chucking the shell on a landcruiser chassis] and needs to stay Austin. plus it would give me the excuse to ...

you were saying? :p bloody nice having 4 proper springs.

pretty bad. it's cracked in half and has been glued together many times. think it might be past the point of trying again.

i was thinking this time next year. at the moment i would have to blow youse out of the water with my superior rootes engineering.

about now would be the time for a si trip, surely? late spring, before the near years madness .

anything 68 on is fine by me.

what sort of clubs are there around already? i'm sure most wouldn't have anything against princesses, metros and marinas - just that they are more into their minors or a40s. guessing it's a generational thing - when i was a kid my parents had a belmont, grandparents a ...

mine has already been for a boat ride. going back to the mainland would be cool, but i doubt if finances would allow it.

todd motors in petone? or that was just rootes/chrys/mitsi....

top half of the north would be best - easy for deros like me to afford.

i personally like ratty dailys more than pristine show cars. means you can be less paranoid and actually park in the pak'n'save lot without fear.

Actually we weren't, but needing help with my motivation also, why the hell not? Nz's first Marina show :D
We might need to recruit a couple more members tho, maybe we should open it up to all BL products?

if you did you would be swamped by minis, minors and 7s though. ban those and keep it ...

sedan manual? engine would be nice in my a35

this thread being so derailed now - were we planning something for next year? a date to work towards will help my motivation.

yeah, the guys on avenger.co.nz are pretty onto things like that. what was your car? i might recognise it. currently i'm pretty sussed - it's been running nice and reliable for a while now. just need an air filter housing for a single stromburg 45 - its not getting enough air and running rich. i've ...

not quite yet. i don't need the distraction - once i've got the van sussed then there is thousands to sink into the avenger to get it back up near tiger spec. though if there is one being given away with a solid body...

a few minors came standard with 1100s, right? from a standing start it can't ...

uh what? the marina is just a minor with a bigger engine and square body panels. i say go for it.

we used to do series milage in the old man's thou without any trouble. down to new plymouth, all round the waikato... and since he is putting a datsun in it anyway most your arguements are invalid ...