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Jimster

posted on 11/8/06 at 07:59 PM Reply With Quote
What car is this??

Hi, can anyone help me, I have this kit car, and I have no idea what it is.

Any ideas??









here are some more photo's
www.sheepspeed.com/album/Kitcar/index.html
Any help would be great,

Cheers

Jim

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ned

posted on 11/8/06 at 08:02 PM Reply With Quote
looks like a tiger to me, the way the front of the chassis is, maybe an avon seeing as its irs and not using the sierra trailing arms!?

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t.j.

posted on 11/8/06 at 08:04 PM Reply With Quote
Look like the Tiger AVON to me!

Only weird coilover brackets upper rear

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big_wasa

posted on 11/8/06 at 08:06 PM Reply With Quote
dont think it is a tiger made chassis ned, fronts not like the book any way.


My guess, its home made to the tiger book with influance from Ron's book jmo

[Edited on 11/8/06 by big_wasa]

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t.j.

posted on 11/8/06 at 08:19 PM Reply With Quote
I think it does,

Only an early one.

Lower wihbone misses plate between ball-joint and bracket.
It uses the fiat 124 ball. Upper wishbone is the same.
At the rear i mis the diagonal stiffness
Also the brackets for the MK2 rack isn't the same.

Place your pic at the TIGER AVON part and let them argue.

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carlgeldard

posted on 11/8/06 at 08:30 PM Reply With Quote
Homemade Tiger Avon!!!!!!!!!!!



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ned

posted on 11/8/06 at 09:00 PM Reply With Quote
well whoever made it i guess we're agreed that it's a tiger avon of sorts





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Avoneer

posted on 11/8/06 at 09:14 PM Reply With Quote
Definately a DIY Avon.

Pedal box, scuttle bar, upper belt mounts give it all away as a DIY.

Good luck to them - shocks are resting on the bump stops as well - typical Tiger dimension error!

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gazza285

posted on 11/8/06 at 09:31 PM Reply With Quote
Looks similar to this one here.






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scotty g

posted on 12/8/06 at 06:47 AM Reply With Quote
Also notice that the top rail dips down from the scuttle back torear wheel arches.
Locosts don't do that but Avons do, same as the caterham.

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MikeRJ

posted on 12/8/06 at 10:47 AM Reply With Quote
Is that a K-Series engine? If so the bellhousing is worth a fair bit, they are over £250 new.
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tractorboy

posted on 14/8/06 at 10:09 AM Reply With Quote
its not a production avon chassis . its either different tiger chassis or one made to the book, i have early avon ( chassis number 17) and its not the same . cheers scott
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G.Man

posted on 14/8/06 at 03:05 PM Reply With Quote
the rear upper shock mounts look a smidge flimsy, could do with some triangulation







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andrew.carwithen

posted on 27/8/06 at 07:52 PM Reply With Quote
Have a look at item 280022280436 on ebay (sorry, can't do links.)
Looks like the same chassis (scuttle hoop and upper rear shock mounts etc.) Judging by the low price and description on the board attached to the chassis in one of the photos, I'd guess it is an original Avon Phoenix chassis as was, before Tiger developed it into the Tiger Avon chassis we know today.

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