How to Build Your Own Tiger Avon Sportscar [Paperback]

Jim Dudley (Author)

Book Description

Series: How to Build Your Own | Publication Date: November 1, 2002

An exciting new title in Veloce's best-selling Speed Pro series, this book produced in association with Tiger Sportscars Ltd.Build a fabulous high-quality, high-performance two-seater sports car for very little money.Choose how little or how much work to do yourself and how much to spend.Based on mechanical parts from plentiful Ford Sierra donor cars.Choose a 4 cylinder or V8 engine, including Ford Pinto (ex Sierra), Ford Zetec, Rover K-series or even a light and powerful motorcycle unit.All components, including used Sierra parts, available from Tiger Sportscars.Excellent power-to-weight ratios, even using standard Sierra Pinto engines.Complete building instructions, including tubular chassis, fibreglass bodywork, mechanical components, trim and electrical systems.The Tiger Avon is ideal for clubman's racing.Email helpline available to all builders.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Veloce Publishing (November 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1903706092
• ISBN-13: 978-1903706091
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 7.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,533,845 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Tiger Avon Construction Overview, April 3, 2007

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Nicholas Gomez "www.bikervoodoo.com" (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Build Your Own Tiger Avon Sports Car for Road or Track (SpeedPro Series) (Paperback)

While not as detailed as the Ron Champion book, this Tiger Avon build book gives an overview of how a Ford Sierra based, independent rear suspension "Seven Type" car is built. It's a useful book to have if you're planning to build your own Seven-type roadster from scratch. There is a useful section on how they built a fibreglass body for a small formula type single seater as well.

I'm giving it only 3 stars because I own almost all Seven books available on Amazon and I think the Ron Champion (Easier to read) & Keith Tanner (Lots more full colour, step-by-step pictures but lacking info on building the frame because he bought one) books are higher up on my list of priorities. However, if you're thinking of building your own Sevenesque car, then this book is a must-have!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Potential Lotus 7 clone project, May 11, 2008

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Ray S. Yount "Gray Wolf" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: How to Build Your Own Tiger Avon Sports Car for Road or Track (SpeedPro Series) (Paperback)

I bought this book as an adjunct to Ron Champion's book on the same subject. Well written and also well illustrated, it is another approach to the same subject. While Champion's book translates metric measurement units into english, this one does not. That however, does not detract from the usefullness of the book as that can be fairly easily done anyway.