Sparky Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Morning all. Recently it has come to my attention that a close friend has a Hillman hunter (Fully working but needs tlc) in a lockup near mine. Now i know theyre not really worth much but I was wondering if this would be a good starting point for a V8 conversion project. The car has all the spare body panels (to get rid of the rust) and the chassis (inc sills) are rust free so no major welding is needed. The interior is mint and actually looks really cool imo. Has anyone got any experience in this area? Im thinking, replace body panels and tidy body. Rover V8 conversion. Respray in a nice look at me colour. Drop the car very low. Refurbish all of the original chrome bumpers. New brakes. New exhaust. And a nice set of chunk deep dish wheels to set it off. Expensive maybe (got friends in a bodyshop and can prep car myself). Can probably inlist my friend who currently owns it to help me to do an engine transplant. And finally is it bloody worth it????? Cheers for looking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest CoolsBlue Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 when my mum used to live in the caribbean she had a yellow one, pointless post but nice to hear theyre still around:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MONKEYmark Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 my dad used to have a white hillman hunter many years ago then went onto avengers.my first car was a yellow hillman avenger and also had a brown avenger later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathman Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Could be quite a cool project! I sold my old Astra GTE to a guy that was going to shoe horn the engine into an Imp, for the ultimate sleeper:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garethr Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Don't think I'd use the Rover V8, though, but I suppose they are cheap to buy and it's easy to fit a manual 'box. The Lexus V8 is 250 bhp and probably just as cheap -- until you want a manual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted November 30, 2007 Author Share Posted November 30, 2007 Don't think I'd use the Rover V8, though, but I suppose they are cheap to buy and it's easy to fit a manual 'box. The Lexus V8 is 250 bhp and probably just as cheap -- until you want a manual. That sounds better. Ill have to price up the work before i go talking more about it! Glad to see theres no-one interested in modifiying a british classic (Shed) here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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