1971 Hillman Avenger 1500 DL

1971 Hillman Avenger in L is for Logic, Documentary, 1972

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
130rapid ◊ 2020-03-08 16:39	Date of first registration January 1971 Year of manufacture 1971 Cylinder capacity 1498 cc Export marker No Vehicle status: Taxed to Aug 1st 1987 Vehicle (last) colour RED
jcb ◊ 2020-03-08 19:23	Has badge on wing one side but not the other.
dsl ◊ 2020-03-08 20:02	That wing badge is odd. Pre-pro cars before Jan 70 launch had that badge on the nearside wing, repeating from boot, but it was deleted for production. This Vanguards model of a DL shows it - ALN 802H was an Aug 69 plate, so likely an early soft build, and was used for launch photos including brochure and cover of Motor's launch report issue. But no idea how/why the wing badge crops up on a Croydon registered example a year later.
dsl ◊ 2022-04-30 23:56	Another badge-on-wing sighting, again a poverty trim and J plate .....