- Paperback: 144 pages
- Publisher: Veloce Publishing Ltd; illustrated edition edition (22 Aug 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1903706092
- ISBN-13: 978-1903706091
- Product Dimensions: 24.1 x 18.8 x 1.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,353,521 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This manual aims to help you build your own high-quality sports car on a budget.
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The Tiger Avon is designed to use donor parts sourced mainly from the Ford Sierra, a car built in huge numbers. Read the first page
Front Cover | Copyright | Table of Contents | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Well now, a threat to Ronnie C and the Locost? I think so. Originally introduced as the Avon Sprint, Tiger bought the rights and turned a cracking car into something you could build yourself from a set of plans, or buy from a reputable company that has been at it for a while, at a knock-down price. Readers who are familiar with the Locost should not buy this book if they think it's an easy job though. The chassis plans, although professional, are condensed into about six pages, and it would be a fool person that thought they could use this car to learn to weld on. Plenty of advice is given, and at no time is it patronising or unrealistic.
Overall, a great book, with plenty of nice touches, such as making your own bodywork, and giving proper dimensions to be able to build your own, instead of just buying it from the factory. Only places it is lacking, is fitting some of the more popular alternative engines (although advice is given on the popular lumps in the Ford range), and a fair few of the pictures are from other cars in the Tiger range (although, still relevant)
20 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
having allready read "build your own sports car for as little as £250" i feel inclined to compare them both, the tiger avon certainly has better looks than the ron champion attempt, and the tiger avon is based on the much more readily available ford sierra, however it seems that far too much is left to the imagination in the tiger avon book, all the necassary components are discussed but there doesnt seem to be enough detail, having studied the drawings for the chassis in detail, they are lacking serverely in many necessary dimensions and im finding it difficult to transfer them onto cad in order to understand them better. further more, the drawings in one particular place do not correspond to the photos provided. i would think that it would be very difficult for someone without a lot of experience to construct the frame by themselves. in this respect, the ron champion version wins hands down, since a whole chapter runs step by step through the frame construction, rather than just 6 pages of quite vaque drawings. all in all, its going to be a very interesting project, but certainly not for the faint hearted. the frame is of course available to buy from tiger if you dont think youre up to the job, so youd be forgiven for thinking that tiger are encouraging potential diy frame makers to purchase from them by providing inadequate drawings. still, i do beleive that the finsished car would easily make up for any discrepency in the book.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Tiger Avon Construction Overview
3 April 2007
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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!
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
Potential Lotus 7 clone project
11 May 2008
Format: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.
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