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Hi all,
I got me this Avante since more or less 2 years now waiting to be restored. I think that i finally mamaged to get all the required parts to start working on it. The last Item arrived today with the mail man.....
This is how i got it :





A hairy dog bone

And also a hairy driveshaft

Unfortunatly my external HDD went down and i lost the majority of my resto pictures.
So i'm missing all the dissasembly pics ! Anyway, i'll start with the assebly process

After a good clean of all the parts, the assembly can begin
Rear diff case:


Front Diff:



All the bearing have been replaced with new ones as the old ones were really worn out

Assembling both diff cases on the carbon chassis

Rear suspension



As i was starting to assembly the front and rear shocks a small light started to blink in my brain....I remebered that i had a set of Hi Caps somewhere
Luckily i found them






And installed on the chassis

I had a check on the assembly instruction, and apparently that kit is for the Avante...but i still managed to intall them

Assembling the motor


Steering servo installation:



Lettering the tires



More to follow soon

Thanks for looking
Manotas

This is excellent !
I have an Avante 2001 myself that's been waiting for a resto for many years.
I will follow this thread carefully and hopefully get inspired
-Lars

BTW; Take good care of the black CVA's. As far as I know, they are unique to the Avante 2001.

Manotas wrote:

I had a check on the assembly instruction, and apparently that kit is for the Avante...but i still managed to intall them

50 frcs that's very cheap 7,5€ for French frcs
I have these shocks on several cars. Ça Passe! !!!
Top cars resto Manu

5 month since my last resto thread about this beauty ! WOW time passes by so fast !
In the meantime I received the body set, cutted it out and painted it







I also managed to finish the chassis assembly. I still need to do wire routing correctly

Pretty avante 2001 Manu

After a long period, I finally finished this Avante.
Balmy Baldwin painted :





Avante Completed :











Thanks for looking