Eye-catching black and whites

[busmansholiday]

3 hours ago, Shite Ron said:

'ole int' road as it was known. 

[Andrew353w]

30 minutes ago, Remspoor said:

I just love those Hitman Imp estates, called the Husky. It seems Hillman managed to solve the problem of making an estate car with a rear engine, as that looks like a decent sized boot and not too high a floor, either. Did they make a van version of this, or is my memory playing tricks on me?

[martc]

4 minutes ago, Andrew353w said:

 Did they make a van version of this, or is my memory playing tricks on me?

Yup, originally sold as the Commer Imp Van, later as the Hillman Imp van - info here  https://www.imps4ever.info/family/van.html-

These weren't just windowless estates, they were designed as vans from scratch, in particular they had higher roofs designed to accommodate, of all things, milk churns.

 

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[lesapandre]

2 hours ago, martc said:

175,000 in use? Really?

[lesapandre]

2 hours ago, martc said:

Yup, originally sold as the Commer Imp Van, later as the Hillman Imp van - info here  https://www.imps4ever.info/family/van.html-

These weren't just windowless estates, they were designed as vans from scratch, in particular they had higher roofs designed to accommodate, of all things, milk churns.

 

And dear old Rootes tooled up for this when with a bit of extra tooling they could have made the Imp a true hatchback too.  The Imp was useless for any big luggage with it's daft opening rear window - I remember them in use.

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, artdjones said:

Not one for the superstitious that...

[sheffcortinacentre]

9 hours ago, Shite Ron said:

Sheffield "ol' int road" in the 80's I used t work in a cutlery factory about half a mile further on that road

[Remspoor]

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[Andrew353w]

1 minute ago, Remspoor said:

Why does that front remind me of the Simca 1000?

[busmansholiday]

1 minute ago, Andrew353w said:

Why does that front remind me of the Simca 1000?

Because it is a Simca 1100 with a bit of 'badge engineering".

[Andrew353w]

26 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Because it is a Simca 1100 with a bit of 'badge engineering".

Yes, of course! Simca were swallowed up by Chrysler, as were Hillman, as part of the Rootes Group. 

[lesapandre]

1 hour ago, Remspoor said:

Brake sharply and those cases will through the windscreen. Pretty wet ad - somehow extolling the lack of luggage space - but then the Beetle was worse...

I remember the early ones of these as second hand bangers - nicely made and finished but pretty  useless for carrying stuff...the all alloy engine was very prone to overheating once the rad got old.

Rootes were saddled with a new factory in Scotland by the Gov - bodyshells were shipped up there by train - not exactly a cost saver. Later in their blighted career Chrysler cheapened them as much as possible and they were then one of the cheapest cars on the UK market by the early 70's.

The 'Stiletto' and 'Californian' did not even get the opening rear window.

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[JimH]

Can I have a colour one please? It caught my eye because it was put out by my Grandfather's garage.

 

 

[artdjones]

Two from Newport, Monmouthshire - home of the Mole wrench.

[Asimo]

Also Newport - stone tramroad sleepers. And a Wartburg.

And a Victor.

[artdjones]

I shouldn't make fun really, because the poor man is being told he's about to lose his job, but have you ever seen a better combover?

[artdjones]

Newport again.

[Remspoor]

[martc]

Dicky Dale and the Moto Guzzi 500cc V8 at the 1957 German Grand Prix.

[martc]

[somewhatfoolish]

On 12/3/2020 at 11:24 AM, Skut said:

Doesn't look broken off, it looks like it's lifted off the pivot pin.

[lesapandre]

On 12/10/2020 at 3:30 PM, Remspoor said:

Japan made Minx probably. Rootes had a toe-hold in the Japanese market but for whatever reason did not prosper...wonder if they imported any back to the UK for comparison with the  Coventry made examples.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isuzu_Hillman_Minx