busmansholiday Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 3 hours ago, Shite Ron said: 'ole int' road as it was known. spartacus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 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? hennabm, Remspoor and lesapandre 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 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. lesapandre, artdjones, Andrew353w and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 busmansholiday, artdjones and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Fat_Pirate, warch, hennabm and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 Amishtat, warch and Remspoor 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 2 hours ago, martc said: 175,000 in use? Really? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 1 hour ago, artdjones said: Not one for the superstitious that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheffcortinacentre Posted December 5, 2020 Share Posted December 5, 2020 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 spartacus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 lesapandre and RayMK 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 RayMK, Shite Ron, Andrew353w and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 lesapandre, RayMK, Fat_Pirate and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 1 minute ago, Remspoor said: Why does that front remind me of the Simca 1000? lesapandre 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
busmansholiday Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 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". lesapandre and Remspoor 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew353w Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted December 6, 2020 Share Posted December 6, 2020 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. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 artdjones, RayMK, Amishtat and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 RayMK, artdjones, sheffcortinacentre and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Fat_Pirate, sheffcortinacentre, artdjones and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimH Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Can I have a colour one please? It caught my eye because it was put out by my Grandfather's garage. puddlethumper, Amishtat, Shite Ron and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Two from Newport, Monmouthshire - home of the Mole wrench. RayMK, Skut, sheffcortinacentre and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asimo Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Also Newport - stone tramroad sleepers. And a Wartburg. And a Victor. Amishtat, artdjones and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 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? Amishtat 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
artdjones Posted December 8, 2020 Share Posted December 8, 2020 Newport again. uk_senator, RayMK, Austat and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remspoor Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 artdjones, Amishtat and RayMK 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 Dicky Dale and the Moto Guzzi 500cc V8 at the 1957 German Grand Prix. Fat_Pirate, Asimo and artdjones 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martc Posted December 10, 2020 Share Posted December 10, 2020 RayMK 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somewhatfoolish Posted December 14, 2020 Share Posted December 14, 2020 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. spartacus 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lesapandre Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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