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116 Posts Member #: 8367 Advanced Member bucks |
22nd Jul, 2010 at 09:19:47pm
i was out the other day down a road close to mine and i saw someone with a 'hilman imp' and i started speaking to him about it and as soon as i said i had a mini his first response was "the enemy!", so when i have my turbo lump in I WILL HUNT HIM DOWN!! |
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 2406 Posts Member #: 341 aka T2clubby South Staffs |
22nd Jul, 2010 at 09:25:04pm
ok.... |
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 (2)[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/150672766@N03/]Rod Sugden[/url], on Fli) 5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
22nd Jul, 2010 at 09:37:51pm
Actually it's Hillman (two L's) Imp and I've had a few in my time.
Edited by Rod S on 22nd Jul, 2010. Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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116 Posts Member #: 8367 Advanced Member bucks |
22nd Jul, 2010 at 09:44:18pm
this person had done a full shell rebuild and it was really nice! blue and silver with a vinyl roof. i think he had it bored to around a 1.1 and had twin weber 40's on it! he said it would be around 110bhp. |
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 825 Posts Member #: 2208 Post Whore Essex |
22nd Jul, 2010 at 10:03:19pm
mmmMMMMmmm Imp! |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
22nd Jul, 2010 at 10:04:45pm
Yes, the wet liners, standard at 998cc can be taken out to 1140cc IIRC - but that's it, nothing more unless you start messing with the crank.
Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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 1342 Posts Member #: 2292 Tool Herne Bay, kent |
23rd Jul, 2010 at 09:34:51am
the imp your describing sounds like the one that was in retro cars 6 months ish ago On 27th Apr, 2010 Rick.SPI said:
cant beat a good blowout. |
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116 Posts Member #: 8367 Advanced Member bucks |
23rd Jul, 2010 at 01:16:22pm
no im pretty sure it wouldnt of been as it still isnt fully built! |
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1342 Posts Member #: 2292 Tool Herne Bay, kent |
24th Jul, 2010 at 07:40:33am
oh ok On 27th Apr, 2010 Rick.SPI said:
cant beat a good blowout. |
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1342 Posts Member #: 2292 Tool Herne Bay, kent |
24th Jul, 2010 at 07:42:58am
http://www.retrocarsmag.com/downloads.asp
On 27th Apr, 2010 Rick.SPI said:
cant beat a good blowout. |
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 1137 Posts Member #: 1450 Post Whore Near Paris - France |
24th Jul, 2010 at 10:31:53am
OK, so it is not a war but a friendly contest between two owners of different car brands.
Rusty by nature
On 23rd Jun, 2008 paul wiginton said:
They said "That sounds rough mate." I said "Cheers it cost me a fortune to make it sound like that!" |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
24th Jul, 2010 at 10:55:22am
On 24th Jul, 2010 jamz said:
http://www.retrocarsmag.com/downloads.asp 3rd wallpaper. thats the one i thought you was thinking of 14th photo (5th row, right handside) is much better. The fastback (or coupe) version - there were two derivatives, Imp Californian (my flatmate had one) and Sunbeam Stilletto (I had one for a while but it had terminal rot). We both had 998 engines with a downdraft 28/36 Webber. The one in the Retrorides picture is a cross between the two, it has the Sunbeam badge and twin headlights (ie, Stilletto) but is missing the Stilletto's vinyl roof.... I still keep my eye on the small ads, newsagents windows etc. for a decent one but the fastbacks are now as rare as hen's teeth. Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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 12307 Posts Member #: 565 Carlos Fandango Burnham-on-Crouch, Essex |
24th Jul, 2010 at 11:50:46am
I might be wrong but dint the himan calefornian have a badge much like the stilletto but no vinyl roof? also there was the chamois coupe.
On 28th Aug, 2011 Kean said:
At the risk of being sigged... Joe, do you have a photo of your tool? http://www.turbominis.co.uk/forums/index.p...9064&lastpost=1 https://joe1977.imgbb.com/ |
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5988 Posts Member #: 2024 Formally Retired Rural Suffolk |
24th Jul, 2010 at 12:17:17pm
On 24th Jul, 2010 Joe C said:
I might be wrong but dint the himan calefornian have a badge much like the stilletto but no vinyl roof? also there was the chamois coupe. If you look closely at the photo in Retrorides it has a Sunbeam badge. The Californian definately had a Hillman badge (well my flatmate's one did anyway...). From memory, only the Sunbeam (Stilletto) had both the twin headlights and the vinyl roof (mine was resprayed Fiat yellow with a black vinyl roof, stunning.....). I can't for the life of me remember what the Chamois coupe had (re. headlights or roof) but it would have had a Singer front badge...... But I would love to get my hands on one of the coupe/fastback shells to restore. Schrödinger's cat - so which one am I ??? |
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