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5 Nov 2018 You might be wondering why the Hillman Imp has such a bad reputation. This spacious four-seater supermini is fun to drive, costs very little to run and buy, and it looks super cool.
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In the 1970s, the Hillman Imp range contracted - the Husky, the van, the Singers and all the coupés were gone by the end of 1972, leaving the range looking more or less as it had done nine years before.. The G15 was always intended to be an Imp-based car, though at least one example is currently powered by an Alfa Romeo engine.
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Photo courtesy Bonhams. One wouldn't think a world record-holding car would hammer at auction for as little as $15,000, but then again, there's not much to the Flatmobile, which sold earlier this month in England.. Besides, the Flatmobile, which Perry Watkins of Perrywinkle Customs built in 2007, started out as a 1963 Hillman Imp, so it's safe to say that it's now one of the world's most.
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It's been 11 years since Rob and his father coerced the Imp from the widow's garage, and it's clear that more than a decade of hard work and craftsmanship has gone into building the car of Rob's childhood dreams. But best of all, Rob insists he's still far from done. He hints at building up a 998cc race engine sourced from an old.
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1963 Hillman Imp Mk1. Wiki Commons/car_spots_aus. Both cars were developed to address the same needs, both cars were the products of gifted engineers, both were praised by the automotive press when introduced, and both had success in motorsports. Yet only one of them sold more than five million units, is a British icon, and has a passionate.
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Hillman overcame the early quality issues and the Imp developed into a great package, but the damage was done in buyers' minds. By the 1970s, the Imp was sold as a budget car, and was the cheapest new car in the UK at one point. The curtain came down in 1976 after 440,000 Imps of all varieties had been built, and with it went the Linwood plant.
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Our first race car to grace the channel! James Ibbotson brought us down his championship winning Hillman Imp to talk about how his project car has evolved ov.
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Hillman Imp. Perhaps the best remembered of the Hillman cars the Imp ws built in a new Scottish factory, the Imp was Rootes' attempt to take on the Mini. Poor build quality and early unreliability took its toll and although it is fondly remembered by many, it only achieved 10% of the Mini's sales figures. Perhaps the best remembered of the.
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£645 Opportunity to purchase a cache of Hillman Imp, Imp Sport and Sunbeam Stiletto parts. Dry stored by an Imp enthusiast for many years. Now unexpectedly available. The price is for the entire contents of one garage (domestic) containing many engines (appox 10), engine parts, body parts - chrome bumpers, bonnets, engine. 27 Dec 2023
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Hillman Imp @hillmanimprestoration ‧ 120 subscribers ‧ 117 videos An amateur restoration of the only production car ever to be produced in Scotland. The Hillman Imp..
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1965 Hillman Super Imp Ex-Works Rally 4 Comments 26 Bids Winner - grahamsno 7:30 PM, 09 Aug 2021 Vehicle sold Sold for £23,945 Winner - grahamsno Vehicle Story If a mainstream motor manufacturer launched a small utility car with a rear-mounted highly advanced engine in 2021, car buyers wouldn't know what to make of it.
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Hillman Imp - the forgotten Mini-basher that was so dearly underperformed Hillman Imp (Apex) The Hillman Imp was the Rootes Group's great white hope to beat the Mini at its own game. However, as Keith Adams explains, the project was riddled with setbacks and issues that stopped it achieving anywhere near its full potential.
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The Hillman Imp Mk II was a compact, rear-engined saloon car, manufactured under the Hillman marque by the Rootes Group in the 1960s. History
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The Hillman Imp is a rear wheel drive automobile, with its powerplant positioned in the rear, and a 2 door saloon (sedan) bodyshell. Powering the Hillman Imp is a single overhead camshaft, 0.9 litre naturally aspirated 4 cylinder powerplant, with 2 valves per cylinder that produces power and torque figures of 37 bhp (37.5 PS/27.6 kW) at 4800 rpm and 67 N·m (49 lb·ft/6.8 kgm) at 2600 rpm.
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The Imp was the Rootes Group's answer to the other small cars sold during the '50s. Small doesn't mean plain, as little details decorate the interior and exterior. They wanted a larger car, something powered by a four-cylinder, rear-mounted engine. It had to seat two adults and two kids while being simple, affordable and fun to drive.