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072 Hillman Imp (1966) FNT 481 D by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Hillman Imp (1963-76) Engine 875 cc S4 OC Production 440,032 Registration Number FNT 481 D (Shropshire) HILLMAN SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623789458598... Developed under the project name Apex by the Rootes Group to take on the BMC Mini, though the Imp arrived 4 years later than the Mini. Powered by an all aluminium 875cc rear mounted engine . With version badge engineered as Singer and Sunbeam. Rootes had been given a Government grant for a new assembly plant and a stake in a brand new Pressed Steel plant to be built in Linwood, Glasgow then an employment black spot. But production was beset with stoppages and costs incurred in producing the engine casting at Linwood then transporting them to Ryton, Coventry to be machined and assembled before transporting back to Linwood for to be put in the cars, a return journey of 600 miles. Despite these problems the Imp did prove popular, though not as much as the Mini and the extra cost made them barely profitable Diolch am 97,835,278 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,835,278 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 10.09.2022, at Statfold Barn Railway, near Tamworth, Staffordshire REF 164-072

073 Hillman New Minx (Arrow Series) (1967) TYB 483 G by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Hillman New Minx (1967-70) Engine 1496cc S4 OHV Registration Number TYB 483 G (Somerset) HILLMAN SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623789458598... The long running Rootes Audax Series evolving between 1956 to 1967, of which the entry model and far the most prolific was the Hillman Minx was replaced in 1967 by the new Arrow Series. range of cars produced under several badge-engineered marques by the Rootes Group (later Chrysler Europe) the range is almost always referred to by the name of its most prolific model the Hillman Hunter substantial number of separate marque and model names were applied to this single car platform. Some were given different model names to justify trim differences (Hillman GT, Hillman Estate Car) and, from time to time, models were sold in some European markets under the Sunbeam marque (Sunbeam Sceptre for instance), and at other times used UK marque/model names. Singer Gazelle and Vogue models were also sold in the UK for one season badged as Sunbeams after the Singer brand was withdrawn. The New Minx took over from the Series VI in 1967. It was a reduced specification version of the Hillman Hunter available as a Saloon or Estate initially equipped with a 54 bhp 1496 cc 4 cylinder engine A 61 bhp 1725cc engine became available in 1968. Diolch am 97,835,278 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,835,278 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 10.09.2022, at Statfold Barn Railway, near Tamworth, Staffordshire REF 164-073