New Motorhome Owners

missys
missys Forum Participant Posts: 5
edited July 2016 in Introductions #1

We are RIchard and Karen and live on the outskirts of North West London. We have just had our first night away in our Camper "Connie" she's an AutoSleeper Cotswold. This time we went on our own but keep an eye for us on the Motorway through the summer as
we will be towing our Hillman Imp Rally Car behind her - give us a wave if you see us Happy

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  • wye
    wye Forum Participant Posts: 241
    edited July 2016 #2

    Welcome Richard and Karen .

    Look forward to hearing about your trips away .

  • Bakers2
    Bakers2 Forum Participant Posts: 8,192 ✭✭✭
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    edited July 2016 #3

    Hello and welcome. A Hillman Imp, there's a blkast frtom the past.  

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited July 2016 #4

    I'm surprised it hasn't dissolved by now. They were quite popular for souping up along with the Ford 105E back in the sixties.

  • JillwithaJay
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    edited July 2016 #5

    Hi Richard and Karen and welcome to Club Together.  I had a Hillman Imp in the 1970s.  Great little motor and very nippy.

    photo 78301b06-7bdd-45fe-8ae2-d4d2cae14135_zpssi5htrez.jpg

  • ABM
    ABM Forum Participant Posts: 14,578
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    edited July 2016 #6

    Welcome  indeed  R  &  K  Happy

    ( Pale  Blue  Imp,  LFM 31 D  ==  a  great  little  buzz bomb  that  is  until  the  heater  tap  in  the  front  "boot"  cracked  &   pumped  all  the  coolant  out  of  the  ally  engine  &  warped  the  head  beyond  my  meagre  means 
    Don't cry )

    Brian

  • brue
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    edited July 2016 #7

    Welcome to CT, will look out for you and do the usual motorhome wave! Good luck with all your travel plans.Smile

  • kaenergas
    kaenergas Forum Participant Posts: 171
    edited July 2016 #8

    Welcome to CT, my first car was a Singer Chamois very similar to the imp from memory, enjoy your travels

  • cyberyacht
    cyberyacht Forum Participant Posts: 10,218
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    edited July 2016 #9

    Yes, that was an Imp with a bit more chrome and walnut.

  • Randomcamper
    Randomcamper Club Member Posts: 1,062 ✭✭
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    edited July 2016 #10

    I'm surprised it hasn't dissolved by now. 

    Still a few left at a garage near us......

    http://greybrits.com/wp/2015/05/hillman-imp-graveyard/

  • missys
    missys Forum Participant Posts: 5
    edited July 2016 #11

    Thanks you all for your welcoming comments - with your permission Tintent115 I will share the Hillman Imp Graveyard with my fellow Imp club members incase there are any valuable spares to be had

     

  • Randomcamper
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    edited July 2016 #12

    Missys,

    Thats fine.....last time I went past a fair number of the Imps had gone or been moved, I'm not sure whats happening there now but his website is still up and running so anyone could ring him....

    http://www.caerwyslocal.co.uk/merlin_motors.html

  • QFour
    QFour Forum Participant Posts: 442
    edited July 2016 #13

    Had one about 40 years ago. The fan belt was always falling off. After we had lost a few I put a longer bolt in the bonnet catch so when it fell off it just caught it and I refitted it again. Never did find out why it kept falling off
    Laughing 

  • missys
    missys Forum Participant Posts: 5
    edited July 2016 #14

    If any of you are around Hatton Country World on the weekend of 5th to 7th August there will be at least 100+ of the surviving Imps and their variants running round the surrounding countryside and lining up for a show and shine on the Sunday - come down and see those that survive!

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