oldMohawk
gone but not forgotten
My first car was a brand new Hillman Imp for £634, bought from a garage on the corner of Wellhead Lane and Aldridge Rd in Perry Barr in 1964.
Drove it proudly away, but on reaching Kingstanding Rd it broke down.
Phoned the garage and they came out and fitted a new carburretor. After that it ran for 4/5 years, even the automatic choke worked. Antifreeze was a problem because of the aluminium engine. It also had an accelerator pedal without a cable, some sort of pneumatic connection.
Maybe I was reasonably lucky with it, only once called the AA and they got it going with a squirt of WD40
With some office guys I once drove virtually non-stop overnight from B'ham to Coverac Cornwall one Bank Hol in 1965, nearly going off the big curve where the M5 ended at Strensham joining the M50. I remember finding my way across a foggy winding road on Bodmin Moor.
My Imp could always out-corner Mini's in my wilder driving days.
I saw an Imp recently and thought how frail it looked, and how did I once do 84mph in one.
Drove it proudly away, but on reaching Kingstanding Rd it broke down.
Phoned the garage and they came out and fitted a new carburretor. After that it ran for 4/5 years, even the automatic choke worked. Antifreeze was a problem because of the aluminium engine. It also had an accelerator pedal without a cable, some sort of pneumatic connection.
Maybe I was reasonably lucky with it, only once called the AA and they got it going with a squirt of WD40
With some office guys I once drove virtually non-stop overnight from B'ham to Coverac Cornwall one Bank Hol in 1965, nearly going off the big curve where the M5 ended at Strensham joining the M50. I remember finding my way across a foggy winding road on Bodmin Moor.
My Imp could always out-corner Mini's in my wilder driving days.
I saw an Imp recently and thought how frail it looked, and how did I once do 84mph in one.