Anthony makes progress in the USA

A chance question on rear wheel bearings found me a new Imp Club member, well new to me at least, his name is Anthony.

He has two Imps, one is an early (1964) Sunbeam and was an export to the USA, its left hand drive, the other is a Hillman Imp and made in 1971, that one is right hand drive.

The Sunbeam is the one under the cover, the Hillman Imp (1971) is the orange one,is that the Rootes Car Co Wardance colour (orange) ? if so the paint code is #156 and may be stamped on the cars Vin plate, otherwise a separate body plate, which can often be found under the front bonnet and next to the fuel filler neck.

Roy,

I might have mentioned that I bought a 10" bolt and emulated the official tool in drawing the inner bearing and seal against the distance tube and outer bearing.

I then installed the brake back plate, fitted the hub, washer and nut and, using an air-powered impact wrench, tightened the nut drawing the axle into place.

I was so excited that I temporarily hung one of the Minilites (how mundane) to reward my progress.

The other Imp in the picture is a 1971 Hillman Imp (right hand drive) that has a late model motor that has the sport cam, oil drain that Rootes was apparently throwing together at the end of the Imp run. The plan is to transfer the motor into the project car as its body is better than the Hillman Imp.

The Hillman came into the picture after the Sunbeam's body was done and did pose a problem as to which one to put on the road.

I enjoyed the pics on your blog and advice you offered; much appreciated.

Tomorrow; the other side.

Thank you

Anthony

Thats a nice alloy rim, I assume its a 13" size, that gives the driver a much greater tyre selection choice. You can even use Yokohama's K6271  175/50R13 tyre, thats a race tyre but the tread looks quite suitable for road use. The 50R is a hight ratio, it will lower the car and give a faster ratio in third and forth gear.

Roy