Hillman Imp for sale in South Africa

An Imp that I owned may be for sale?

The car is in fine condition with a quality paint job.

The engine has new pistons etc, plus the sport series 180 cylinder head and twin Stromberg carbs.

It also has front disc brakes.

The car is a 1967 model.

Please advise if you know of anyone who may be looking for such a car?

Regards

Roy

The picture shows a similar set of Imp brakes we fitted.

Im;p Californian with palm trees

Seen here and with an interesting sky.

The car is quite a regular driver now and has become fun to travel in.

Roy

Imp Californian on the road transporter

The car has now been sent to the motor trimmers to complete the cars interior.

The ride there  was an interesting one.

Roy

Hillman Imp front disk brake sets

This has been posted before but well worth a mention again.

The mounting plate kits are an import, we have stock now.

Fitting should take more than a morning to do both sides?

You may or may not want to change the Imps standard 0.65 master cylinder for the 0.70 master cylinder, in both cases the fluid cylinder needs enlarging, we can advise how to do this .

Roy

Bronze valve guides and BMW oil seals for the Hillman Imp

We have the bronze guides made locally.

They accept the BMW oil seals.

Roy

Todays Imp Californian pictures

The 1967 Imp Californian is now a good driver, pictures show the car with the engine running, it uses very little oil and thats over a twelve month period.

Made in Scotland in 1967 then restored in South Africa over the past 21 months.

This really is a nice car now and still on the original matching numbers engine block, which has the same pistons and crank bearings that the Rootes factory fitted some forty nine years back, I fitted new piston rings about eight years back.

Click on the last two images for a larger image?

Roy

Hillman Imp front end strength.

The Hillman Imp frontal crash zone

A mention on the Imp Clubs forum of the front petrol tank  had me remembering this picture.

 

This is not a picture I would normally post but given that the old style phone box was made from cast iron and really strong it does show the result of a rather spectacular crash.

 

Did the Imp roll into the phone box I wonder?

 

I have owned eleven Imps I think, the front petrol tank has never bothered me, its the same with millions of VW Beetle cars too.

 

Both designs have a spare wheel in the area and the Imps is right across the front of the petrol tank, which itself is a crumple defence?

 

http://forum.theimpclub.co.uk/viewtopic.php?f=33&t=27572&p=286726#p286726

 

Roy