Hillman Hunter

[masona]

Now if I could get hold of a 970 cc 'S'

I tried to get one with no joy

If I remember rightly, they only made 900 or was it 900 still left around(?)

 

[markie]

When i pass my test this was my first car. not that one tho, but same colour.


http://www.motorbase.com/profiles/vehicle/picture.ehtml?i=710;p=278514049

 

[masona]

I passed my test in a Ford Escort Mk1, gee I feel old now, and I won't feel too old if a picture of Austin 7 appears

 

[tawelfryn]

I have an rs 2000 mk 2 now

 

[Zampa]

I used to have a Hillman Hunter. It was a nice toy 1725 engine and a load of 'cream cheese' under the oil filler cap. They were prone to a bit of condensation in the pipe that led to it.
I remember once the track rod end fell off the rack and one wheel was doing its own thing. I jacked it up and slipped a sack barrow under it and got a mate to drive it slowly up the road as I steered it with the sack barrow.
Happy Days

BTW your bottom pic is of a Hillman Avenger

No it isnt...the Avenger had a sloping back.

 

[empip]

Now if I could get hold of a 970 cc 'S'

I tried to get one with no joy

If I remember rightly, they only made 900 or was it 900 still left around(?)

A more powerful Mini Cooper, dubbed the "S", was developed in tandem and released in 1963. Featuring a 1071 cc engine and larger servo-assisted disc brakes, 4,030 Cooper S cars were produced and sold until the model was updated in August 1964. Cooper also produced two models specifically for circuit racing, rated at 970 cc and a 1275 cc, both of which were also offered to the public. The smaller-engine model was not well received, and only 963 had been built when the model was discontinued in 1965. The 1275 cc Cooper S models continued in production till 1971.
Sales of the Mini Cooper were as follows: 64,000 Mk I Coopers with 997 or 998 cc engines; 19,000 Mk I Cooper S with 970, 1071 or 1275 cc engines; 16,000 Mk II Coopers with 998 cc engines; 6,300 Mk II Cooper S with 1275 cc engines. There were no Mk III Coopers and just 1,570 Mk III Cooper S's.
The Mini Cooper S earned acclaim with Monte Carlo Rally victories in 1964, 1965, and 1967. Minis were initially placed first, second and third in the 1966 rally as well, but were disqualified after a controversial decision by the French judges. The disqualification related to the use of a variable resistance headlamp dimming circuit in place of a dual-filament lamp. It should be noted that the Citroën DS that was eventually awarded first place had illegal white headlamps but escaped disqualification.[20] The driver of the Citroën, Pauli Toivonen, was reluctant to accept the trophy and vowed that he would never race for Citroën again. BMC probably received more publicity from the disqualification than they would have gained from a victory - but had the Mini not been disqualified, it would have been the only car in history to be placed in the top three on the Monte Carlo for six consecutive years....

Pauli's son Henry and nav Crespo were killed during the '86 Rally of Corsica driving a group B Lancia ... That incident spelled the end for the awesome group B 'super' rally cars...

This memo relates to the 1071cc 's'

My final 'Sprite' was an Austin Sprite Mk1V the 'Healey' name was dropped for a final production run of 1000 units or so.

 

[securespark]

I have driven some "cars of old" (!!)...

A TR7 (R reg), Maxi (N reg), Hunter (K reg) MGB (W Reg - unfortunately one of the breed with the f-off ugly bumpers) and a Mini 850 or was in 998?? (P reg).

Mini was my favourite for pure chuckability, but I fancied the TR7 as well... Not as good as a TR6, but each to their own - the TR7 is wot i growed up with....