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Post by grampa on Jul 19, 2018 17:57:27 GMT
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Post by ChrisM on Jul 19, 2018 19:50:54 GMT
... and it appears to have sold ! Seems utter madness to me. Think what else you could get for that money
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Post by PG on Jul 19, 2018 20:56:25 GMT
The first owner clearly drove it 82 miles and came to the correct conclusion that it was shit and never drove it again. Why anyone would want £50k's worth of automotive excrement is beyond me.
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Post by Big Blue on Jul 20, 2018 10:29:12 GMT
They were garbage weren’t they?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2018 12:57:25 GMT
I had two and while they were not an original mini, which I loved, they had interesting traits on the road. A bit like James Hunt enjoyed driving his A35 van because it was so bad that fun could be had at lower, license saving speeds.
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Post by johnc on Jul 20, 2018 16:19:25 GMT
I won several hillclimbs and sprints in a Hillman Imp, albeit not standard. The party piece was waving the inside front wheel about 6 inches off the ground. It was great fun. However £25K is a joke.
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 20, 2018 19:30:20 GMT
I won several hillclimbs and sprints in a Hillman Imp, albeit not standard. The party piece was waving the inside front wheel about 6 inches off the ground. It was great fun. However £25K is a joke. Imps were fantastic fun, even 875cc guise! Always lusted after a Davrian-bodied 1-litre version, but it wasn't to be. |
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Post by johnc on Jul 23, 2018 14:11:58 GMT
I won several hillclimbs and sprints in a Hillman Imp, albeit not standard. The party piece was waving the inside front wheel about 6 inches off the ground. It was great fun. However £25K is a joke. Imps were fantastic fun, even 875cc guise! Always lusted after a Davrian-bodied 1-litre version, but it wasn't to be. Ours was a 1 litre with about 115 screaming HP at 9,000 rpm. Do you remember Harry Simpsons Davrian? |
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 23, 2018 14:23:59 GMT
Imps were fantastic fun, even 875cc guise! Always lusted after a Davrian-bodied 1-litre version, but it wasn't to be. Ours was a 1 litre with about 115 screaming HP at 9,000 rpm. Do you remember Harry Simpsons Davrian? If it was yellow and blue, I think so - though my memory is nowhere near what it was!
Main memory jogger, and probably my favourite of all of the clubman cars, was Iain Forrest's Drambuie Imp. (Which was a Stiletto or a Californian, - can't remember which). Not a Davrian I know, but there used to be some epic battles among them all and my over-riding memory is of them coming line abrest into the grandstand with every inside front wheel up to six inches off the deck! Lovely stuff. 
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Post by johnc on Jul 23, 2018 17:04:43 GMT
We probably sat in the Grandstand not far from each other at each race. On sunny days we would be at the top end of the circuit sitting on the grass with a picnic. Great memories!
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Post by Boxer6 on Jul 23, 2018 18:36:37 GMT
We probably sat in the Grandstand not far from each other at each race. On sunny days we would be at the top end of the circuit sitting on the grass with a picnic. Great memories!
Very possibly! My dad booked the same seats every season; in the main entrance to the grandstand, front row next to the first set of uprights at the "bend". Almost - but not quite - in line with the start line IIRC!  |
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Post by PG on Jul 24, 2018 13:04:38 GMT
They were garbage weren’t they? Looks like you and me are the only ones holding that view then! |
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Post by Big Blue on Jul 27, 2018 20:51:11 GMT
They were garbage weren’t they? Looks like you and me are the only ones holding that view then! I think the factory failure and comparatively low volume sales means that contemporary car buyers were in agreement with us. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 29, 2018 10:11:24 GMT
I cannot recall what they were sold for but quite a bit more than a mini. When I had mine I had very little reference knowledge to judge them by and loved going sideways on the all weather circuit. My first cost £50 and came with six months road tax but I sold it for £50 when I was done with it.
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