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1971 Hillman Imp

Started by Christian, Oct 06 2009 10:04 AM

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#121 Christian

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Posted 15 November 2010 - 03:08 PM

View PostRetro Richard, on 15 November 2010 - 08:53 AM, said:

Thats nice work, would it be worth taking moulds from it - if the conversion works well you could have a few bell housings cast and sell them on (as well as having a couple spare) to offset the original costs.


That's a good idea, but how much does casting cost?

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Posted 22 November 2010 - 04:19 PM

Had a week off work last week so spent a good couple of days out in the garage and managed to strip the whole inside of the shell back to bare metal. Here's a picture half way through:

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Posted 01 December 2010 - 10:28 PM

View PostChristian, on 22 November 2010 - 04:19 PM, said:

Had a week off work last week so spent a good couple of days out in the garage and managed to strip the whole inside of the shell back to bare metal. Here's a picture half way through:

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Sick, good work. Are you stripping it back to repaint it or for fun? :)

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 07:26 PM

View Postahmotorsport, on 01 December 2010 - 10:28 PM, said:

Sick, good work. Are you stripping it back to repaint it or for fun? :)


Future proofing really, i'm giving it a few decent base coats of POR-15 before top coating it with the rest of the body.

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Posted 05 December 2010 - 09:06 PM

View PostChristian, on 05 December 2010 - 07:26 PM, said:

Future proofing really, i'm giving it a few decent base coats of POR-15 before top coating it with the rest of the body.

Ahhhh sick. Well, keep up the good work! :) Should be doing a bit more to mine tomorrow :D

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Posted 10 December 2010 - 07:51 PM

Loving this project! A Aygo engine in an Imp ,love it! Keep the pics coming mate!

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Posted 16 December 2010 - 06:25 PM

Did you use a Crud Thug for that? :D

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Posted 19 December 2010 - 10:37 PM

View Post75nut, on 10 December 2010 - 07:51 PM, said:

Loving this project! A Aygo engine in an Imp ,love it! Keep the pics coming mate!


Hopefully i'll get some more pics soon.

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 10:24 PM

Crap news, the Imp project is up for sale. At the start of this month I launched my own web design company and unfortunately I don't really have time or the funds for such an involving project.

I plan to put the Toyota engine and modified Imp gearbox in storage until I have the time for another, but everything else will be sold.

I'm gutted, but it's for the best. Thanks for all your support during the build.

You can see it on eBay here: http://goo.gl/e2CH7

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Posted 16 January 2011 - 10:43 PM

Thats a shame mate, sorry to hear that, good luck with the sale

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Posted 17 January 2011 - 07:46 PM

Hi.

Really sorry to see this go, it would have been a cracking project.

At least you will build another with the bits at a later date.

Good luck with the sale.

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Posted 17 January 2011 - 08:13 PM

Thanks guys.

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Posted 17 January 2011 - 09:32 PM

Thats sad news indeed.

I was excitedly scrolling down expecting an update until I saw that post.


Couldn't you just mothball the whole project into cheap storage somewhere.....


... you might struggle to find another shell in such good condition in the future!

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Posted 17 January 2011 - 10:31 PM

Nooooooooo :( Dude that sucks! Same with the last comment, i was scrolling for an update :( Real sorry to see it go, good luck with the sale dude.

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Posted 08 February 2011 - 11:27 PM

Bugger, wish you'd posted this up on FB as I would have kept it in storage for you. Or bought it and got it finished. Always wanted something rear engined.

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Posted 28 March 2011 - 04:50 PM

£500? you sold it for £500? Jesus wish I'd noticed this sooner, would have given you £500 and chucked it in my old mans garage, sold the land rover and got it finished! Gutted.

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Posted 05 May 2011 - 07:24 AM

It was more a problem of storage. In August I'm moving out of my flat (with a garage) and into my in-laws (without a garage) to save some money for a house deposit. Getting older sucks...

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Posted 10 October 2011 - 06:24 PM

Blimey, has it been that long since I was last on here?

I was hoping to see the ay-gimp nearly finished now. Gutted for you Christian.

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Posted 10 October 2011 - 08:00 PM

I was so hoping to see it finished to. The viva never really got fully finished either.. One day Christian your make it, after all, you've got years yet, not like us old foke ;) I think you made a great job of the Cavalier .

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Posted 02 November 2011 - 02:38 PM

Looking back the Cavalier was great because it was a fairly simple 'out with the old, in with the new' conversion. The Imp was going to be a big expensive project and probably something better suited to when I've got money and my own garage.

I would really love another though, just something standard and slow to cruise around these Chichester/Goodwood roads.
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