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Hillman Imp de Luxe, 65 BRK

Hillman Imp de Luxe, 65 BRK, Going Dutch 2012
Going Dutch 2012, Veluwe
    

Saturday 2nd June - the long tour of Going Dutch 2012 - halfway: arriving at De Galerie

Hillman Imp de Luxe, 65 BRK, Going Dutch 2012
Going Dutch 2012, Veluwe
    

Saturday 2nd June - the long tour of Going Dutch 2012 - Parked halfway in Brummen at 'The Galery'

Hillman Imp de Luxe, 65 BRK, Going Dutch 2012
Going Dutch 2012, Veluwe
    

Saturday 2nd June - 2nd half of the long tour of Going Dutch 2012

Taken through a dirty windscreen

Hillman Imp, 1964, Mark 1
Imp 09, Reading, 2009 August 8
    

At Impulse 09 near Reading
Colin Rooney's Imp

Hillman Imp, 1964, Mark 1
Imp 09, Reading, 2009 August 8
    

From the Imp09 rally form:
rally plaque no. 144
Colour: Loch Blue
Engine: 930 cc with Sport head
Mileage: 30,352 @ Imp09
MPG: 40-ish
Top Speed: fast as it can go, all day long
No. of years owned: 3
No. of owners: 3
Restoration: has had driver's side sill and respray
Was given it by my mate as a birthday present
Hometown: Epsom

Hillman Californian, Reading, August 2009
Imp 09: Reading, 9 August 2009
  

Colin Rooney (in the middle) rebuilt these three Imps, two of them in the Masterclass of Imp 09, meaning they won their class at Imp 08. They all won prizes again.

Hillman Imp, 1964, Mark 1
[photo: Colin Rooney]   Only days after finishing the restauration
  

Masterbuilder Colin Rooney restored a 1963 Mark 1. He finished it just in time to take it to The Imp Club National Weekend - Imp08.

Hillman Imp, 1964, Mark 1
[photo: Colin Rooney]  
  

Many of us were very surprised when it did not win a prize in the concours d'elegance of National Weekend 08. The Husky of Colin's brother-in-law, that is also one of Colin's many fine examples, was voted the best Husky there. And the 1st and 2nd best Californians were also Imps that Colin built. His workmanship is immaculate.

Hillman Imp, 1964, Mark 1
[photo: Colin Rooney]  
  

 


Literature

Hillman Imp : From £50 to free / Martyn Morgan-Jones; photography by Gez Hughes. - Classics Monthly December 1965. - p.32-37. - [Reader Resto]. - 23 photos
Colin Rooney's 65 BRK
Time: less than 2 months; Cost: in the region of £2700
It doesn't look Loch Blue in the article, but more Bermuda Blue.
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