Hillman IMP with a BMW 1200cc Motorbike Engine 

Adam Smith theres a Sierra rs 500 remote rc car on ebay u might like its original with box

@@TFO6969 why??

@@domminion599 why what

No reverse gear

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😂 loud car mate

Funniest thing I’ve read in a while….so gonna nick that 😂👍

Yes great conversion. Even before they got in the care the sound was poor. I see they were using Rode mics so something else was wrong maybe?

The original engines used in the prototype cars were the Coventry Climax pump engine off of the back of a fire engine, modified to fit the transaxle, etc.! It was based on the CC race engine as they were designed to rev. at a constantly high speed for long periods! you are right they were very fast and caused the car to "wheelie" on a hard takeoff! This caused the management quite a headache as they wanted to keep the power advantage this had over the MINI range at the time in particular the Cooper S. However they were forced to detune it to the level put out on the production model! Sadly they never managed to put the same power into any of the subsequent incarnations of the model! many of which were never given the light of day!

@@johnmoncrieff3034 All true, and the engine was so well made, with slipper pistons, alloy block, stiff crank etc, it was destined for problems by poor application by Hillman. They designed in trouble in the form of coolant air locks etc. I love the BMW K bikes too, but the engines are overweight. I've got the K75S, which is a 3 cylinder gem.

Didn't Colin Chapman's first Lotus have a Coventry Cclimax engine. And didn't they used o put Imp engines into bikes?

@@michaelcudworth7591 pretty much all british formula racing teams from this period used climax engines,same way they used cosworth in the late sixtees and seventies. Only brm and vanvall built here own(i think)

@@michaelcudworth7591 If I remember back in the 60's and 70's the engine gained some popularity with sidecar racers.

Subtitles couldn't keep up - _hilarious!_

This is the real UK

So did my grandpa, along with Talbot Sunbeams etc.

I know 😂

See them on hill climb videos though!

"The road holding"?! LMAO, get some English lessons bud.

@@shootingsportstransparency7461 What the fuck are you on about?! How is that in anyway relevant to my comment about your poor English? You're just throwing random arguments around.

@@Boris_V No hard feelings, poor Boris Possum, , I guess you're not the smartest pea in the pot but funny you are "-)))

@@shootingsportstransparency7461 You're on drugs aren't you?

but that's like 80 kilos of sound isolation

For my 3 year old - I take the tinnitus in my stride! 😜

Thanks Nik

Me similar story but mine came from a finance defaulter. I hid the car in a friend's garage in another town until it all blew over.

My Dad had one late in the 1970's. Came to him with wide steel wheels and bucket seats. He drowned it in a flood, the throttle cable fiiled with water then froze solid on the next cold morning. Concrete blocks in the front to stop it under steering, normal mod at the time. Ali engines always warped so BMW engine is a good mod.

Thank you! Appreciate it.

I thought that aswel 👍, I'd rather have the imp tho, lovely looking thing👌

@@carlkeig5640 imp does sound nice, but not hating it didn't seem to be going anywhere, not taking nothing away from the build or engineering aspect of it, I'd probably have that as well.

I remember the rattling and the blown head gaskets.

Will no doubt speak to you at some point! :)

Thanks Dan ;)

That’s some compliment! Glad you like my little imp

Please make it look bog standard, sleeper I think it’s called, beautiful car well done, I couldn’t understand a word the interviewer said!

Yes it has reverse mate

That will be a mad decision.