You all prolly dont give a shit but does anyone know a method to get back into an instagram account? I stupidly lost my password. I appreciate any assistance you can give me.
@David Harlan thanks so much for your reply. I got to the site thru google and I'm in the hacking process atm. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will get back to you later with my results.
I owned a hillman husky , which was the estate model. Before this I had a singer vogue which I sold as my wife was expecting our first baby and thought I needed something more practical Nippy little car but the alloy head was a pain as I recall ! both were Rootes cars . I had a few singer vogues later but none were as good as my first , and the one I really loved !
Moves to fast on still shots to be able to read all the text. No mention of the Sunbeam Stilleto or the Imps styling cue connection to the Chev Corvair.
As a Rootes Apprentice body design engineer in the mid to late '60s based in Coventry, I am proud to be a part of the design work on the IMPS, AVENGERS, AND THE ARROW RANGE. I took part in the testing at MIRA, was in the Styling studio and drawing office, along with the experimental department! Unfortunately, the whole atmosphere changed with the arrival of Chrysler, who did not understand the IMP and refused to give its development the proper funding that would have made it unbeatable!
what do you feel the imp needed? ps i think the arrow cars make a better car than cortina mk2 very nice cars when specced up also the sunbeam rapier was a bit of lovely too
@@raycroal I own 3 early Cortinas in various states of ' disrepair' & I envy the way that the body shells on the Arrow & Avenger are similar layout to the Cortinas, Escorts, Capri , Corsair etc & yet the Rootes models being similar weight, size etc , nearly always have few corrosion problems to the MacPherson Strut top mount/ inner wing areas . Floor pans are far stronger than Ford's. Iam sure the Ford panels like Rootes were from BMC/ BL owned Pressed Steel Fisher.
I think Chrysler in the US were a bit anxious about the imminent invasion of Japanese makers like Toyota, Mazda & Honda in the 1965-69 era , Then they teamed up with the huge Mitsubishi Corp, circa 1971 to produce the captive import Dodge Colt , a great name, but on a competent though modest car. The British Hillman Avenger should have been a good car in the USA for value for money , economy & ease of maintenance, but they dropped the 'Avenger ' name & badged it ' Cricket' after an insect! Why did they not keep it's Avenger name for the US? They lost their bottle in marketing Rootes car in USA. Ford made the same mistake in 1969/70 with the British ( Halewood) Capri.
Was and still am very much a Rootes fan . Aged now 83 my cupboard is full of Rootes models and literature . Couldn’t,t afford one as a youngster ,so persuaded my parents to by themselves a Sunbeam Rapier which they had for 110,000 miles . They also owned a 1958 Mink for 90,000 miles . I later also owned a 1961 twin cam Singer Gazelle for 90,000 miles and a 1725 Mink . I am still a member of Rapier and Sunbeam /Alpine clubs . Later a became a Vauxhall owner .My wife and l owning 23 Vauxhall’s between us . Sadly they are now being killed off by Peugeot as happened to Rootes .l would still have a Rapier / Alpine if l was younger . They should never have been allowed to go out of business .
I lived in the Philippines during that era We have the 67 Hillman minx as the !st car and 69 hillman Hiunter 69 Ford cortina great cars I remember we have to change the clutch on the minx once a year
