Hillman Hunter GLS
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I've been looking for one of these as a retirement present for my father. He owned Hunters for many years and always wanted a GLS but never managed to get one.
I have joined the owner's club, placed "wanted" adverts etc to no avail. I have come close a couple of times but working abroad meant I could not get back in time to do a deal.
Any leads would be greatly appreciated (from basketcase to concourse) as time is running out and I am starting to get a little desperate!
Thanks,
Dan
I have joined the owner's club, placed "wanted" adverts etc to no avail. I have come close a couple of times but working abroad meant I could not get back in time to do a deal.
Any leads would be greatly appreciated (from basketcase to concourse) as time is running out and I am starting to get a little desperate!
Thanks,
Dan
stuttgartmetal said:
This, oh so true.
However, this kind of ownership is more about ownership.
The pleasure of loving something for what it is.
Very true.However, this kind of ownership is more about ownership.
The pleasure of loving something for what it is.
This is just a trip down memory lane. I do realise things have moved on but the car is not for me, he won't be ragging it around Silverstone or the like.
To answer the other questions I am not the chap in Scotland and I have no doubt that if I did manage to find one it would make this particular "old man" very happy.
Carsie said:
There's a chap two miles up the road who started to collect Hillmans after Andrew Cowan won the London to Sidney Marathon.
Now somewhat in the later years of his life he laughs about having a field of over 50/60 Rootes products that he thought might serve as his pension.
The majority are slowly rusting away and sinking in the brambles but I have seen two or three Holbays and there are innumerable Hunters and Minx's.
I once follwed him back from my local town; my attention was drawn to him because it was an older car (Dk Green Hunter) and it wasn't hanging about and secondly becasue of the line he was taking through the corners- he was a good driver.
I'm not really too sure how approachable he might be about the spares etc I do often wonder when I cycle past.
Finder's fee (or danger money!) available.Now somewhat in the later years of his life he laughs about having a field of over 50/60 Rootes products that he thought might serve as his pension.
The majority are slowly rusting away and sinking in the brambles but I have seen two or three Holbays and there are innumerable Hunters and Minx's.
I once follwed him back from my local town; my attention was drawn to him because it was an older car (Dk Green Hunter) and it wasn't hanging about and secondly becasue of the line he was taking through the corners- he was a good driver.
I'm not really too sure how approachable he might be about the spares etc I do often wonder when I cycle past.
More pics will follow when I have it collected.
Youtube video from the 1972 Castrol Saloon Car Championship round at Oulton Park with some Hunter GLS action.
Part 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJuYXO0wn4Q
Part2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be3T2AcjFN8
Youtube video from the 1972 Castrol Saloon Car Championship round at Oulton Park with some Hunter GLS action.
Part 1.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJuYXO0wn4Q
Part2.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=be3T2AcjFN8
I was contacted about another GLS via a "wanted ad" I had forgotten to remove. It turned out the car was only 30 minutes up the road so I went for a look, and ended up buying it!
It's a 1974 with 38,000 on the clock . It is currently "Sundance Yellow" but according to the chassis plate it was originally "Sunflower Yellow"
It runs and drives surprisingly well considering it has been AWOL since 1999 and everything seems to work. It also has overdrive which my 1972 GLS does not. I think it looks fantastic with the black vinyl roof and black interior.
At the moment the plan is to restore both cars and sell one.
It's a 1974 with 38,000 on the clock . It is currently "Sundance Yellow" but according to the chassis plate it was originally "Sunflower Yellow"
It runs and drives surprisingly well considering it has been AWOL since 1999 and everything seems to work. It also has overdrive which my 1972 GLS does not. I think it looks fantastic with the black vinyl roof and black interior.
At the moment the plan is to restore both cars and sell one.
but I'm not in it for the money You never know what nasty surprises are waiting once you start stripping it.
Time for an update. Paint is almost done so just the small matter of putting everything back together....
More pictures here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45986505@N07/
More pictures here.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45986505@N07/
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