Hartwell Imp - Restoration
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I know you guys love these kind of threads so here goes...
Back in August I rescued the original 1973 Grp 2 european championship car from Germany.
At the same time we also collected the original thought lost 1972 Bevan car.
I / We are just about to start the restoration, car has been dry stored for the past 40 years but is 100% rot free, needs lots of TLC but hopefully worth it in the end,
Bellow are a few pictures
Back in August I rescued the original 1973 Grp 2 european championship car from Germany.
At the same time we also collected the original thought lost 1972 Bevan car.
I / We are just about to start the restoration, car has been dry stored for the past 40 years but is 100% rot free, needs lots of TLC but hopefully worth it in the end,
Bellow are a few pictures
Fantastic cars! Well done.
Is this your Bevan Imp? This is a scan from the book "Apex. The Inside Story of the Hillman Imp". I was present when the book was launched at an Imp Club meet by its co-authors at Ryton on 13 August 1988. They kindly signed it for me.
There's also a photo of a Hartwell Imp, which looks like yours, but it says it was the 1967 BARC Saloon Car Championship winning car, so yours must be a newer one.
Is this your Bevan Imp? This is a scan from the book "Apex. The Inside Story of the Hillman Imp". I was present when the book was launched at an Imp Club meet by its co-authors at Ryton on 13 August 1988. They kindly signed it for me.
There's also a photo of a Hartwell Imp, which looks like yours, but it says it was the 1967 BARC Saloon Car Championship winning car, so yours must be a newer one.
Our Imp lost so much oil we traded it in for another car. I stopped about two miles from the dealers and spent half an hour wiping the ruddy engine clean before negotiating the trade-in. MOY 963 D must surely have died many years ago now. But this looks to be a great thread. Bookmarked.
Lotobear said:
Fabulous!! Please don't paint them.
Im going to have to sadly to get it looking its best, however one of my ideas was to create the "Rat Look" or whatever they call it, so mint inside and in engine bay and under front bonnet but leave outside as is and then just polish and clear film the car warts and all.Gassing Station | Readers' Cars | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff