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

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And the Bevan car .....

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gforceg said:

That's some camber on the front of the first car.

Yeah something not quite right there lol .... will find out in about an hour when we start the strip down today.

just found out safety devices have a 12 week wait ..... Grrrrrr

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e30m3Mark said:

Thanks to this thread I spent 2 hours yesterday, looking for an Imp. I had one years ago and one of the first cars I ever went in was a pale blue, ex panda car.

Looking forward to watching progress.

Only 2 hours :-)

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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.

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Yes thats the Bevan car above, now back with its rightful owner.

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Love the aero on this - just cut a hole in floor and bend a bit of ally sheet to suit

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Dandarez - some great old photos mate.

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Interesting as it would appear Ray Payne raced my Hartwell car with the owner Detlev Hendricks in the 1972 Tourist Trophy.

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jsf said:

Are you planning to Historic race the car?

I am going to build the car to be able to do so yes, not sure right now who when and where, I will do a few track days myself just for fun and then see how it goes.

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jsf said:

Are you planning to Historic race the car?

I am going to build the car to be able to do so yes, not sure right now who when and where, I will do a few track days myself just for fun and then see how it goes.

Make sure you gather as much documentation and photos of the period spec as possible and build it to that period spec, otherwise you wont be able to be issued an FIA HTP.

Yes on that thanks, I have some good friends that are advising me that race in historic series so all good.

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This is one of there cars that I helped build early this year .....

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Some more bits fell off today

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Also bit of a long shot but looking for a 6" BBS outer rim if anyone has one in the shed