Thread: Any Hillman owners on here???

My son's Super Minx:

Hey P38a rover got to like those white socks pulled all the way up You were a real trend setter.
Cheers Hall

Not a trend setter, a follower of fashion (of the time).

And I still wear shorts everywhere (without the long socks).

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Used to have in 1972 a Hunter with 20000 km. Was nice but not as good as the Cortina GT (have 3 of them )

Aaaahh yes........... the Cortina GT's I bought my first in '65 a red MK1 GT, brilliant car, across Oz 5 times, replaced by a MK2 GT, not as good, then a
Capri GT, nt bad and then a Mk2 GT with the blacked out bonnet etc, all not as good as the MK1.
I was restoring a MK1 original some years ago, picked it up for $400 log books and all spent about 7 years off and on then decided what was the point, it will look good but drive like a '65 build vehicle and what can I really do with it so I sold it for $2000 and spent that on my '86RRC............

[QUOTE=Landover;1268934]Back in 1987 my first car was a 1965 Hillman Minx. Being 18 it wasn't my favourite car but you just could not kill it. It went every where and was tough as. If you did not have the keys you could get in through the front quarter window and start it with a 5 cent piece, very handy.

We had a mate who had a few acres up at Colo Heights and his dad put a dirt track in. We used to get old bombs and have our own demo derbys. One guy bought a 65 Hilman up and we all laughed. It outlasted all the other cars we had there and was indestructable. Bashed a crashed all the falcons, holdens valiants, toranas, and sigmas we bashed into it. Finally blew the clutch pulling a HR Holden out of the dam next to the track.

We put it out the back and sstarted the motor and put a brick on the gas pedal and left it screaming its head off until it went bang.

Left it for a while and it started again but blew a bit of smoke. I think it is still out the back with a few lizards living in it. What a car

Mum had a Minx for quite a few years when I was a kid in NZ. It was followed by a Hunter station wagon. Us kids used to get relegated to the wagon part when we went somewhere with another family.
My claim to fame in that car was causing mum's only ever speeding ticket. While sitting in the back, I pulled back the spring loaded rear seat latch, and let it go. Mum looks in the mirror to see what the hell the noise was just as we crested a hill. Unfortunately she also put her foot down a bit and when she looked around again was greeted by the local traffic cop with a radar gun

When I was first married we had a Super Minx that I bought off an old bloke that had owned it from new. It was unkillable. Filled it up many a time from roadside puddles when it boiled. First gear was a real stump puller.
The Hillman didn't do any favours for the old man's HQ though. Hillman was 4 speed column shift, and when I'd go back home and drive the 3 speed HQ it inevitably copped a few attempts to get into reverse.

I was in NZ on holiday back in March, and saw about 20 old Hillman/Humber/Singer cars on a club run. I never see them here.

Steve

Our first car when we got married in 1971.
It was a side valve and had a stirring stick.

cant find a pic of the hillman wagon i had , but it was a better car than the mark 2 cortina gt i owned aswell.