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Cheers fellas. It is good to see space on the shelves and empty boxes!

Colin Bedding just got back from tour of Europe and is sadly moving out of the area. Not sure who else will be representing Imp Club USA

See you guys in a few weeks.

A good weekend of Imping. On Saturday I booked camping for my first trip to National. Today I finally got the Hartwell into the Stiletto. Wiring is almost done, just got to locate electric fuel pump and a few other bits and pieces. Big thanks to Mke Hammonds for helping with the activities. Carbs ne...

Its the same profile as the stainless trim that runs just below window level across the door rear wing and around the bottom of the vinyl roof on the rear pillar on the Stiletto, rectangular section, it is not the half round profile as the waist line on the early IMPs. An passable alternative is th...

Its a B301 series Stiletto it should have stainless strips along the top edges of the sills, those arent fitted or have got lost, so you might want to track that down, all the correct trim isnt actually present as it stands in the photo shown. Does anyone have a close up picture of this trim? I hav...

A few updates. The Colin Bedding Imp is now equipped with a 998cc, twin 40 DCOE, R20 set-up. Colin has added an across the back exhaust as well. It sounds fabulous. image.jpg Still putting pieces together on electric water pump set-up and finding suitable air filter but it sounds fantastic. We had a...

Roy,
I just wanted to say how helpful your detailed posts and clear pictures are.

I was looking for a pic of the wiper motor layout yesterday and found just what I needed in your CKD blog.

It is a shame that shipping is cost prohibitive on big items.

Keep up the good work.

Cheers,
Mark

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Disappointed Dave. I expected to see Clare Grogan sitting on an Imp.....

image.jpg After taking engine out for umpteenth time, I persuaded Colin to visit a local, old school machine shop. The crank was reground again and some plus .020" mains and matching thrust bearings were procured from Reg Patten and Club Spares respectively. Colin put engine back together this week...

We hoped to take two Imps to local Brit car show this year but ran out of time. Colin put the engine back together with newly refettled head. It starts, runs and gives better power than before but still low on oil pressure at hot idle (25psi). Featured car was the Sunbeam Tiger but fortunately they ...

The car and extra gearbox are now in Illinois. The new owner has a business with a long history of restoring British cars. He owned an Imp over twenty years ago and wanted to get another one. I shared all contact information about club with new owner. Hopefully he will be along soon to tell us what ...

Cheers guys. Paul - I have a mildly overbored, Hartwell 998cc, R20, twin 40 DCOE that has been patiently waiting for the car to be ready. Will likely end up back on the 875cc Sport engine one day if I find another home for the Hartwell. Steve - I must send some pics to the lady who sold it to Stuart...

A few details on the work so far. After reading the valuable input received on forum and by email, I decided to stick with original Mark 1 suspension and give it a try. I couldn't face cutting the beautiful bodywork, so had some Mark 1 wishbones blasted and coated, along with a Mark 1 steering pan. ...

WIth the car now sitting on axle stands, the real work could begin……………………. img_4548.jpg Murphy intervened a few times, notably the bushes supplied with new Konis bearing little relation to Imp top mounts. Robin is the master of improvising, so parts were adopted, adapted, trimmed and generally made...

Next step was to get rid of the pesky dolly and crack on with getting the freshly powder coated suspension goodies back on the car. We needed a few helpers for this trick……………. img_4535.jpg img_4537.jpg img_4539.jpg A push and a shove and off it came. Oh yeah, a 1,000lb hydraulic table helped a litt...

Long time between updates again, but plenty to report. Car had been sitting on the dolly the restoration shop had used to do decapitation and re-roof operation. That made things a pain to work on. img_4528.jpg Tzar Robin Human came out to visit during the Thanksgiving holidays and progress ensued. i...

Cheers Imperative. Useful information and things to watch out for.

Real life has temporarily halted progress. I will try Mark 1 set-up with Montes and see how that goes.

Seems like a lot of work for no gain ,you only have to look at any of the historic saloon cars mike hanna builds they all still run the early front suspension with mk2 stub axles ,plus my mk1 is still on them with monte springs and standards on rear car sits nice and hold the road fantastic col I h...

Noddy wrote:Ive done a " how to " in the suspension and wheels help thread.

Thanks Dave. You are a true font!

Long time between post but some progress to report. Suspension is all rust free, rear arms have been strengthened and everything has been powder coated. image.jpg I am at point where I need to drill new holes to mate the Mark 2 steering pan to my Mark 1 shell. My intention has always been to use Mk ...

Update - no good news yet. Engine was reassembled after oil pump was repaired. Oil pressure starts at 55 psi and drops down to 20 psi at hot idle. Compression has improved after valves were re-seated by Valley Head Service, however performance has not. I followed Colin as he climbed a hill in the ca...

We found the 1968 bonnet fitted much better on our 1965 base car shell than the original ever did.

I am having similar challengers getting seal to sit and look right. What length should it be?

Rich, Superb! Can you please take as many pictures as possible of the as-is state? Interior shots would be very much appreciated. I have found that many attempts I have made to retain original appearance were fouled by me copying what DPO bodged during previous restorations. I was horrified to see t...

Thanks Paul and Geoff.

I am sure Mr Bedding will be on here to tell us his success really soon. Right Colin??

Bump - anyone?

He is returning from his hols and a six day window before our show next Sunday. His wife has even put the honey-do list on official hold.....

Update on behalf of Colin who has gone shy again...................... Low compression traced to bad valve seats - pattern varied substantially over 360 degrees. Colin had Valley Head re-do them. Low oil pressure put down to knackered bearings, so new set purloined from Robin who can chip in on spec...

benwick3 wrote:
daysineuropa wrote:I feel a road trip coming on.....paging Murray Mitchell.........
Now there's a name from the past. Anyone heard from Murray lately.

Pete Richards

Yep, in regular touch via Facebook. Hoping to get him over to California to reunite him with L4 engine we had from him

I feel a road trip coming on.....paging Murray Mitchell.........

Got this car a few weeks ago. Love it. Some very minor bits to do but it is very good as it stands. Done about three hundred miles already, went to Imp Ecosse for a run on Saturday but had to head home due to a family commitment. Entry for Moffat in and a run up the Loch planned for the weekend. Go...

Just a note on the soda blasting residue. I inadvertently found an effective way of getting as much crap out as possible. Secure the shell to a trailer and go drive on some bumpy roads! It is amazing how much more you get out compared to air gun and vacuum. Every time it went back and forth to paint...

Posted on FB page too. Will try to respond to all inputs. Colin put head on himself. He explained to Reg what he was doing. Valley Head fitted a return for oil drain. Rad is good HE unit. Roger on Mocal cooler. Told Colin the same. Maybe we should just try running it in some more and see what develo...

We checked the oil pressure again today. Starts out at 50 psi cold and then drops to 20 psi at 90C. Engine is curly edge block Mark 1, rebuilt by Valley Head Service. Head is L4 from Reg Patten with Sport cam. Oil pressure has never been good. We checked compression after engine was hot and found be...

HARTWELL MK1 wrote:Shim in place

Jeff,
Could you explain about the shims? I don't recall seeing any when the cross-members have come off my cars.

Cheers,
Mark

Kai is on the Hillman Imp Facebook page.

I will send him a message and ask him to look at the forum.

J.DURÁN wrote:Anyone have for sale or know where to get a set of koni ???

You can buy new ones from Sportsline in UK. http://www.sportslinesuspension.com/

If you want second hand ones to rebuild, you may want to get in touch with Kai Saarenmaki in Finland.

Good luck!

Looking forward to finally more Impers. I am hoping to bring my uncle along. He worked in the plant for a good few years. If anyone is interested, there are some top notch Indian restaurants within a few miles of Linwood. The Ashoka Shak is the highlight of the bl***y awful shopping centre where the...

I have been prepping suspension and transmission parts for powder coating and painting. Finally had time to play with some of the tools and materials I have acquired. I tried Eastwood gel rust remover - environmentally friendly, non-toxic and completely useless! Spent some time with different wire c...

It was on Imp rims when we retrieved it two years ago. Ray Bisordi said the arches were like that when he put it in his back yard in 1976. No idea why, but no rust on inside or out. Red Imp.jpg I got shot of all the crusty old crossply tires, so Mike had to mod some Mini wheels with tyres to get it ...

it will have mud flaps and horror flaps but nothing else i have learnt after trying everything to keep paint on the underside nothing is up to the job so just normal paint and touch in after each event and at the end of the year or when looking too scrufffy re-paint properly. i have hot zinc coated...

the correct fabric headling material for the early rootes imp and all stilettos.......... :P :P :P :P THat is good news Jeff. Is there any label to say what is actually called? 7209179 in Stiletto WSM supplement just says Headlining Complete (light grey) Another section says 5112000 Vynair No.6 (50...

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