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Would Brian Bradshaw be able to point you in the right direction? (I know he has retired/closed the business)

Interesting as always Mike, thanks for sharing the progress.

Well done on getting it on the road again. You can get new pumps from the Rootes spares company in the Netherlands (http://www.rootesparts.com), would get in about a week. See how the current setup goes, & change it with the next coolant change? Always good to have decent spares too (old pump/hoses).

Took the head of my new car yesterday, as suspected the gasket was gone, in fact a 5mm piece missing between cyl's 3 & 4. Hmm

The car & bits look great - almost too clean/shiny to rally! Soon sort that I suppose.

You mean organic carbon fibre???

By 'him' I meant the kid (William I presume), starting him on Imps early.

While I am typing, do you know if the front spoiler is off any particular car, or just a section of nylon angle?

Just married - nearly (the green Imp was the groom's car which is why it doesn't have ribbons)

Edit - I say nearly as the service was still in progress at this point. Bride & groom left in a Series 1 Minx

Starting him early, I like it!

Forgot to say yesterday, very tidy driving & the car sounds great - and people get all worked up about BDA Escorts!

anrw wrote:More HD footage at

about 02:44 minutes in.

Good to see the Sunbeam Tiger at approx 3:30 also

I'm not sure its cheap anywhere. How deep or how far down the bore is the gouge?

Convert the Mk2 block to a 998/1040? Or it might be salvageable with an overbore

The Imp looks good with the re-done stripe (although the deterioration of the old doesn't come through the computer monitor)

How do you find the VW to drive compared to the Imp?

Edit - also looking back at the earlier posts I realised why your Imp seems a bit familiar - from the Aust CC mag...

Looks great, as basil said the outside doesn't hint at the inside, but it looks a credit to Peter's care of it.

Something I spotted - all-amber indicator/sidelights, is there a story there?

I suppose the theory behind leaving the car in the gravel trap is "what's the worst that can happen, another car runs into it"? Haven't seen the vids yet but sounds like an interesting race, will have to get onto the videos tonight. On another note, I was told that Jerry Lenstra sold the engine & bo...

Congrats Mick (albeit belated) on getting the car back on the road! Hope you are enjoying it.

A sheet with some info about Imps and your car in particular on each side window is a good idea (or on a free-standing sign). Have the engine lid open and just try to keep the people away, or try to keep up with the questions etc

Welcome Micheal, nice Sunbeam.

Another question would be how many Imps are there on this forum in Australia? A supplementary question would be what constitutes a countable car, eg I have the remains of a couple of shells at least that will never see the road again, along with a few more that could.

Hi Spacehopper, The car was destroyed in a big accident at Sandown, although I have heard that perhaps the remains may still exist. Harry Lefoe passed away several years ago. I met one of the men who helped build the car at the Winton historic races a few years back, and have a magazine article prof...

Awesome result! 8) It's not just Minis that are giant-killers, eh? :wink: IM 8) Don't get too excited re giant-killer, on the stage of the youtube vid he was just under 2 min behind the quickest Classic division car (1970 Ford Capri Perana for that stage), say 12min vs 10min - the times given are o...

Wow that is an interesting collection - I like the way the cars have been stored in the shed there. Looks like some 1930's Minxes there plus other British cars from the era, the Mk2 Super Snipe is a favourite model of mine too. I hope you kept the twin-headlight front from the rusty Imp!

Cheers Russ I have just done that - am used to getting news from the mailing list that when I started the thread here it didn't occur to me that this time it was from one of our club's Tassie members. It should be said also that this is a seriously competitive rally, basically a mini version of the ...

Andrew Bryson and Jason Rowley have won the handicap prize in the Early Classic section (pre-66) of the Targa Wrest Point. They are a very experienced crew in this type of event, and it is good to see the result. http://www.sportcom.com.au/targanews/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=...

That's ok, they are a standard Rootes item, just not used on the Imps here but were on other cars. RHR corner is a guaranteed rust spot due to the battery. Other hot spots are sills, doors, area just behind the front wheel arch (normally above the sill line and inboard from the wheel arch lip), side...

Good luck to all the Imp racers this year, I think we should have 3 if not 4 racing in Australia this year - not among them myself though.

Looks like a good shell, it is interesting to see the differences in the door badging from what we had, I'm assuming it is a Mark 2 or Super badge? We had Mark II in block italics badge above the side flute. Also the metal mud flaps are a good period item & there is a set on one of the cars I have.

A late reply but thanks for posting the engine weights Christian

Great photo!

Me three, just found this thread (although I had seen a pic of the engine & gearbox mated together before), and it is very impressive.

I'm also curious to know what the weight of the Aygo engine is compared to the Imps (also the Suzuki G13B) if you have the numbers to hand Christian.

Hi Jonathan, thanks for sharing the progress pics, will be great to see this on the road!

This is the car (seen here at the Etretat-Benouville Hillclimb in Normandy

Sounds like a lot of fun & in an area we visited last year too, we did a tour of the brewery there from memory (with tastings of course

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Have seen a towing eye mounted to the front wishbone pivot points.

Thanks for the great report Simon. Looking forward to seeing pics & vids (will have to wait for y/tube till not at work...)

Wow that is impressive!

Thanks for digging these up! The second shot gives an idea of the weather - I read there were some bad crashes.

Thanks Jac, I wasn't expecting any Imps to be there! Will have to have a more careful look for photos of the car on track (not really a substitute for being there...)

Found a video showing the cause of the above damage /\

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PX8myS3 ... re=related

Thanks for sharing the pics! Looks like a lot of fun despite the weather. Drove down there last year, quite a bit slower though... The Aussie car is a Skelta built in Queensland, they are designed for Targa events. Run a Honda S2000 engine normally - can they be taken out to 2.5L? Yep the first Alla...

Thanks for putting up the photos Paul.

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