{"id":149,"date":"2009-08-06T06:28:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T05:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skooldays.com\/blog\/hillman-imp\/"},"modified":"2011-08-17T18:41:37","modified_gmt":"2011-08-17T17:41:37","slug":"hillman-imp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/hillman-imp\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillman Imp"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"4\" style=\"float: left; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- skool-response -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Ah, now the Hillman Imp is a car I&#8217;m very fond of as it was among my earliest cars i owned. It was quite unique as it had a rear engine. It was in production from 1963 to 1976.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_1434\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1434\" title=\"hillman-imp\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp.jpg\" alt=\"Hillman Imp\" width=\"700\" height=\"556\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp.jpg 700w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp-377x300.jpg 377w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1434\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Hillman Imp Car<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Known internally as the &#8220;Apex&#8221;, the Imp was intended as a rival to the Mini. A key difference between the two cars was the Imp&#8217;s 875 cc all-aluminium power unit.I remember having to put my spark plugs in extremely carefully at the right angle being careful not to shear the heads. Lets face it Aluminium isn&#8217;t the hardest metal on earth!<\/p><div class=\"e526d1e761560160a119e3b74cb2a974\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:5px 0 5px 0; text-align:center;\">\nskool\r\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"autorelaxed\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1609637348681190\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3558122710\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The cylinder head was mounted behind the rear wheels, slanted over at 45\u00b0 to fit. Partly to counteract the over steer handling characteristics of a rear engined design, the Imp had a semi-trailing arm independent rear suspension system &#8211; quite sophisticated for a small car at the time. Front suspension was by swinging arms.<\/p>\n<p>In 1967 the company had fallen into the hands of Chrysler, to become part of Chrysler Europe, whose stewardship led to the death of the Imp in 1976, after half a million were built and the entire empire collapsed two years later, when it became part of Peugeot.It continued in operation until 2006 manufacturing Peugeot models. The Linwood plant was closed in 1981.<\/p>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/hillman-imp\/\"><img width=\"125\" height=\"99\" src=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp-160x127.jpg\" class=\"alignright tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"Hillman Imp\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp-160x127.jpg 160w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp-300x238.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp-377x300.jpg 377w, http:\/\/www.skooldays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/hillman-imp.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 125px) 100vw, 125px\" \/><\/a><p>Ah, now the Hillman Imp is a car I&#8217;m very fond of as it was among my earliest cars i owned. 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