" .. Hillman Imp? You must have had a *very* special time in it to actually want one on purpose .."
Erm, well in the motoring sense, rear engine,rear wheel drive, same as a Porsche! it taught me all about oversteer, albeit at slow speed on crossply tyres.
Snickety gearbox and sharp steering both good, and i never felt the need to dump a bag of sand in the "boot"
" .. you already know what they're like. "
of course, but i'm assuming what PeterS says -
".. recreating cars that end up ....... better than they were new .."
In three years mine never actually let me down, perhaps because i was constantly taking it apart and putting it back together, just because.
It was the dreaded tinworm that scuppered it, which applies to any car of that era of course.
If i could have afforded to, i would have transplanted the mechanicals into a Davrian or probably favourite - Ginetta, but ......
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