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[Jenkins]

It is now -3 C.

The old Mini's were fun to drive in the snow .

Not as much fun as a Hillman Imp 'though.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Not as much fun as a Hillman Imp 'though.

Sunbeam Stiletto with wooden sills

 

[raleighnut]

Not as much fun as a Hillman Imp 'though.

Til the headgasket went on the Imp.

 

[MikeG]

Not as much fun as a Hillman Imp 'though.

Didn't an Imp have cable operated brakes? That's just a little more fun than I want in a car.

 

[raleighnut]

Didn't an Imp have cable operated brakes? That's just a little more fun than I want in a car.

Dunno about the brakes but the best thing to do was whip the engine out and stick it in a sidecar outfit,


View: https://youtu.be/8qxm1qUFCfQ

 

[raleighnut]

View: https://youtu.be/X2Jf9aMmwTo


Quite quick

EDIT - BTW if anyone wonders what that monstrosity is at @4: 16 it's an Imp van/estate

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Didn't an Imp have cable operated brakes? That's just a little more fun than I want in a car.

Mine didn't but as said I had the posh version a Stiletto

 

[Threevok]

Sitting here at work, awaiting the 10cm of snow forecast

.....Still waiting....

 

[Deleted member 26715]

.....Still waiting....

My toes are still cold

 

[Reynard]

........and getting splattered by the rubber dust as they go past you. Yep. Did it once. I'm not a slow learner.

The bits of rubber are nothing. It's when someone bites the wall that you've got problems. ASCAR bodyshell doesn't taste very nice.

P.S. I was on the fenceline at various circuits as a snappy for near enough a decade.

 

[Reynard]

Til the headgasket went on the Imp.

They were rather prone to doing that - iirc the problems were down to the aly block... The Imp was a great concept but badly thought out.

I'm on the Mini side of this debate. 998cc Cooper with a race cam = bonkers but fun

 

[EltonFrog]

I’m making whiskey sauce. I don’t like the smell of whiskey, so I have never tasted it....


Until today.


At the age of 61 I have just had my first taste of whiskey. It’s not horrible. I might buy a decent bottle one day and see what that’s like.

 

[EltonFrog]

They were rather prone to doing that - iirc the problems were down to the aly block... The Imp was a great concept but badly thought out.

I'm on the Mini side of this debate. 998cc Cooper with a race cam = bonkers but fun

I had a 1275 GT mini for a while, a quick POS.

 

[Reynard]

It looks a bit foggy out of the window.

 

[Reynard]

I had a 1275 GT mini for a while, a quick POS.

Neat

The thing with Minis is that they're so light and handle so well that even a basic one is fun - and pretty quick. It's at the top end where you start to run out of steam.

And in any case I'm kinda biased. I've had my far share of automotive capers in a Mini, and my favourite racing driver was a world champion in Ministox