My first car was a orangy red Hillman Avenger which I bought for £50 in 1981? I think it brew up inside a month as it had no oil and water in it
I wouldn't want it but I'll have a Hillman Imp thank you very much
I've got very fond memories of those two models:
1. Does anyone remember a Dorset watercress farmer called Charles Barter who whipped up a real storm on the Hills in the seventies in ( I think) either a Sunbeam Stilletto or a Hillam Imp Californian
2. At about the same time, there was a guy on the rally scene from Ulster. One Robin Eyre-Maunsell esq. He did things with a Hillman Avenger Top Hat which were at times unbelievable. I saw him coming over the mountain in the Manx rally chasing a Porsche ( the MaCartney brothers I think) He didn't catch 'em but it was some drive
OK, I'll now go back to reading 'Nostalgia for Beginners'
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