1963 Hillman Imp Deluxe

1963 Hillman Imp in Diamonds on Wheels, Movie made for TV, 1974

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
Sandie ◊ 2012-10-26 21:30	Another:
dsl ◊ 2012-10-26 21:38	Main is early deluxe, thumb a basic.
electra225 ◊ 2012-10-27 09:21	strange colour for the basic in thumb.
Ingo ◊ 2018-11-27 13:15	electra225 wrote strange colour for the basic in thumb. strange car for a movie with this title
dsl ◊ 2018-11-27 16:20	electra225 wrote strange colour for the basic in thumb. There is a story to this colour, but it has some unexplained holes. In 1966 Rootes were withdrawing the Imp from US and CDN sales - maybe a decision made in Detroit after the Chrysler takeover - and decided to make a final run-out batch for CDN in special metallic bronze and silver liveries, neither colour being normal Imp choices. They were going to be Super Imps with extra under-bumper guards, whitewall tyres, more powerful heater for Canadian winters, and a couple of other trinkets. But the allocation was cancelled, so the production batch was switched to a UK "Spring Special" for early 1967 - my memory is 250 cars in each colour, so total 500 - see this example. But I don't understand how an intended LHD batch - if they actually existed - could become RHD for UK. Also our picture above is not a Super Imp and has plain bumpers. So the complete story is not yet known. But it does explain a rare livery on Corgi's 251 Imp, (normally dark blue) - more info here.