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| 683.9 | Wanted: pistons for '67 Imp | ESKIMO::AUSTIN | | Fri Jul 17 1992 18:54 | 9 |
| I'm trying to locate a set of pistons for a '67 Imp-848cc. Need
oversize set 030-040.
Are they still available?
I'm located in Massachussetts.
Any information would be most appreciated,
Alan
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| 683.10 | | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Mon Jul 20 1992 18:51 | 4 |
| If anyone has the number for Hartwell Racing, in Bournemouth,
then they would probably be a good place to contact...
J.R.
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| 683.11 | Who ? | SBPEXE::PREECE | That's MISTER Megalomaniac to you.... | Mon Jul 20 1992 21:42 | 9 |
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>>> If anyone has the number for Hartwell Racing, in Bournemouth,
No such place listed in the Bournemouth phone book.....
sorry!
Ian
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| 683.12 | Oh, THAT Hartwell's.... | SBPEXE::PREECE | That's MISTER Megalomaniac to you.... | Mon Jul 20 1992 21:45 | 6 |
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... but there is a garage called Hartwells. By coincidence, I've got to
go there tomorrow, I'll ask.
Ian
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| 683.13 | They're probably into 205 GTis or Sambas nowadays | ESBS01::RUTTER | Rut The Nut | Tue Jul 21 1992 10:34 | 5 |
| � -< Oh, THAT Hartwell's.... >-
Adverts used to be headed as 'Team Hartwell', but that was some time ago.
J.R.
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| 683.14 | Here y'go.... | SBPEXE::PREECE | That's MISTER Megalomaniac to you.... | Tue Jul 21 1992 10:34 | 7 |
| >>> If anyone has the number for Hartwell Racing, in Bournemouth,
Alan....
Try asking for "Team Hartwell", on (from Massachussetts) 011 44 202 556 566
Ian
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| 683.15 | | ESKIMO::AUSTIN | | Tue Jul 21 1992 14:45 | 3 |
| Thanks for the info, Ian. I'll check into it.
Alan
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| 683.16 | Those were the days! | SUBURB::POWELLM | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! | Wed Feb 03 1993 13:16 | 41 |
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Ah! Memories!
My first new car (with my own money, no company cars in those days!
Only for senior Managers) was a Hillman Imp in 1966. There
were no problems at all with it. Initially I used to travel the 180(?)
or so miles from Mildenhall in Suffolk where I lived, to English
Electric at Kidsgrove in Staffordshire on a Monday morning very early -
used to take about 3 hours if I remember rightly and no motorways -
then from there to Glasgow/Newcastle-upon-Tyne/London/Swansea/Liverpool as
required (working on Marine Data Loggers in those days) and return to
home on Friday night.
Can't remember how many miles I did in it, but it was a lot! It
was ECF250D I think. I replaced it with a new Sunbeam Imp Sports which
was OEH777F, which went very well until I took it into the local to
Kidsgrove Garage for some repairs I don't remember what, and they did
unmentionable things to it with the result that it then performed as if
they had "filled the chassis with lead!"
Eventually I took it to Prices Garage in Southend (nearest to my
Mothers' home) and they found that the Engine had been grossly molested
to the extent that the camshaft chain wheel had been welded!!!! and
several other thing of similar magnitude! They had to plane the top of
the block because it was warped and then replace the block (they did
warn me first) and eventually I got the car back and it went very well
again. The Kidsgrove garage denied all responsibility of course.
I eventually bent the car beyond use when I turned right in a 40
limit and a VERY Fibre-glassed Mini-Van ran into the side of me at an
impact speed well in excess of the Speed Limit(!!!) and left very large
quantities of Fibreglass bit all over the road. That's my story and
I'm stuck/sticking with it! We were both "done" for it and I seem to
remember his Fine was bigger than mine. That was in about '69 and it
was still quite reliable. Over the years it did need new front Shock
Absorbers (oh yes, they were quite UNdrivable like that - try
roundabouts with them shot!)
Didn't have another new car until my first company car in '72.
Malcolm. 8-)
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