1963
1963
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(ORIGINAL BROCHURE COVER)
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Only Hillman knowledge, experience and engineering could have produced the IMP. Years were spent in designing, testing and perfecting this exciting new car. A huge, completely modern production plant was built at Linwood, Scotland. Hillman quality standards were imposed and Hillman craftmanship employed. The outcome is the finest light car ever made - practical, economical, elegant, comfortable. |
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get full-size space and comfort with small-car
economy. And top performance - in a quality built light
car that had the elegance and good looks of a family-size
saloon! That is the achievement of the new Hillman IMP. This remarkably compact car measures only 139 inches in length. It is powered by a brilliant light-weight aluminium die-cast engine, rear-mounted and embodying the transmission in one single unit, and specially developed for light-car high performance. It has a top speed of 75 m.p.h. with amazing fuel economy even at high cruising speeds. |
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THE POWER BEHIND THE 'IMP'
This makes IMP reality - a brilliant rear-mounted 875 cc. aluminium die-cast engine with overhead camshaft - compact, efficient, packed with power. This is in reality a de-tuned Coventry-Climax racing engine designed and specially developed for IMP, the high-performance engine giving a top speed of 75 m.p.h., and brisk acceleration through the gears. Touring petrol consumption is between 40 and 45 m.p.g. Engine and transmission are one single unit. Features include synchromesh on all 4 gears, diaphragm clutch. Automatic choke, and pneumatic throttle control. Developes 42 b.h.p. at 5,000 r.p.m. Maximum torque 52 lb./ft. at 2,800 r.p.m. Compression ratio is 10:1. Engine weight 170 lb.
-- AIR FILTER WITH RENEWABLE ELEMENTS -- LARGE 6.25 INCH DIAMETER CLUTCH |
HIGH PERFORMANCE FEATURES -- ALUMINIUM DIE-CAST ENGINE -- HIGH LIFT OVERHEAD CAMSHAFT -- LARGE INLET AND EXHAUST VALVES -- WATER HEATED INLET MANIFOLD -- TWIN CARBURETTORS -- OIL COOLER -- FOUR-BRANCH EXHAUST MANIFOLD -- 4-ROW RADIATOR OF INCREASED CAPACITY |
ACHIEVEMENTS 1965
INTERNATIONAL TULIP RALLY - Outright winner and second overall, also Coupe des Dames, 1st and 2nd G.T. Categary, 1st and 2nd 850-1,150 c.c., G.T.
INTERNATIONAL ALPINE RALLY - Coupe des Dames, also 1st up to 1,000 c.c., G.T.
INTERNATIONAL SCOTTISH RALLY - Coupe des Dames, also 1st and 2nd up to 1,300 c.c., G.T.
CIRCUIT OF IRELAND INTERNATIONAL RALLY - Coupe des Dames, also 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th up to 1,300 c.c., G.T.
INTERNATIONAL POLISH RALLY - 1st in class.
CANADIAN ECONOMY RUN - 1st overall (46.36 m.p.g.)
DANISH ECONOMY RUN - 1st and 3rd in class (47.7 m.p.g.)
AUSTRIAN ECONOMY RUN - 1st in class (51.36 m.p.g.)
FRENCH ECONOMY RUN - 2nd overall (44.27 m.p.g.)
BUILT BY ROOTES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
