My new bank holiday project

[DAVE JOHNSON]

With the poor weather forecast for Saturday of the holiday weekend---I thought I would have a change from driving around the country to flying events---I decided to dig out one of my early projects---its been in one of my garages since I last used it 14 years ago----this has been in our family from new and in my ownership for many years,so I thought its about time it saw some sunshine again
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Its made a nice change from modelling ,and if weather is ok In October this will be my new project /Transport down to the Gaydon event

[Ken Bones]

Lovely, tell us more Dave.

Bonzey

[stuart knowles 1611]

Transport down to the Gaydon event

Now there's an adventure!

stu k

[Dave Collis 2296]

Is that a Hillman California? I have seen a couple here in Vancouver back in the 60's.

Cheers,
Dave.

[DAVE JOHNSON]

Ken/Dave---yes its a 1955 Hillman Californian----they were only made for a few years and most went to the USA,back in the eighties I used to travel around the classic car shows with it ,and in the Hillman club records those days there were only a few dozen left in the uk.
Stuart,yes it will be a real adventure down the M6 ,although one of its last trips out in the 90s was an epic day out to Blenheim Palace near Oxford to a Hillman car show,and it made it no probs.Gaydon is only down the road from where the factory was it came from 58 years ago !!!!

[Denis Brown]

Certainly looks nice.
Looking forward to seeing it at future LMA events with your picnic hamper and a foamie Wot 4 in the boot:mrgreen:

[Dave Berry 2911]

Very nice project Dave.
Sadly the factory where it was built is now a housing estate

[Mike Booth]

Fantastic, we had an old Rover 2000 1960 in the family a few years ago. Red leather tuck and roll bench seats.
No one would drive it except me because you had to plan the braking!!!!

[DAVE JOHNSON]

Mike---this is exactly the same---its got red/cream leather seats--column change etc,but the brakes and steering certainly test out your strength and skills for early braking judgement

[Alan Cantwell 1131]

trying to see where you wind it up,

looks classy Boss, i like seeing 1 owner cars of this vintage, youve kept her well,