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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

Lovely, tell us more Dave.

Bonzey

Transport down to the Gaydon event

Now there's an adventure!

stu k

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

Cheers,
Dave.

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 !!!!

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:

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

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!!!!

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

trying to see where you wind it up,

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