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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Good to see Imps are still about 17. Apr 2011 at 20:37 Was an Imp Owners Club meet at the campsite we use this past weekend. Some nice old cars and always good to see them still going strong. Will post up some pics in a bit once photobucket does its stuff.
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Martin Imber Over Active Poster Offline LPG Omega V6 - Keyfobs Rebuilt Posts: 20110 Worcester Gender: Drives: 2001 Omega 2.6CD LPG & 3.0 cams	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #1 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:40 I prefer the replacement - nice to see them though
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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #2 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:46 This one was really clean. I man, REALLY clean. Would give AA a run for his money.... But there was another, almost identical.
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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #3 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:48 Tried to be a bit arty with the iPhone....
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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #4 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:50 A full race setup.
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Re: Good to see Imps are still about
Reply #5 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:52

Cracking little cars in their day - if looked after properly. I much preffered them to the mini. The engines could be made to put out a lot of power as well. I knew a bloke with a Davrian with an 1140 race tuned fuel injected engine in, and it went like excrement off a highly polished digging implement. Cheesy

Nice to see a few Clan Crusaders there, havent seen one of those indonkeys years. Thumbs Up!

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Nick W Junior Member Offline Posts: 160 Chatham, Kent Gender: Drives: 3.0l Elite estate, '72 Hillman Avenger	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #6 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:55 Wow, I didn't expect to get my Rootes fix on OOF! Nice mix of cars too, particularly like the Ginetta and Crusader.
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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #7 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:55 For Kevin, the kit car afficionado...
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_Baggy Intermediate Member Offline Posts: 391 North Hants	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #8 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:56 Now that takes me back
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Re: Good to see Imps are still about
Reply #9 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:56

Interesting engines, their last use in a car was a waste as the Sunbeam was too heavy, and the push rod lump in the normal ones was one of the better push rod lumps (have taken them over 7000rpm).

Those engines were also popular in trikes.

Very light and compact.

Coventry Climax, was ideal for the Imp and to me better than the A series.

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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #10 - 17. Apr 2011 at 20:57 And commercials...
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hotel21 Administrator Offline Posts: 12766 Doghouse Gender: Drives: into lamposts	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #11 - 17. Apr 2011 at 21:02 They are still out there waiting to be found... and just in case it decides to mark its territory....
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pedroMV6 Omega Knight Offline Der Metzgermeister Posts: 1585 York Gender: Drives: 2.5 Elite, 3.0 Carlton, 2.2DTi Vectra C	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #12 - 17. Apr 2011 at 21:08 A bloke at work has a mint one. I had one for a few weeks back in the 80's - horrible thing, hated it. Took an age to replace the thermostat - then my brother told me that there was a plate behind the rear seat you took out.......
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Albs Omega King Offline The upgrades are ongoing. Posts: 15083 North Essex Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5CD with LPG/Honda cbr600 FX	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #13 - 17. Apr 2011 at 21:11 Martin Imber wrote on 17. Apr 2011 at 20:40: I prefer the replacement - nice to see them though Chrysler Horizon ? I thought they were crap myself.
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Kevin Wood Global Moderator Admin Team Offline Posts: 20377 Alton, Hampshire Gender: Drives: 3.2 MV6 (LPG), Westfield	Re: Good to see Imps are still about Reply #14 - 17. Apr 2011 at 22:06 Oooh! I like that Orange Ginetta!
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