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Puzzle #320 - Solved! Hillman "Slug".
« on: May 19, 2007, 04:29:03 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #1 on: May 20, 2007, 01:04:17 AM »
looks Russian or polish, maybe Czech
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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #2 on: May 20, 2007, 01:19:53 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #3 on: May 20, 2007, 02:00:16 AM »
Mikrus?
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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #4 on: May 20, 2007, 02:46:53 AM »
Quote from: GRAYWOLF on May 20, 2007, 01:04:17 AM
looks Russian or polish, maybe Czech

It is not.
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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #5 on: May 20, 2007, 02:47:11 AM »
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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #6 on: May 20, 2007, 03:14:32 AM »
Take a Mikrus chassis, put a Broadspeed mini´s rear end and a Citroen DS-style roof on it and - voila...

Well, might be british, then?
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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #7 on: May 20, 2007, 05:45:43 AM »
This looks very much like the Hillman Imp prototype known as "The Slug"  from 1955.

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Re: Puzzle #320
« Reply #8 on: May 20, 2007, 06:19:31 AM »
Quote from: JR on May 20, 2007, 05:45:43 AM
This looks very much like the Hillman Imp prototype known as "The Slug"  from 1955.

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Re: Puzzle #320 - Solved! Hillman "Slug".
« Reply #9 on: May 26, 2011, 04:17:00 AM »
Restoring balance to the Slug pair. A front view of this version ;)

The other Slug can be seen here: http://www.autopuzzles.com/forum/index.php?topic=16929.msg163465#msg163465
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SAC#1140 :Prototype Hillman "Slug " with Villiers engine
« Reply #10 on: July 17, 2016, 05:32:55 AM »
What's this, for 1 point ?  :)
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Re: SAC#1140
« Reply #11 on: July 17, 2016, 07:40:09 AM »
It's the Slug, one of the prototypes for the Hillman Imp. Apparently powered by a Citroen 2CV engine in the rear
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Re: SAC#1140
« Reply #12 on: July 17, 2016, 10:01:35 AM »
Yes !it's the Slug !
This version has  a flat-twin engine but not from a 2CV !
Locked for you !  :)
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Re: SAC#1140 : Locked
« Reply #13 on: July 17, 2016, 12:30:01 PM »
Sorry my mistake, there was was an initial version with a body by the Bacon Sheet Metal Company powered by a 2CV engine. This is one of two slightly later versions with a Villiers 600cc  flat twin and body by Pressed Steel.
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Re: SAC#1140 : Locked
« Reply #14 on: July 17, 2016, 02:21:37 PM »
Yes!
Prototype Hillman "Slug " with Villiers engine !
1 point for Rusty Chrome !  :)
But it's a repost with Puzzle#320 !
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Re: SAC#1140 :Prototype Hillman "Slug " with Villiers engine
« Reply #15 on: July 17, 2016, 04:31:27 PM »
The unmistakeable figure of engineer and test driver Mike Parkes.
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Re: Puzzle #320 - Solved! Hillman "Slug".
« Reply #16 on: July 18, 2016, 04:41:08 AM »
Merged and picture added to the original topic opener.
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Re: Puzzle #320 - Solved! Hillman "Slug".
« Reply #17 on: July 18, 2016, 05:29:08 AM »
Original puzzle pic restored. :)
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