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Re: Hillman Hunter Help!!!!

To: RFeibusch@aol.com.dobie@sirius.com
Subject: Re: Hillman Hunter Help!!!!
From: Ross MacPherson <arm@unix.infoserve.net>
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 09:01:23 -0800
At 09:53 AM 3/24/97 -0500, you wrote:
>Forwarded Message from Gary Anderson at BritCarMag:
>
>Linda Dodwell  <dobie@sirius.com> writes:
>
>I am looking for help with information on the Hillman Hunter model.  Can you
>assist????  I have been unable to find any data.  Thanks in advance for any
>help.
>
>Linda Dodwell
>
>Linda - The Hillman Hunter was never sold in the US but 
>they might have sold them in Canada. We did get the 
>fastback version over here as the Sunbeam Alpine GT in 
>the late '60s to replace the real Alpine roadsters after Chrysler took over
>Rootes in the UK. We also got another Hillman model called the Plymouth
>Cricket ( I think that originally were thinking of the game but the logo used
>a cartoon bug! ) over here in the early '70s.
>
>Anyone out there in cyberland got any Hillman Hunter info?


Linda, Rick et al,
 "The Complete Catalog of British Cars" has a couple b&w photos of a Hillman
Hunter and the following specs:

                             Hunter Mk I & II             Hunter GT
Hunter GLS
Introduced                 1966                      69 & 70 only
1972
displacement         1725 ohv                    1725 ohv
1725 ohv
horsepower     74 @ 5000 rpm          88 @ 5200 rpm         93 @ 5200
Carbs            1 Zenith/Stromberg     2 Zenith/Strombergs     2 Webers
        
0-50 mph                 10.0 sec                     9.5 sec
7.0
1/4 mile                    19.6 sec                   19.4 sec
17.3
 Max                          90 mph                      93 mph
102 mph
miles / Imp gallon      26.5                            22.6
27.0

Text indicates the Hunter was introduced as a complete new design in 1966 to
replace the Minx and Super Minx and was still in production in 1974.  MK I &
II available in Saloon and Estate models ( 4 door and station wagon), GT and
GLS models available as Saloons only.  Looks VERY much like the Ford Cortina
of the same vintage.
 
I can scan and forward the photos to anyone who's interested.

Cheers,
   ___        \______           Ross MacPherson 
  / __ \ __ /       /------|)   arm@unix.infoserve.net
/  (___)---------/ (___)        Vancouver, BC, Canada
 1947 MG-TC 3528                1966 MGB-GT   


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