The humble Hillman Hunter provides an excellent case study on Rootes'
badge engineering activities. They were sold under a bewildering variety
of names for marketing purposes around the world. Here are the
nameplates used on Hunters that I can think of:
Hillman Hunter
Hillman Minx
Hillman Arrow
Humber Sceptre
Singer Gazelle
Singer Vogue
Sunbeam Hunter
Sunbeam Minx
Sunbeam Arrow
Sunbeam Sceptre
Sunbeam Gazelle
Sunbeam Vogue
Chrysler Hunter
Paykan
and I think there was a Dodge-badged Hunter pickup/ute, possibly for
South Africa?
Jeff Howarth wrote:
>
> Rich,
>
> you are correct, the Hunter was sold over here as the Hillman hunter,
> the same body was also sold as a humber Sceptre ( including an estate /
> station wagon ) with a higher spec.
>
> A performance version of the hunter was sold, called the GLS, which had
> a Holbay 1725 engine with twin webers etc.
>
> I think there was also a Singer Gazelle version in the late sixties.
>
> There are not too many left over here either.
>
> regards
>
> Jeff Howarth
>
> > Now That's the kind price I like. Too bad it's 3,000 miles away
> >from me. Am I wrong, because I thought the Hunter was under the Hillman
> >name?
> >
> >Rich
> >
>
> --
> Jeff Howarth
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