Hillman Series IIIC 1961 onwards.
I managed to buy a batch of car photographs from the 1960s, all taken in the UK featuring cars that were everywhere in their day, but very rarely seen nowadays. Below is just such a car, in the shape of a Series III Minx. The Series III was introduced in 1959, latest in a long line of Minx models that can be traced right back to the 1930s. The car shown here I think is a Series IIIC, which was the last gasp of the S3 Minx shape before the revised Series IV came along. The IIIC was brought in at the same time as the new Super Minx hit the streets, but priced some way below its new brother. It was very similar to the outgoing Series 3s but lost some of the chrome detailing of its forerunner, pitching the Minx at the more affordable end of the new Rootes' product range. Did this 3C Minx, registration 9821 KD survive? given their enthusiasm for rusting (as with most British cars of the day) I think it is unlikely that this Hillman is still around.
Parked outside the Littlewoods store behind the Minx are some other interesting vehicles, all now considered 'classics'. From the right then, and first up is a Ford 100E Escort or Squire, which were both estate versions of the 100E saloon. Various old bicycles are propped up against the shop's wall. Next car is a Vauxhall PA Cresta (registration I think is MMF 366), an early-ish example as it has the wraparound rear screen that was replaced with a flat example on later Crestas. Partially hidden by the Minx's roof, and alongside a motorcycle, is a 105E Anglia. The only other car I can make out is to the left of this photo, parked facing away from the camera. It looks like the back of a Standard 8 or 10 to me. Perhaps its owner had popped into the Littlewoods' cafeteria on the other side of the road? Next up from the cafeteria I think is an office for the BSM driving school, although I need a better magnifying glass to be sure on that! I think this Minx also features in the background of another photograph, which shows an FB Series Vauxhall Victor parked up.
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