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[admin]

Hi

This photo appears in the Mystery Cars section. Someone suggested it might be a Minx Magnificent, prior to the adoption of the name Husky for their estate cars. Can anyone confirm this??




cheers
Rick

[poodge]

Judging by the number plate,this is an Australian or New Zealand vehicle.As such,I would say it is a locally coachbuilt version,rather than the factory job.
My brother had a factory one for his cake shop deliveries.Talk about roll .
In NZ,these were just called"estate".not Husky.

[PACresta]

Very simular to my fathers Hillman Minx estate?



Thats me on the left of the 3 lads




Pete

[Rick]

great old photos Pete! would it be ok to add them to this page on the main site, that already has a couple of similarly-aged Hillmans on it?

http://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/hillman.htm

Rick

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[Penman]

Hi
Here is a selection of ads and a photo of different date Minxes, you can see the differences in the grills according to age.
1949


1951 But this is a Model so don't be mislead by the price,


1950


1952

[PACresta]

[Geoffp]

As far as I can remember, the Minx models were:
1949 - 1952 side-valve, horizontal bar grille
1953 - 1954 side-valve oval grille
1954 - 1956 ohv grille with bar across (as yours pacresta)

The estate was based on the Commer Express Delivery Van, although with a mere 37 bhp I don't think deliveries would have been very express
I've got a handbook for the 1953 model EDV in front of me. Unfortunately I haven't got a scanner to show it, but it is the oval grille sv one and is called the Mark VII, so I don't when they started counting

Geoff

[PACresta]

Thanks for that information Geoff, i have fond memories of our old Hillman estate.

Pete