1958 Hillman Minx - Bought, sold, bought back, SOLD

That is a very atmospheric old out-building/garage and fits with the Minx well. Is that yours mrlivered ?

Ummm shiny. Hard to believe it’s 60 years old.

Registered in April 1958 makes the Minx 60 this month ! ! !

Not really done much to the car, but making the most of the good days at the moment

Just read this from the start, brilliant story and beautiful car!

Great to meet you and the car this Morning at Haynes - cars looking superb i must say

It has been 7 years since I first bought the car, and randomly took it for a drive to visit the previous owner, such a grin he was chuffed to see it... of course I got some pictures of the car outside the barn too

Sorry , felt the urge to age one of your barn pics

I have just finished reading through the complete thread, and found it very interesting.
With regards to the clip on red/white light and the 12 volt socket already fitted in the car; the mfollowing my explain it all to you. In the days of yore all vehicles (classed as a motor car) that parked on a public road, during the hours of darkness and which was governed by a 30 mph speed limit, were required to face in the direction of travel, and with the nearside of the vehicle against the kerb. In the case of a one-way street then parking could be on either side, but still facing in the direction of travel. These restrictions applied unless there was some other legal requirement which prevented parking altogether. The vehicle had to display one white light to the front and one red light to the rear, when parked as above. With battery technology not as advanced as today, parking overnight with all side-lights on, or even with side-lights on the offside only on, could well drain the battery. Especially during cold spells and starting next morning could be a fractious event. Therefore a red/white light with only one bulb immediately cut down the drain on the battery and met legal requirements. Vehicles which were not either solo motorcycles or motor cars had to display two white lights to the front and two red lights to the rear during the hours of darkness. Parking on any road with a speed limit above 30mph, required two white on the front and 2 red on the rear, irrespective of their classification. Those where the days that if you got caught, then £5 fixed penalties were strewn about with gay abandon. Another thing to combat duff batteries in cold weather was the use of paraffin heaters alongside the engine during the night, which did go some way to warmiung the engine block, and thus helping the cold morning start. Just shows that I used to be a red-flag man in the old days.

Daily is sorted for now, a new wheel bearing, rear arm and a few other little bits sorted it to pass MOT. Then the EML came on and I shredded a pair of tyres... long story short, it is holding in there... for now.

Less about the daily and more about the Hillman. One thing had annoyed me since getting the car, the rear parcel shelf had a covering of a tartan fabric, it was far to vibrant for the car. Whilst strolling around Beaulieu I came across so leather offcuts, and for about £3 I got a piece that looked about right... and at £3 I didn't mind if it didn't work out.

Pulled off the tartan layer and revealed the layer I attached a good few years ago, it looked a little worse for wear so I'm not surprised it had been changed. I have no idea what sort of glue I should use... but a glue stick or two did the job. I'm happy with that a good (enough) colour match.