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The article on the Hillman Imp a while ago stirred up some fine memories of this underrated compact car. The Imp had been below my radar as a young lad who was more tempted by the trendy celebrity of the Mini. Yet a test drive in a locally-advertised C-reg 1965 Super Imp selling for £130 (this was 1973) revealed it was nippy, cornered

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