>Nevin.............
>
>Either you have truly boring taste in cars or you mis-remember the Hillman
>you saw! (Or else your pre-war refers to a later conflict than the one I
>grew up in!)
Sorry, Lawrie, pre-war means pre-WWII to me as well as most other people.
Were you referring to WWI perhaps? =) Perhaps the photo was incorrectly
captioned "Super" and was another model, or maybe I misremember the name. I
think the model year of the car I saw was '37, perhaps they still made the
Aero at that time? Or maybe I have really dreadful taste in cars...I think
the E type Jags are hideously busy and overdone, and that the early TR6 is
a very pretty car...and this from an MG owner...
>
>The only nice-looking Hillman built pre-war was the 1935 Aero Minx. It did
>have very swoopy lines and was quite unusual for its day. My father owned a
>1932 Hillman Minx in the mid-fifties (the first car I ever actually turned a
>wrench on!) and it was typical of all the other pre-war Hillmans except the
>Aero Minx - a boring black box on wheels!
>
>Hillman didn't actually use the appellation "Super Minx" until 1961, when
>they added some extra chrome to their standard Minx.
>
>So, tell us it was the Aero Minx you fell in love with. That would make a
>whole lot more sense!
>
>Happy Holidays,
>
>Lawrie
>-----Original Message-----
>From: dresden@tiac.net <dresden@tiac.net>
>To: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
>Date: Thursday, December 24, 1998 12:31 PM
>Subject: Re: My favorite LBC ??????????????
>
>
>>Oh, and other than MINE, perhaps a pre-war Hillman Super Minx? Saw a photo
>>of one once, and still haven't recovered.
>>
>>Nevin
>>
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