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97 relations: Alec Issigonis, Aluminium, Australia, Autocar (magazine), Automobile layout, Škoda Auto, Bill McGovern, Bond 875, British Motor Corporation, British Touring Car Championship, BS Nymph, Camber angle, Chevrolet Corvair, Choke valve, Chrysler, Chrysler Australia, Chrysler Europe, Chrysler Sunbeam, Clan (car), Clutch, Concept Centaur GT, Costa Rica, Coupé, Coventry Climax, Cylinder block, Davrian, Economy car, Formula One, Gerry Birrell, Ginetta Cars, Giubo, Glasgow Airport, Glasgow Museum of Transport, Hatchback, Hillman Avenger, Hillman Husky, Hillman Minx, Human factors and ergonomics, Humber Super Snipe, Hydroplane (boat), Industrial relations, Inline-four engine, Isle of Man TT, Knock-down kit, Lada, Linwood, Renfrewshire, London Motorfair, Malaysia, Malta, Mike Parkes, ..., Mini, Motor Sport (magazine), National Motor Museum, Beaulieu, New Zealand, Overhead camshaft, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Panel van, Paris Motor Show, Petone, Peugeot, Peugeot 206, Philippines, Portugal, Pressed Steel Company, Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, Rallying, Rear-engine design, Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout, Rebadging, Republic of Ireland, River Clyde, Rootes Group, Rosemary Smith, Ryton plant, Sedan (automobile), Sidecar, Slovakia, South Africa, Station wagon, Strike action, Sunbeam Motor Car Company, Suspension (vehicle), Swing axle, The Times, Tim Fry, Touring car racing, Transaxle, Tulip Rally, Understeer and oversteer, Uruguay, Van, Venezuela, William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes, Windermere, 1970 British Saloon Car Championship, 1971 British Saloon Car Championship, 1972 British Saloon Car Championship. Expand index (47 more) »
Alec Issigonis
Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis, (Αλέξανδρος Αρνόλδος Κωνσταντίνος Ισηγόνης Alexandros Arnoldos Konstantinos Isigonis; 18 November 1906 – 2 October 1988) was a British-Greek designer of cars, widely noted for the groundbreaking and influential development of the Mini, launched by the British Motor Corporation (BMC) in 1959.
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Aluminium
Aluminium or aluminum is a chemical element with symbol Al and atomic number 13.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Autocar (magazine)
Autocar is a weekly British automobile magazine published by Haymarket Motoring Publications Ltd.
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Automobile layout
In automotive design, the automobile layout describes where on the vehicle the engine and drive wheels are found.
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Škoda Auto
Škoda Auto, more commonly known as Škoda, is a Czech automobile manufacturer founded in 1895 as Laurin & Klement.
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Bill McGovern
Bill McGovern (born 2 January 1937) is a British former auto racing driver from Ireland.
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Bond 875
The Bond 875 was a small three-wheeled car partly designed by Lawrence "Lawrie" Bond and manufactured by Bond Cars Ltd in Preston, United Kingdom from 1965 to 1970.
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British Motor Corporation
The British Motor Corporation Limited (BMC) was a UK-based vehicle manufacturer, formed in early 1952 to give effect to an agreed merger of the Morris and Austin businesses.
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British Touring Car Championship
The British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA.
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BS Nymph
The BS Nymph was a fibreglass monocoque British buggy based on running gear from the Hillman Imp, including its rear-mounted 875 cc engine.
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Camber angle
From the front of the car, a right wheel with a negative camber angle Camber angle is the angle made by the wheels of a vehicle; specifically, it is the angle between the vertical axis of the wheels used for steering and the vertical axis of the vehicle when viewed from the front or rear.
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Chevrolet Corvair
The Chevrolet Corvair is a compact car manufactured by Chevrolet for model years 1960–1969.
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Choke valve
In an internal combustion engine, a choke valve modifies the air pressure in the intake manifold, thereby altering the ratio of fuel and air quantity entering the engine.
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Chrysler
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles US LLC (commonly known as Chrysler) is the American subsidiary of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., an Italian-American automobile manufacturer registered in the Netherlands with headquarters in London, U.K., for tax purposes.
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Chrysler Australia
Chrysler Australia, officially FCA Australia, is the importer of Chrysler, Jeep, Dodge, Alfa Romeo and Fiat vehicles for sale in the Australian marketplace.
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Chrysler Europe
Chrysler Europe was the American automotive company Chrysler's operations in Europe from 1967 through 1979.
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Chrysler Sunbeam
The Chrysler Sunbeam is a small supermini three-door hatchback manufactured by Chrysler Europe at the former Rootes Group factory in Linwood in Scotland from 1977 to 1981.
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Clan (car)
The Clan Crusader is a fibreglass monocoque British sports car based on running gear from the Hillman Imp Sport, including its Coventry Climax derived, rear-mounted 875 cc engine.
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Clutch
A clutch is a mechanical device which engages and disengages power transmission especially from driving shaft to driven shaft.
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Concept Centaur GT
The Concept Centaur GT was a kit car first built by Concept Cars Ltd of Middleton, Leicestershire, in 1973 and marketed from 1974 to 1977.
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Costa Rica
Costa Rica ("Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica (República de Costa Rica), is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.
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Coupé
A coupé — also known as coupe — is a car with a fixed-roof body style usually with two doors, however some four-door cars have been marketed as four door coupés or quad coupés due to their coupé-like roofline at the rear.
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Coventry Climax
Coventry Climax was a British forklift truck, fire pump, racing, and other speciality engine manufacturer.
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Cylinder block
The cylinder block is an integrated structure comprising the cylinder(s) of a reciprocating engine and often some or all of their associated surrounding structures (coolant passages, intake and exhaust passages and ports, and crankcase).
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Davrian
Davrian cars were built by Davrian Developments at 65 North Street, Clapham in London, England, from 1965 to 1976, in Tregaron, Dyfed, Wales from 1976 to 1980 and Lampeter, Dyfed, from 1980 to 1983.
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Economy car
An economy car is an automobile that is designed for low-cost purchase and operation.
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Formula One
Formula One (also Formula 1 or F1) is the highest class of single-seater auto racing sanctioned by the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) and owned by the Formula One Group.
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Gerry Birrell
Gerald Hussey Buchanan Birrell (30 July 1944 – 23 June 1973) was a British racing driver from Scotland, who was killed in an accident during practice for a Formula Two race at Rouen-Les-Essarts.
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Ginetta Cars
Ginetta Cars is a British specialist builder of racing and sports cars based in Garforth, Leeds, West Yorkshire.
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Giubo
A giubo (etymology: giunto Boschi, "Boschi Joint"), also known as a flex disc, and sometimes misspelled as guibo, is a flexible coupling used to transmit rotational torque between the drive shaft and the companion flange on mechanical devices, such as an automobile engine.
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Glasgow Airport
Glasgow Airport, also unofficially Glasgow International Airport, formerly Abbotsinch Airport, is an international airport in Scotland, located west of Glasgow city centre.
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Glasgow Museum of Transport
The Glasgow Museum of Transport in Glasgow, Scotland was established in 1964 and initially located at a former tram depot in Pollokshields.
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Hatchback
A hatchback is a car with a hatch-type rear door that opens upwards and often a shared volume for the passenger and cargo areas.
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Hillman Avenger
The Hillman Avenger is a rear-wheel drive small family car originally manufactured by the former Rootes division of Chrysler Europe from 1970–1978, badged from 1976 onward as the Chrysler Avenger.
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Hillman Husky
The Hillman Husky was a line of British passenger vehicles manufactured between 1954 and 1970 by Hillman.
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Hillman Minx
The Hillman Minx was a mid-sized family car that British car maker Hillman produced from 1931 to 1970.
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Human factors and ergonomics
Human factors and ergonomics (commonly referred to as Human Factors), is the application of psychological and physiological principles to the (engineering and) design of products, processes, and systems.
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Humber Super Snipe
The Humber Super Snipe is a car which was produced from 1938 to 1967 by British-based Humber Limited.
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Hydroplane (boat)
A hydroplane (or hydro, or thunderboat) is a fast motorboat, where the hull shape is such that at speed, the weight of the boat is supported by planing forces, rather than simple buoyancy.
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Industrial relations
Industrial relations is a multidisciplinary field that studies the employment relationship.
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Inline-four engine
The inline-four engine or straight-four engine is a type of inline internal combustion four-cylinder engine with all four cylinders mounted in a straight line, or plane along the crankcase.
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Isle of Man TT
The International Isle of Man TT (Tourist Trophy) races are an annual motorcycle sport event run on the Isle of Man in May/June of most years since its inaugural race in 1907, and is often called one of the most dangerous racing events in the world.
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Knock-down kit
A knock-down kit is a kit containing the parts needed to assemble a product.
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Lada
LADA is a brand of cars manufactured by AvtoVAZ in Russia, which is today majority owned by Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance.
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Linwood, Renfrewshire
Linwood (Linwid) is a small town in Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland, west of Glasgow.
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London Motorfair
London Motorfair (London Motor Show) was an alternative London auto show to the British International Motor Show, that was held at Earls Court biannually from 1977 to 1999.
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Malaysia
Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy in Southeast Asia.
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Malta
Malta, officially known as the Republic of Malta (Repubblika ta' Malta), is a Southern European island country consisting of an archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea.
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Mike Parkes
Michael Johnson Parkes (born 24 September 1931 in Richmond, Surrey; died 28 August 1977 near Riva presso Chieri, Italy) was a British racing driver, from England.
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Mini
The Mini is a small economy car produced by the English-based British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successors from 1959 until 2000.
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Motor Sport (magazine)
Motor Sport is a magazine founded in the United Kingdom in 1924"Racing Magazines ", Magazine-Agent.com, 2009, webpage:.
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National Motor Museum, Beaulieu
The National Motor Museum, Beaulieu (originally the Montagu Motor Museum) is a museum in the village of Beaulieu, set in the heart of the New Forest, in the English county of Hampshire.
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New Zealand
New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.
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Overhead camshaft
Overhead camshaft, commonly abbreviated to OHC, is a valvetrain configuration which places the camshaft of an internal combustion engine of the reciprocating type within the cylinder heads ("above" the pistons and combustion chambers) and drives the valves or lifters in a more direct manner compared with overhead valves (OHV) and pushrods.
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Paisley, Renfrewshire
Paisley (Pàislig, Paisley) is the largest town in the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland and serves as the administrative centre for the Renfrewshire council area.
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Panel van
A panel van (or panelvan) is a form of solid (rigid-bodied, non-articulated) van, smaller than a lorry or truck, without rear side windows.
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Paris Motor Show
The Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l'Automobile) is a biennial auto show in Paris.
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Petone
Petone (Māori: Pito-one) is a large suburb of Lower Hutt, in the Wellington Region of New Zealand's North Island.
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Peugeot
Peugeot is a French automotive manufacturer, part of Groupe PSA.
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Peugeot 206
The Peugeot 206 is a supermini car that is produced by the French manufacturer Peugeot from May 1998 to the present day; the 206 models are still in production in Iran by Iran Khodro.
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Philippines
The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.
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Portugal
Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic (República Portuguesa),In recognized minority languages of Portugal: Portugal is the oldest state in the Iberian Peninsula and one of the oldest in Europe, its territory having been continuously settled, invaded and fought over since prehistoric times.
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Pressed Steel Company
Pressed Steel Company Limited was a British car body manufacturing business founded at Cowley near Oxford in 1926 as a joint venture between William Morris, Budd Corporation of Philadelphia USA, which held the controlling interest, and a British / American bank J. Henry Schroder & Co At that time the company was named The Pressed Steel Company of Great Britain Limited.
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Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (born Prince Philip of Greece and Denmark, 10 June 1921) is the husband and consort of Queen Elizabeth II.
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Rallying
Rally is a form of motorsport that takes place on public or private roads with modified production or specially built road-legal cars.
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Rear-engine design
In automobile design, a rear-engine design layout places the engine at the rear of the vehicle.
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Rear-engine, rear-wheel-drive layout
In automotive design, an RR, or Rear-engine, Rear-wheel-drive layout places both the engine and drive wheels at the rear of the vehicle.
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Rebadging
Badge engineering, sometimes called rebadging, is the practice of applying a different badge or trademark (brand, logo or manufacturer's name/make/marque) to an existing product (e.g., an automobile) and subsequently marketing the variant as a distinct product.
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Republic of Ireland
Ireland (Éire), also known as the Republic of Ireland (Poblacht na hÉireann), is a sovereign state in north-western Europe occupying 26 of 32 counties of the island of Ireland.
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River Clyde
The River Clyde (Abhainn Chluaidh,, Watter o Clyde) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland.
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Rootes Group
The Rootes Group or Rootes Motors Limited was a British automobile manufacturer and, separately a major motor distributors and dealers business.
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Rosemary Smith
Rosemary Smith (born 7 August 1937) is a rally driver from Dublin, Ireland.
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Ryton plant
The Ryton plant is a former car manufacturing plant in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, Warwickshire, England.
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Sedan (automobile)
A sedan (American, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand English) or saloon (British, Irish and Indian English) is a passenger car in a three-box configuration with A, B & C-pillars and principal volumes articulated in separate compartments for engine, passenger and cargo.
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Sidecar
A sidecar is a one-wheeled device attached to the side of a motorcycle, scooter, or bicycle, producing a three-wheeled vehicle.
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Slovakia
Slovakia (Slovensko), officially the Slovak Republic (Slovenská republika), is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
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South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa.
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Station wagon
A station wagon, also called an estate car, estate wagon, or simply wagon or estate, is an automotive body-style variant of a sedan/saloon with its roof extended rearward over a shared passenger/cargo volume with access at the back via a third or fifth door (the liftgate or tailgate), instead of a trunk/boot lid.
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Strike action
Strike action, also called labor strike, labour strike, or simply strike, is a work stoppage caused by the mass refusal of employees to work.
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Sunbeam Motor Car Company
Sunbeam Motor Car Company Limited was a British motor car manufacturer with its works at Moorfields in Blakenhall, a suburb of Wolverhampton in the county of Staffordshire, now West Midlands.
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Suspension (vehicle)
Suspension is the system of tires, tire air, springs, shock absorbers and linkages that connects a vehicle to its wheels and allows relative motion between the two.
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Swing axle
A swing axle is a simple type of independent (rear wheel) suspension designed and patented by Edmund Rumpler in 1903.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily (Monday to Saturday) national newspaper based in London, England.
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Tim Fry
Tim Fry (25 August 1935 – 17 May 2004), was an automotive engineer who, whilst in his twenties and working for the Coventry-based Rootes Group, designed the Hillman Imp, in conjunction with Mike Parkes.
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Touring car racing
Touring car racing is an auto racing competition with heavily modified road-going cars.
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Transaxle
A transaxle is a major automotive mechanical component that combines the functionality of the transmission, axle, and differential into one integrated assembly.
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Tulip Rally
The Tulip Rally (Tulpenrallye), first held in 1949, is the oldest Dutch rally competition.
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Understeer and oversteer
Understeer and oversteer are vehicle dynamics terms used to describe the sensitivity of a vehicle to steering.
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Uruguay
Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay (República Oriental del Uruguay), is a sovereign state in the southeastern region of South America.
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Van
A van is a type of road vehicle used for transporting goods or people.
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Venezuela
Venezuela, officially denominated Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (República Bolivariana de Venezuela),Previously, the official name was Estado de Venezuela (1830–1856), República de Venezuela (1856–1864), Estados Unidos de Venezuela (1864–1953), and again República de Venezuela (1953–1999).
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William Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes
William Edward Rootes, 1st Baron Rootes GBE (17 August 1894 – 12 December 1964) was a British motor manufacturer.
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Windermere
Windermere is the largest natural lake in England.
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1970 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1970 British Saloon Car Championship, was the 13th season of the series.
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1971 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1971 British Saloon Car Championship was the 14th season of the championship.
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1972 British Saloon Car Championship
The 1972 British Saloon Car Championship was the 15th season of the championship.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hillman_Imp
