Got an email from a guy by the name of Jason the other night, who says he believes the dark blue car in this post is his car.  

Hi Nigel

Just been looking at your Imp pages on the web.  I used to live in Tas until 2001 and kept an eye out for Imps.  I purchased a blue GT in Hobart in about 1996 with a light blue interior.  It had been resprayed a darker blue over the original mid blue.  It was unregistered when I purchased and had a problem with the gearbox but it ran and was a clean car with no rust.  I am not sure whether the unidentified blue car in the picture could be my car before I purchased.  It looks a bit shinier than I remember mine being but you never know.  The car is in storage in Tas.

I was also given an early GT from a guy in Burnie.  The car was a complete wreck with an amazing amount of rust and dents, and a seized motor.  I was going to use it for a few parts (glass etc) but the car had to be moved when I was overseas and the last I heard was that it was taken away by a wrecking yard.

I also recall looking at a white GT in Launceston in about 2000 which had been brought to Tas from the Northern Territory.  It was a pretty original running car but I had no room at the time and passed up the opportunity to purchase it.  Funny, but it was for sale again on ebay last year – dont know where it went from there.

You dont see many Imps around anymore.  Good to see there are a few fans of these little cars out there.

Regards
Jason
Queensland

Naturally I asked if the car would be for sale, but Jason would like to get the car back to Brisbane at some stage, though the logistics of that are a bit daunting. Come on Jason… sell me the car dammit

Picked up another Imp book from ebay, this one is called “The Cassell Book of the Hillman Imp”, not a bad pickup for $5 plus postage.

Well I upgraded WordPress to 2.5 (from 2.3.3) and its broken the site. The installation said there was only 3 steps and “were you expecting more”. Well I wasnt expecting it to break things! I am working on it and hope to find out where the error is soon….

EDIT: Its all kinda fixed now, though I still have some settings to fix up and so on.  But it works and thats the main thing.

Damn I am slack.  Been yonks since I have touched the car.  Now easter is over with and the hot-rod nationals are over, I hope Darren will be able to come have a look at the bodywork soon.