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Tristans 1977 Hilman Hunter wagon


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After seeing Slacker Sams Hillman Estate, i wanted one so bad. So the other weekend i scored this Hillman of a awesome oldschool member.  im super stocked with it. 

I got a bus ticket to New Plymouth and  drove it back  to Levin. The car surprisingly drove and handled mint.

The cars super tidy, it just has the odd imperfection. The previous owner replaced the carpet, so the interiors practically perfect. Its so nice. At some stage in the cars life  it got certified for coilovers, so im happy as about that. . It looks mint as it is But the plans for it are:

 

To wind the coils down more, and to get the leafs reset, for More lowness haha.

Get the steel wheels Banded to a decent size and polish up the center caps, still contemplating on what color i should paint the wheels, i was thinking like a creme color.

Find the early Hillman Minx grill and bumpers, they look alot sweeter. 

And probably a roof rack with some beer crates.

All in all ill keep the car as mint as possible.

Ill be daily driving it and trying to get the kms up super HIggggh haha. 

 

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So the indicators dident work at all when i got it, I found that the indicator stalk was broken, I then found that there practically the same as Triumph 2500 ones, so i put one of the triumph ones on, now they work as they should.

I also painted the inside of the wheels black, i reckon it looks so much nicer now, Ive been getting heaps of compliments about the color too  haha. 

 

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