Apex · The Inside Story of the Hillman Imp

by Peter & David Henshaw

The Imp is a greatly misunderstood car, and actually a really nice little machine. If you’ve heard it’s unreliable, it certainly can be, but it’s unreliable in the way a fine racehorse can be unreliable. It’s highly-strung and needs to be cosetted, but it will do whatever you ask if it likes you, and trusts you.

First published in 1988, reprinted in 1990, this book has been out of print for many years. In the meantime the Imp had become an iconic masterpiece of 1960s engineering and design for a new generation. The authors have therefore decided to publish a new revised third edition. Fully updated, with new pictures and loads of new information. Apex, the original book of the Imp, has been completely reworked by David & Peter Henshaw. Telling the full story from the first prototype in 1955, to the end of Imp production, and what’s happened since. New 2023 Edition includes:

• New chapter – the Imp since the 1970s
• 89 black & white photos, plus 145 in colour, mostly new
• Rare Prototypes – Gillie, Asp, Swallow etc
• Imp Club celebrations of 40th, 50th & 60th Anniversaries
• Racing, Spares, BMW Conversion
• Plus the full Imp story: Slug to Apex; the Linwood story; Mk1; Mk2; all the variants; Mk3 to the end

Buch, Softcover, 17 x 23 cm, 232 Seiten, 145 farbige und 89 s/w-Abbildungen, englischer Text