William Hillman started manufacturing cars in Coventry in 1907 before selling his company to the Rootes Brothers in 1928. Three years later came the Hillman Minx the first of a line that would endure in multiple forms for nearly half a century even after the remarkable Imp arrived in 1963 to claim a slice of the market opened by the BMC Mini. Rarely revolutionary Hillman cars nevertheless carved out a special place in the hearts of the British people as well as many overseas customers. This beau