1968 60s Green années soixante Singer Chamois IMP Sport 875cc essence; en route vers la Tour Hoghton pour le Supercar Summer Showtime car meet qui est organisé par Great British Motor shows à Preston, Royaume-Uni
3428 x 2286 px | 29 x 19,4 cm | 11,4 x 7,6 inches | 300dpi
Date de la prise de vue:
26 juin 2022
Lieu:
Preston, UK
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As the Singer Gazelle had been in existence for many years, Singer decided to embroider on the theme and called their Imp version Chamois: small, surefooted and fast. Maybe not overly glamourous, but charming and effective, with a startling acceleration. 'Singer' stood for luxury cars and Imps with a Singer badge maintained that traditional image. The interior was really beautiful with polished walnut veneer. Seats were larger and more comfortable than in the Imp. A temperature gauge, oil pressure gauge and heater blower were standard fittings. On the outside they sported a large dummy grille, bumper overriders, anodised aluminium wheel trims and an exclusive range of colours with a stripe down its side. The Singer Chamois was first introduced in October 1964. Most of the Imps teething trouble was over, but customer enthousiasm needed a revival. This new model took care of that. The Chamois was an immediate succes. It received a very favourable press and it sold ! Better than the competition (Riley Elf, Wolseley Hornet, Ford Anglia Super, Triumph Herald 12/50), although it was more expensive (at first). The basic price was 582, only £50 more than the De Luxe. It took advantage of the detail improvements of the Imp's first year. It retained all the mechanics of the Hillman Imp and added a few virtues. The Chamois differed from the early Imp in that it had Dunlop SP41 radials fitted to wider (1/2") rim wheels. inger Motors Limited was a British motor vehicle manufacturing business, originally a bicycle manufacturer founded in 1874 in Coventry. From 1901 George Singer's Singer Motor Co made cars and commercial vehicles. The last car to carry the Singer name was an upmarket version of the rear engined Hillman Imp called the Chamois. With the takeover of Rootes by Chrysler beginning in 1964 and completed in 1967, many of the brands were set to vanish and use of the Singer name ended in 1970.
