Kaninchen weiß - The Chameleon

**GoLfMan** · 02-10-2011, 11:24 AM

awesome mate, I love the Imp!

**mikinoz** · 11-12-2011, 11:11 AM

Originally Posted by mikinoz

Road legal now!

**Jace** · 11-12-2011, 11:13 AM

I love the fold out rear window, does it have a prop so you can drive with it up?

**mikinoz** · 11-12-2011, 06:46 PM

Originally Posted by Jace

I love the fold out rear window, does it have a prop so you can drive with it up?

You can see the props inside the rear window. What they are is a pivot bracket connected to the hatch and another connected to the inside of the window frame. Theses are clamped together with 2 large washers, if you replace the nut on these with a wingnut or carry a spanner, you can lock them off at any angle... Only problem is intense fumigation!

**alex g** · 29-10-2011, 07:56 AM

X2

Needs more length.

Yer I'm talking about the clip.

**Dub Toffee** · 30-10-2011, 05:56 AM

Dint know you had an IMP? (dont know much about them...who makes them?) sneakin back their in the garage! what a great combo,
nice one on the vid brings back many memories hooin around the emptyer streets of hobart
bustin corners and drivin thru tunnels all with a 1.6 on a webber :-P miss those times
for sure you just cant bet simplicity sometimes with a few fun touches!
I also had a love affair with the fiat 128 i had a 3p but would love a straight 128 it looks heaps similar to your IMP actualy
Awesome job

**mikinoz** · 30-10-2011, 07:14 AM

Hey Ben! I have some pretty awesome memories of driving around Hobart just after I got my licence. We used to get up to some crazy stuff, and managed to not get in trouble or hurt.

The Imps are pretty cool. I've over at least one continually since 1995 and will be hard pressed to see myself with our one. They have given me so much knowledge and many experiences I've become so attached. The most I had concurrently was 5 when I lived in Fern Tree.

They were built by the Rootes Group in Scotland and were sold as Hillman, Sunbeam and Singer Imps.

I changed the oil on weiß yesterday, she is running more smooth (no tappet rattle). I love an oil change that costs under $45 including filters and engine flush. Pleasant change!

**Lima** · 30-10-2011, 09:59 AM

Looking/sounding good Mick.

**mikinoz** · 06-11-2011, 05:33 PM

Time we attended to yours Liam!

So I've been fiddling about and it turns out the weber is a DFEV which is a mirror image of the one commonly installed on the Golfs being DGEV. All the same some lateral thinking, rotating 180 degrees on the manifold and reversing a DGEV bracket I've pretty much sorted it.

There was a LOT of oil in the filter from the breather so I tossed on a catch can that was floating about in the shed as well temporarily.

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