My first car was a '73 hunter 1725. Loved it. Bought a '75 model years later. Excellent cars. Wish I could find one now, but they are getting very rare. Thank you for posting.
Great to see this. The upgraded grille/rear panel iteration of the Hunter was my least favourite of them back in the day, even though my father had one, because I felt the restyle looked tacky and semi thought out. But, looking at this one today was a marvellous blast of nostalgia. Edit: An impressive bit of loading too.
Sweet! That's the same colour and trim as the P-plate Hunter I had in the late 1980s. Put a Holbay engine into it, then switched the engine into an M-plate Sceptre when the Hunter got dinged beyond reasonable repair in a shunt. Nice cars to drive and to work on, but rustbuckets unless carefully treated.
My uncle once had a jet black one ( Y-reg ) which was an ex-army vehicle. Had a small paint chip/rust spot on bonnet where a flag used to be. He had it a few years and an engine replacement, but then it was left on his drive, rusting away. Such a shame it wasn't garaged and looked after better.
Great it's being restored, doesn't look like it needs too much doing to it, obviously I haven't heard it run and it has gone to Manchester, not too far from me, hopefully may see it at a show when finished, I'll bring my Fastback along
Thank you so much for preserving these cars from my happy memories loved rootes Chrysler as kid and have had a chrsker 2l and tagora before would really like to visit ur worship at some time
Blimey, I had one of those when I was around 18,mine was a basic one without the trim and in that crappy beige colour, it was the only car I had that would absolutely squeal away from standstill., loved that car.
@@pjohnson9576 yes ,Chrysler had a " controling interest" in Rootes as far back as 1964; the Hunter range development was nearing completion by then for a 1966 release & the Avenger was being designed during the '65/66 years for a late 1969/70 launch, Chrysler had more of a say with the latter stages of Avengers development ( especially marketing) but both models are Rootes designs! The Chrysler logo began to appear on keys, parts & accessory packaging,hand books & brochures around 1965( Final full year of the Audax range). Mitsubishi is an interesting tie up! More of an influence on USA & Australia models, though from mid 70s Mitsubishi starters & Alternators were being fitted on the assembly line more frequently than the more common Lucas versions.
why dont you watch the whole video and read the descripion? it cant be winched on in the sean hazell expert way as the steering lock is on.have a nice day
@@seanhazell9174 yes thats all well and good if you have them with you,i went to look on the way back from another trip, i didnt know i was going to end up buying it or what situation it was in, i had no idea it had no keys, and it would be a 5 hour round trip to either get tools to remove the steering lock/ign barrel (tamperproof bolts in a recess) or get skates, and even skates wont help on uneven ground at an angle. I loaded it up in an hour while i was there before it went dark. stuff isnt always they way you think mate, i did the best i could do in the circumstances if you could have done better then well thats just fine and dandy
@@seanhazell9174 I have two pairs, as i said above i didnt know i was going to end up buying it so i didnt go with tools and gear, theres no room to keep them in the truck.Jesus , i tell you what , youre right, you will always be right. have a nice day
My first car was a '73 hunter 1725. Loved it. Bought a '75 model years later. Excellent cars. Wish I could find one now, but they are getting very rare. Thank you for posting.
My dad used to have one of those cars thay are classic ❤
Great to see this. The upgraded grille/rear panel iteration of the Hunter was my least favourite of them back in the day, even though my father had one, because I felt the restyle looked tacky and semi thought out. But, looking at this one today was a marvellous blast of nostalgia.
Edit: An impressive bit of loading too.
Sweet! That's the same colour and trim as the P-plate Hunter I had in the late 1980s. Put a Holbay engine into it, then switched the engine into an M-plate Sceptre when the Hunter got dinged beyond reasonable repair in a shunt. Nice cars to drive and to work on, but rustbuckets unless carefully treated.
My uncle once had a jet black one ( Y-reg ) which was an ex-army vehicle.
Had a small paint chip/rust spot on bonnet where a flag used to be.
He had it a few years and an engine replacement, but then it was left on his drive, rusting away.
Such a shame it wasn't garaged and looked after better.
Enjoying your videos....keep up the good work!..thx for your help + parts for my 73 sceptre here in ireland
Dvla website says tax due since December 1985. Well done for finding all these hidden gems
Great it's being restored, doesn't look like it needs too much doing to it, obviously I haven't heard it run and it has gone to Manchester, not too far from me, hopefully may see it at a show when finished, I'll bring my Fastback along
Thank you so much for preserving these cars from my happy memories loved rootes Chrysler as kid and have had a chrsker 2l and tagora before would really like to visit ur worship at some time
What a great job. How you managed to take the car out of the garage. Really impressive.
Looks like it'll restore well. I remember seeing daily drivers with worse bodywork than that one!
At 17 , I had a hunter 1725. PJJ926E. Wonderful gutsy motor. Sadly didn't last long. 😞
This car was definitely a Hunter, not a Minx, Gazelle or Vogue?
Definitely hunter 1725. I was in army 1976. My 1st car.
Sad demise.
My dad's car was 1974 austin maxi 1750. I took my test in.
Blimey, I had one of those when I was around 18,mine was a basic one without the trim and in that crappy beige colour, it was the only car I had that would absolutely squeal away from standstill., loved that car.
Amazing find. Any idea on the restoration ?
Magnificent !
Had to laugh not moved in 30 yrs and you run it into your truck. Nice find though.
a real cowboy recovery.
please explain? no keys = no steering , i wasnt doing a 5 hour round trip to get tools to remove the steering lock!
Dad had one for years J reg, went well, nippy car after a new engine and respray and it was like new. Long gone now I suspect.
I used to have one of these on an L registration whatever year that was ? You should have left in in that garage for another 30 years .
I had two Hunters as company cars. If I saw one in a barn I'd leave it there.
Nice number plate
I had JGT 4N (Hillman Avenger 1600 GL), probably came from the same main Dealership when new (Streeters of Croydon).
@@Bunillidh probably PDI on the same day👍 does the garage still trade nowadays? if so what cars do they sell? Or has it made way for shops or housing?
Good job, What's next for the Hillman Hunter? Cheeers Bob
Bit ruff could have manually pushed out Kool hunter , guess what They're still available in Iran hundreds of utes with Peugeot engines
Hello again i wrote the comment below..I,M SO SORRY,,,was drinking and wrongly judged the video PLEASE my full apologies i feel bad now thanks
ROOTES ..Just before they got into bed with Chyrsler and Mitsubishi..
In bed unfortunately with Chrysler long before this model
@@pjohnson9576 yes ,Chrysler had a " controling interest" in Rootes as far back as 1964; the Hunter range development was nearing completion by then for a 1966 release & the Avenger was being designed during the '65/66 years for a late 1969/70 launch, Chrysler had more of a say with the latter stages of Avengers development ( especially marketing) but both models are Rootes designs! The Chrysler logo began to appear on keys, parts & accessory packaging,hand books & brochures around 1965( Final full year of the Audax range). Mitsubishi is an interesting tie up! More of an influence on USA & Australia models, though from mid 70s Mitsubishi starters & Alternators were being fitted on the assembly line more frequently than the more common Lucas versions.
Why didn't you turn street wheel?
no keys mate, steering lock on and i didnt have tools to get the lock off the column, i didnt make it difficult on purpose!
Couldn't you find the keys? Seemed a bit heavy handed dragging it like that?.. atleast it's saved
if you watch the video, the first five seconds has the subtitle "stuck in garage 30 years, owner couldnt find the keys so i had to drag it out"
On your own it's a bit more effort Kool 🍿🍿🍿🎥
nobody looked for it, so "garage find" is incorrect
Hillman crimes
Wouldn’t like him to pick my car up muppet
dont think he'd like to either coco
How to wreck a classic in 10 minutes.
moron
How not to winch a car
why dont you watch the whole video and read the descripion? it cant be winched on in the sean hazell expert way as the steering lock is on.have a nice day
@@paulmarshall9239 Sliders?
@@seanhazell9174 yes thats all well and good if you have them with you,i went to look on the way back from another trip, i didnt know i was going to end up buying it or what situation it was in, i had no idea it had no keys, and it would be a 5 hour round trip to either get tools to remove the steering lock/ign barrel (tamperproof bolts in a recess) or get skates, and even skates wont help on uneven ground at an angle. I loaded it up in an hour while i was there before it went dark. stuff isnt always they way you think mate, i did the best i could do in the circumstances if you could have done better then well thats just fine and dandy
Perhaps invest in a pair. Or perhaps two pairs. That can live behind the seat in your van
@@seanhazell9174 I have two pairs, as i said above i didnt know i was going to end up buying it so i didnt go with tools and gear, theres no room to keep them in the truck.Jesus , i tell you what , youre right, you will always be right. have a nice day
try steering it out of the garage, what cowboys
TRY READING THE SUBTITLES YOU MUPPET< NO KEYS< STEERING LOCK JAMMED ON>> oh or maybe i just did it the long way so you could get a dig in