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gday i jus did this photo chop and was wondering what you guys thought about it i know its rough but hey its my first attempt

to the car know i know this thing isnt at all traditional but there is a place near mine that has a few and i was jus seeing if they have any potential btw its a 59 hillman minx hard top

 

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i have more ideas for this but i wanted to know what you guys think before i get to stuck in

 

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...to the car know i know this thing isnt at all traditional but there is a place near mine that has a few and i was jus seeing if they have any potential btw its a 59 hillman minx hard top

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Aedan:
You can customize almost any car! Hillmans are few and far between ins the USA these days. But the '59 you showed would make a nice custom. Just nose and deck it, maybe a custom grille and you are on your way. Keep practicing with the photo chopping - it's a good way to get an idea of what you can do.

For some nice British sedan customs (including a few Hillmans) check out the UK Kustoms website:
http://www.ukkustoms.com/

By the way you said that the car was a hardtop. Unless the terminology is different in Australia, a "hardtop" refers to a pillarless (B-post or middle pillar) car, not just one with a roof. Keep us posted.

Dave

 

Very different but I like it.

 

If you do it right, it could be like a mini-Merc kustom
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You wanna put skirts and SNOW on it?

I think I have seen some customized ones on some other english carforum too,but cant remember where. check marts site for links,maybe.

 

kool thanks for the replies guys there are also four or so wagons in the same place and i am workin on a pfotochop of a g***er styled wagon it should look pretty good i will post pics when its done

aedan

 

Here's the little guy with a mild angle chop and drop.
I chick I went to highschool with had one of those.

 

I had to try my hand.... here ya go

 

thanks 30 roadster man that looks rad if i get it but i will weld the back doors up shave it and carson top it and give it a lil chop btw howd u get the back ground and interior lookin so good

 

That is a really cool idea man, I think you should definitely do it! Very creative and you will never have to worry about seeing someone with another just like it anywhere, thats for sure!

Greg

 

thanks man im gettin really g'd up about it now thats also what i like about the bedford pick up i've posted about before no one has one yeah all you guys have been so helpful thanx

aedan

 

I cheated on the background.
I used the l***o around the black in the wheel wells and up to the top of the page and pulled the whole image down to drop the car over the wheels. Then i used the crop tool and made the whole image smaller in the vertical dimesion.
I picked out the colors near where i erased the top and filled in colors to make it look like there was an interior. There are some true P-chop gods here on the HAMB. I'm not one of em

I liked your fender skirts!
Needs a custom grill and the hood m***aged.

 

aye man your good enugh i mean look at my feeble attempt

aedan

 

I looked around for another Hillman Minx to photochop.
Found this one and used it for a base.

 

When I changed the format to GIF then to JPEG the colors got a bit messed up, but here is the result:
Chopped the top, hardtopped it, shaved the handles, french the headlights, raised the rear fin a bit, lowered it.

By the way, if memory serves, Hillman Minx's ran in the Monte Carlo Rally in the fifties and early sixties. I believe there are lots of hop-up parts available like two and three carb setups.

Dave

 

In my humble opinion, skirts and that whole standard taildragger-theme will make an otherwise cool little car cute/lame and stylewise a subs***ute for a larger car.
Still the car has good lines for such small cars, and might look cool in a more sixties kustomrod-theme with radiused wheelopenings, a mild rake, stock roofheight, bodymods only on front and rear, fadaway paint, cragars on thin whitewalls. Needs a Rover V8 to back up the looks though.

Or keep it stock.

 

Heres one a little easier to play with.

 

phase 2

 

I kinda like it, like someone said a mini merc.

 

Don't see too many a them things around here. My vote goes toward the convertible with the skirts.

 

Phase 3: bolt on the tripple outlet lakes...

 

bro you live in Sydney, sun and fun!!! CUT OFF THE TOP!

 

I guess ya missed that one......lol

 

Just a thought.....

 

51 Cards,
Thanks for the Hillman pic to play with.
Since this will be an Aussi vehicle, may I present:

 

It could work, Chopped,Sectioned, and lowered. Man do you have a lot of work to do keep us posted.......lol

 

umm yeah i'll try and get a few pics of the actual car thats in the guy's yard ( i havent been in there in ages because we snuck in and he was there! i dont think he saw us but) uhhh yeah i guess there wood b a fair bit o work goin into it but it would be hell worth it but in the same place there are also about 4 or so hill man wagons and 2 other ones under tarps not sure what they r but oh btw there is also a really kool bedford pick up in there which i would like to rod check it out here http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/showflat.php?Cat=&Number=594847&page=&view=&sb=5&o=&fpart=1&vc=1

 

sailor im kool with your poinion man im open to ideas but do you rekon you or some one else could do a photo chop to got with it