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Imp15

(inter)National Weekend of The Imp Club U.K.

Darlington

Location:	Blackwell Meadows, Darlington
Dates:	Thursday 6 - Monday 10 August 2014
Organisation:	Rally Control: ...; ...; Robin Starkey and Kimberley Benoy

Class	Award / Display Classes	Winner	Sponsor
-	The Rosemary Smith Annual Award	the immaculate air suspension Imp owned by Rob Cumberbach	perpetual award - ImpSpeed
-	The Peter Harper Memorial Award		perpetual award - ImpSpeed
	The Most Standard Imp (new in 2012)		perpetual award - Claydon Management Consultancy
Z	Masterclass - winners from Imp10 and Imp11		perpetual award - ImpSpeed
A	Rootes Hillman Imp saloon (1963-1968)		Merlin Motors
B	Chrysler Hillman Imp (1968 onwards)		Rodwell Motor Sports
C	Hillman Californian		Speedy Spares Ltd.
D	Singer Chamois saloons & coupés		Maynard Ltd.
E	Sunbeam Imp Sport		Competition Classics
F	Sunbeam Stiletto		TransImp
G	Husky & van		Malcolm Anderson Imp Parts
H	Personalised Imp		Henry's C.A.T.
J	Modified Imp		Intelligent Metals
K	Competition Imp (race; rally; off-road)		Corley Conversions
L	Clan		The Clan Owners Club
M	Imp based vehicles		Higham Auto Services
N	Best visitors car		Footman James
P	Most used & abused Imp		Cliveyboy
	Furthest driven Imp to Imp15		Rosemary Smith Driving Academy
	Furthest travelled Imp Club member		Rosemary Smith Driving Academy

Programme of Imp 15

Thursday: Rally Control opens at ...; ...
Friday: ...; ...
Saturday: ...; Fancy Dress (theme: cartoon figures or children's stories) party night. Live music by ...
Sunday: Show & Shine - Imps on display; voting until 13:00h.; AGM Clan Owners Club; Awards presentation ceremony with Rosemary Smith, president; lead organisers
Monday: Goodbyes and see you agains

Participants

Names are mentioned where I am fairly certain of the owners not minding being named...

Rally no.	registration	marque	type	color	class	name	note
1	FFR 92D	Singer	Chamois	gold	D	Alan Platten
2	UVF 987H	Hillman	Californian	blue green		Robin & Kimberley Starkie
3	LMJ 457G	Singer	Chamois	light blue	D	Graham Townsend	looks like a Sport
4	PNX 2F	Singer	Chamois coupé	orange	D
5						Bob Allen	Club Spares, arriving Wednesday
6	race Imp		Historic Saloon Race car		Z	Simon Benoy
	UVF 987H	Hillman	Imp Californian	bluegreen	C	Karen Benoy	shield no. 2
7
8	40-26-SM	Sunbeam	Imp	orange	K	Jaap & Annette ten Hoeve
9	ZV 88421	Singer	Chamois Sport	dark green	D
10	SPE 51F	Singer	Chamois coupé	dark red	D
11	WCA 18K	Sunbeam	Stiletto	orange	Z
12	PYA 241P	Hillman	Imp Caledonian	red	B	Ed & Jane Rhys
13	BRO 299B	BS	Nymph		M	Mike Hearne
14	TGC 111E	Sunbeam	Imp Sport		K
15	JSL 772	Hillman	Imp Super	black	A	Bob Hawes	Spares, arriving Wednesday
16	VPO 445F	Hillman	Imp Californian	orange	H	Gill Foster
17
18
19	YRA 461G	Hillman	Husky	blue	Z	Graham Dewhurst	returning the Rosemary Smith Perpetual
	NUT 325F	Sunbeam	Stiletto	red	F
20	PHF 201M	Hillman	Imp	brown	B	Sandra & Gordon Hill-Smith
21	SVO 105G	Singer	Chamois coupé	black	D	James Henderson
22	EAP 146C	Singer	Chamois	red	D	John & Kathryn Hall
23	DDY 408D	Hillman	Imp Super	red	A	Roy & Dawn Blunt
24	CSF 156B	BS	Nymph	white	M	Colin Valentine
25	OGH 463E	Singer	Chamois	dark blue	D
	VGR 876F	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F		UGR?
26
27	ORB 506K	Sunbeam	Stiletto	dark green	F	Nigel Stringer	Bob Saward Trophy
28	YNP 128M	Hillman	Imp	dark red	B	Tony Dowler
29						Susan & Andy Ellis; Elaine Baines	Regalia, arriving Wednesday
30	UFC 950K	Hillman	Imp Super		B		need to change it from Type Unsure
31	GBC 662D	Commer	Imp van	green	G	David Andrews
32	WYH 915N	Hillman	Imp Super		B
33	HOC 979D		Imp saloon rally car		K	Rob Cooper
	323 LOT		Imp saloon		A	Terry Cooper
34	SPA 257F	Singer	Chamois coupé		D	Jim Fraser
35	LLJ 827F	Hillman	Husky		H
	MJB 667E	Hillman	pick-up	gold & black
36	NTT 186F	Sunbeam	Stiletto	green metallic	F
37	JAC 366N	Sunbeam	Imp Sport		E	Vince & Dot Frost
38	SFM 913F	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F
39	HAE 797K	Hillman	Imp Super		B
40	LNK 635L	Sunbeam	Imp Sport		E	Baz
41
42	LYT 917D	Singer	Chamois		D
43	WYU 913H	Singer	Chamois		D	Charlotte Tambling	I have it mistaken for a Chamois Sport
44	KOR 382F	Hillman	Husky		G
45	KGN 164K?	Sunbeam	Stiletto		H	Graham Cashmore
46	HDJ 766K	Hillman	Imp		K		I have it mistaken for a Super
47	VTW 307L	Hillman	Imp		B
48
49	DCF 243L	Ginetta	G15		N	George Ritchie
	JAC 926L	Ginetta	G15		N	Alison Farrow-Ritchie
50	FNT 481D	Hillman	Imp		A
51	B221 LKE	Hillman	Imp		J	Lewis & Adele Welch	Kawasaki 1100
52	DR-50-83	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F	Robert Immers & Valerie Lodge
53	NFL 45F	Hillman	Husky		G
54	PHP 349G	Hillman	Imp Super		B
55	RUP 93G	Hillman	Imp van		G	Pete FitzGerald
56	PAP 532F	Sunbeam	Stiletto	white	F
57	WYB 513M	Hillman	Imp		B		I have got it down as a Super...
58	EWO 822L	Hillman	Imp	white	B		no bumper; black panel behind reg plate
59	ROD 218H	Sunbeam	Stiletto	bluegreen	F		owner: Val Lodge
60
61	VFE21	Clan	Crusader		L	Richard & Margaret Thompson
62	MPO 487J	Hillman	Imp Super		B	John Fenton
63	96-61-HT	Sunbeam	Imp Californian		Z	Piet Tromp
64	NPR 270J	Sunbeam	Imp Sport		E
65	TYU 888F	Hillman	Imp Super		A
66	EBX 945D	Hillman	Imp		A		I have got it down as a Super...
67	461 JIK	Hillman	Imp		H	John Sheppard
68	JKE 887N	Sunbeam	Imp Sport		E	Ken & Gill Dunkley
69	KRR 300E	Hillman	Imp Californian		C
70	AMW 568B	Hillman	Imp Deluxe		A
71
72	UNW 362M	Hillman	Imp		B		(nog uit de Super map halen)
73	Q627 YNT	Clan	'Irish'		L
74
75	ROD 509R	Hillman	Imp Super		B
76	FGK 26J	Sunbeam	Sport		E	Nadine & Philip Mountain
77	EXF 517H	Hillman	Imp		B		I have got it down as a Sport
78	NUL 932L	Hillman	Imp		B		I have got it down as a Deluxe
79	SLM 784F	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F
80	AM-84-17	Ginetta	G15	rood	N	Edwin Hofstee
81
82	TJJ 882F	Hillman	Imp		A
83					X
84					X
85	MBH 62H	Singer	Chamois		D		It is not a coupé? I've got it down as a coupé
	OXJ 665H	Singer	Chamois		D
86					O
87	NYL 7L	Clan	Crusader		L
88	UYU 2F	Hillman	Imp		K
89	HRK 645K	Sunbeam	Sport		E
90	OTE 425G	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F	Gordon Ritchie
91	WVS 192	Hillman	Imp	white	A	Alan Ramsay	mistakenly down as a Super...
92	MMG 703C	Hillman	Imp		A	Brian Gray
93	TPD 434M	Hillman	Imp		B	Nicola Sephton
94	OOY 635L	Hillman	Imp		H	Andy Gill
95	OUC 915L	Ginetta	G15		N
96	FRW 304C	Sunbeam				Richard Claydon
		Sunbeam	Stiletto		F	Karen Claydon
97
98
99	HPB 600K	Hillman	Imp		B
100
101	BPE 194H	Hillman	Imp Super	brownish red	B
102						Graham Anderson
103	KER 392F	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F	Mark Ibbotson
	WBH 985E	Hillman	Imp Super		J	James Ibbotson
104
105	TMF 104F	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F
106
107	XWG 720	Hillman	Imp Deluxe		H
108
109
110	AM-82-83	Ginetta	G15		N	Ernst-Paul Keizer
111	G21 1	Hillman	Rally Imp		K
112	OYD 683F	Singer	Chamois		D	Leslie & Anne Human
113
114	GCH 551J	Hillman	Imp Super		B		I have it down as a Sport
115
116	JHR 859E	Singer	Chamois coupé		D
117	DPO 946L	Hillman	Imp Super		B	Steve & Sylvia Armitage
118	OAP 760F	Singer	Chamois Sport		D	Alex Knox
119	HET 62N	Clan	Crusader		L	James Orr
120					X
121
122	BTC 481E	Hillman	Imp MkII		A
123	LMV 335K	Hillman	Imp Super		H
124					X
125	66-76-GX	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F	Frank & Marrianne Schram
126
127	NSF 64G	Hillman	Imp Super	white			extra lights, blue and red accents; across the back silencer
128	EYU 897J	Sunbeam	Imp Sport		Z
129					X
130					X
131
132	RFL 661G	Hillman	Imp Super		B
133	OFN 446M	Hillman	Imp		B		I have it down as a Super
134	WAN 902M	Hillman	Imp Super		B
135	RLR 816E	Hillman	Imp		A		I have it down as a Super
136	HDF 932N	Hillman	Imp Super	light yellow	B		minilites;
137	UGW 617F	Hillman	Husky	pink/ magenta	G		a.k.a. FAB 1
	CAG 172C	Singer	Chamois	red	D
138	CAN 476C	Singer	Chamois		D
139	7711 VN93	Hillman	Imp Super		A	Andrew & Sylvie Webb
140
141	82-90-NS	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F	Hans Slenders
142	VWX 317L	Hillman	Imp		B
143	EBP 706H	Singer	Chamois Sport		D	Trevor Woods
144	VOV 760J	Ginetta	G15		N	Dave Lonsdale
145	ABH 675F	Sunbeam	Imp Sport		E
146	MNU 139J	Hillman	Imp		H		I have it down as a Super
147	JFD 328L	Ginetta	G15		N
148
149	APF 162H	Hillman	Imp Super		B
150
151	DSU 353G	Hillman	Imp Super				I have it down as an Imp Sport
152	XPA 175G	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F	Dom Smith
153					X
154	UWR 330L	Clan	Crusader		L	Chris Aiken
155	65 BRK	Hillman	Imp MkI		A	Colin Rooney	I have it down as an Imp Deluxe
156					X
157	89	Hillman	Imp			Adrian & Pauline Olivier	Sunday evening only (HSCC)
158	SPJ 141F	Hillman	Husky		F	Tim & Vanessa Sears
159					x
160					X
161	GDL 273D	Hillman	Imp Super		Z	Rob Cumberbatch
162					X
163					X
164	BEY 957C	Singer	Chamois	Foam Grey	Z	Dave Lane
165	71-48-RA	Sunbeam	Stiletto	white	F	Henk & Tineke Hol
166					X
167	UXG 853J	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F
168
169						Keith Lennox
170	CYX 123H	Singer	Chamois Sport		K
171					X
172	KHN 664D	Commer	Imp van		G	Nick Webb
173	SYA 61R	Hillman	Imp Deluxe	green metallic	B
174	XAG 620	Hillman	Imp		A
175					X
176	NDL 518G	Singer	Chamois		D
177
178	TKH 712H	Singer	Chamois		D
179	1-OAY-SSO	Sunbeam	Chamois		D
180	HOF 51L	Hillman	Imp Super		H
181	NLY 918F	Davrian	Mk6		M
182					X
183	NVX 664P				J	James & Vicky Williams
184	PMK 55E		Imp van		G
185	LLP 162K		Imp Super		B
186					O
187					X
188					X
189	XLH 728G	Hillman	Imp Mk II Deluxe		A	Dick & Chrissy Nikel	Oops, I have got it down as a Super
190					X
191					X
192	26-08-GS		Sunbeam Imp Deluxe		M	Pieter Posthuma
193	DAJ 599C	Hillman	Mk I		A
194	MAL 962K	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F
195
196	XTL 567H	Hillman	Imp		B
197	FUR 535K	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F		?? reg on a saloon
198	AC 541	Hillman	Imp Super		D		Irish
199	VTB 996M	Hillman	Imp Deluxe		B
	ONP 985E		Californian		C
200					x
201	ABP 229H	Hillman	Imp van		G
202
203					X
204	KVW 292K	Hillman	Husky		G
205	SEL 450H	Hillman	Imp Californian		C
206	HTU 795G	Singer	Chamois coupé		D
207
208					X
209
210
211
212
213	HBU 150	Hillman	Imp Super		J		mistakenly down as a Sunbeam Sport
	JXJ 175F	Hillman	Imp Super		J
	SBL 676G	Sunbeam	Stiletto		J
214	JCO 839E		Spring special
215	GAV	Clan				Clark Dawson
216
217	AWB 273M	Ginetta	G15		N
218
219	Q133 CRF	Clan	Irish		L
220
221
222	RPK 133F		Rootes Super Imp		H		no html yet, but different photos
223
224	SBZ 323	Sunbeam	Stiletto		F
225
226
227
228
229	ENL 3221	Ginetta	G15
230	G893 GNR	Clan	Irish		L
231	JKO 15N		Imp Super		H
232
233	307K	Clan
234		Clan
235
236
237
238
239
240
241
242
243
244
245
246
247		Commer	Imp van		Z
248	KFR 53F	Hillman	Imp		C
249
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The last few photos I take at Nationals always feel bittersweet. An end to a extended visit with friends.

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