If this is a Frazier-Nash, why does it have a Hillman badge above the grille? And I could swear the sheet under the wiper blade says “Hillman Aero Minx” on it!
Your eyesight is sharp as this does indeed say Hillman on the badge and also on the sheet.
However, the text under the photo actually refers to this as follows:
1935 Hillman Aero Minx Hillman made a few hundred of these more sporting versions of their successful Minx model between 1935 and 1936. They had 1185 c.c. side-valve 4-cylinder engines and eventually full synchromesh for the 4-speed gearbox, mounted in an underslung chassis.
The cars were not intended as sports cars but rather touring cars; however, some private owners used them in competitions, especially in the major trials that were so popular at the time – for example, three Golds and the Team Award were won in the 1934 MCC Welsh Rally and four Golds were scored in the 1935 London-Land’s End Trial.
If this is a Frazier-Nash, why does it have a Hillman badge above the grille? And I could swear the sheet under the wiper blade says “Hillman Aero Minx” on it!
Sir,
Your eyesight is sharp as this does indeed say Hillman on the badge and also on the sheet.
However, the text under the photo actually refers to this as follows:
1935 Hillman Aero Minx
Hillman made a few hundred of these more sporting versions of their successful Minx model between 1935 and 1936. They had 1185 c.c. side-valve 4-cylinder engines and eventually full synchromesh for the 4-speed gearbox, mounted in an underslung chassis.
The cars were not intended as sports cars but rather touring cars; however, some private owners used them in competitions, especially in the major trials that were so popular at the time – for example, three Golds and the Team Award were won in the 1934 MCC Welsh Rally and four Golds were scored in the 1935 London-Land’s End Trial.