1961 Hillman Minx Series IIIb

1961 Hillman Minx Series IIIb in The Mark, Movie, 1961

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Built in: — Made for: IRL

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Author	Message
50sParis ◊ 2018-10-03 01:05	-- Last edit: 2018-10-03 01:15:22
dsl ◊ 2018-10-03 01:16	Minx 3a or 3b. My hunch is a 3b because I think the grille is stainless steel pressing instead of chromed - can't explain the difference clearly, but it looks slightly different and I always knew which was which when I helped my dad wash his sequence of Minxes.
dsl ◊ 2018-10-03 01:29	If plate is 299 LVP, it's a fake as this was a 1964 Birmingham series for goods vehicles. Seems also to be the plate used on the other Minx, so there's some mischief going on.
50sParis ◊ 2018-10-03 01:56	dsl wrote If plate is 299 LVP, it's a fake as this was a 1964 Birmingham series for goods vehicles. Seems also to be the plate used on the other Minx, so there's some mischief going on. Yes, they used the plates on two different cars
dsl ◊ 2021-02-04 16:28	Irish film with fake UK plates, so local build.
donnelt ◊ 2022-01-11 17:51	Plate also used in the movie Running Man on a different vehicle. Movie was made at Ardmore Wicklow.