Hillman

Hillman is a name in the motorworld from my teenage years and early Twenties. I remember the Hillman Avenger and the Hillman Hunter. The former was an awful car but the latter superb. I remember driving them both. I don't know which Hillman is in the photograph but no doubt someone is going to tell me.

Hillman is a British automobile marque created by the Hillman Motor Car Company, founded in 1907. The company was based in Ryton-on-Dunsmore, near Coventry, England. Before 1907 the company had built bicycles. Although the Hillman company was acquired by Humber in 1929, Hillman was used as the primary marque of the Rootes Group from 1931, following its acquisition of Humber, until 1967, when Chrysler in turn took over Rootes. The marque continued to be used under Chrysler until 1976.