When the Hillman Imp was proudly made in Scotland
The Hillman Imp rolled off the production line for the first time this week in 1963.
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Coventry-based Rootes car manufacturers were given a handsome state subsidy to set up a plant at Linwood in Renfrewshire with the Hillman era becoming an essential chapter in Scotland’s industrial heritage.