These cars had their good and bad. After other Brit cars, they seemed a bit "tinny"; but that came with many modern cars as they tried to make them lighter and more fuel efficient. Dad bought a 69 GT in 74 or so; "cos his Dad had one" - the Hillmans his Dad had had were nothing like this! Twin carbs, alloy head, exhaust headers....... all my mates had Holden 6's, and while the odd carb variation was offered by Holden/Ford - everyone had to do it to those cars themselves - as factory option stuff was far too expensive for us. And woodgrain dash and full instruments. Dad got a bigger car (a Toyota Crown for $400!!!) as (while all my Uncles were "Holden/Ford" devotees;) Dad bought what was cheap. So Mum ended up with the Hunter GT. She LOVED it - and growing up it was the car I learned to drive in - and used to borrow when I came home on leave. We had it for almost 30 years - Mum did a zillion miles in it - only issue was clutch thrust bearing (Mum would ride the clutch, and graphite thrust bearing = doesn't mix. But try telling your Mum "how to drive" :-) ). Everything else just lasted forever. Finally sold it to a young Hillman club member - with NO RUST in it - but Dad just got sick of changing thrust bearings......... But performance wise mid 70's - (considering half the cars getting around still had 6's and drum front brakes!) was quite lively. I liked driving it.