{"id":6,"date":"2018-09-08T16:28:54","date_gmt":"2018-09-08T16:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/?page_id=6"},"modified":"2022-08-17T15:55:48","modified_gmt":"2022-08-17T15:55:48","slug":"about-my-hillman-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/about-my-hillman-story\/","title":{"rendered":"About My Hillman: The Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>My family&#8217;s first second car,&nbsp; sometime in the mid 60s, was a red and white Hillman Minx .&nbsp; My father liked it because it was small and it had 4 doors which was\/is important for a family with three kids!&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My husband&#8217;s first car was a 1967 Sunbeam Alpine. We still drive one of those.&nbsp; Who knew that both are from the Rootes Group marque!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We got our 1960 Hillman Minx IIIA Deluxe August 29, 2018.\u00a0 Found in Florida and shipped by <a href=\"https:\/\/shipacardirect.com\/\">ShipACarDirect. <\/a>A totally satisfying experience! They kept in touch throughout the process. I highly recommend them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to the<a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/previous-listings-of-this-car\/\"> previous listings of this car<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We want the car to be ready to take to the <a href=\"https:\/\/teae.org\">TEAE<\/a>-sponsored Rootes United XXXVII in Long Island, NY.&nbsp; Barely 2 1\/2 weeks since it arrived. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This site is meant to be a collection of things we&#8217;ve learned and sources we&#8217;ve found.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hopefully you&#8217;ll find something useful here.  And <a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/\">follow along with our story. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-3 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-600x800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-600x800.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"124\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/about-my-hillman-story\/img-0879\/\" class=\"wp-image-124\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-263x350.jpg 263w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-1200x1600.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0879-scaled.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 85vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-650x488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"125\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/about-my-hillman-story\/img-0880\/\" class=\"wp-image-125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0880-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 85vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-650x488.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" src=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"126\" data-link=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/about-my-hillman-story\/img-0882\/\" class=\"wp-image-126\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-350x263.jpg 350w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-0882-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 650px) 85vw, 650px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kerch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My family&#8217;s first second car,&nbsp; sometime in the mid 60s, was a red and white Hillman Minx .&nbsp; My father liked it because it was small and it had 4 doors which was\/is important for a family with three kids!&nbsp; My husband&#8217;s first car was a 1967 Sunbeam Alpine. We still drive one of those.&nbsp; &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/about-my-hillman-story\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;About My Hillman: The Story&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":356,"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6\/revisions\/356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kerchmcconlogue.com\/1960-hillman\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}