Is that not an MGC (6 cylinder inline engine)? The V8 I had didn't have a "bump" in the bonnet....
It seems to me that the truly important cars are the every day models like this Nissan Micra. Built in plants around the world, 2,368,704 Micras were produced by the Sunderland factory alone since 1992. That's what I call a classic car...
My dad also one of those, in black, (as well as the beige Marina). I think his Minx was a "van der plas" I was forever getting told off for opening and closing the drinks tray in the back of his seatYou'll just have to make do with an "Audax" Hillman Minx, of which there were rather more than 350,000 made in Britain alone (they were also built in Australia and Japan)...
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That's unlikely. In the UK, Vanden Plas was associated with the Roots Group's main competitor, The BMC group. Lots more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanden_PlasI think his Minx was a "van der plas"