Posted 24th of July 2015 to the Southland Times Newspaper Invercargill NZ
Selling to Iran: by A Nicholson
Not many Young People today know what a Hillman Hunter is unless their Granddad had one but they use to be a Common Car on our Roads from the late 60s to the 80s
July 21st your article ran about selling to Iran and how they still make outdated Peugeot Powered Hillman Hunters there called Khodro Paykans.
I have a couple dead Hillman Hunters at the Manapouri Motor Camp and one day an English Chap came in at started reminiscing about them. Turns out he worked for a Firm called “Pressed Steel”
And designed the Rear Panels on the Hunter (apparently Hillman Got the Side Panel Dyes off of Ford for a bargain).
Years Later He had been asked to take a more modern Car to Iran to see if it could maybe replace the Hunter, but it turned out because of the Road Conditions and the widely varying altitudes of Roadways the Modern Car cold not perform properly with it’s Modern Carburetion and the Rough Roads made the Plastic Componants Fall off !
Another-wards the Hunter was “overbuilt” but in Iran it needed to be. Ironically over in Africa we would be wise to bring back the Model T, after all old Henry Ford knew about robust simple design.
I guess It is good to keep in mind that the complex “needs” of our Culture are not universal when we set off to trade.
Selling to Iran: by A Nicholson
Not many Young People today know what a Hillman Hunter is unless their Granddad had one but they use to be a Common Car on our Roads from the late 60s to the 80s
July 21st your article ran about selling to Iran and how they still make outdated Peugeot Powered Hillman Hunters there called Khodro Paykans.
I have a couple dead Hillman Hunters at the Manapouri Motor Camp and one day an English Chap came in at started reminiscing about them. Turns out he worked for a Firm called “Pressed Steel”
And designed the Rear Panels on the Hunter (apparently Hillman Got the Side Panel Dyes off of Ford for a bargain).
Years Later He had been asked to take a more modern Car to Iran to see if it could maybe replace the Hunter, but it turned out because of the Road Conditions and the widely varying altitudes of Roadways the Modern Car cold not perform properly with it’s Modern Carburetion and the Rough Roads made the Plastic Componants Fall off !
Another-wards the Hunter was “overbuilt” but in Iran it needed to be. Ironically over in Africa we would be wise to bring back the Model T, after all old Henry Ford knew about robust simple design.
I guess It is good to keep in mind that the complex “needs” of our Culture are not universal when we set off to trade.
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