You may have heard of Derek Hambly who revived the good old GTM as the Hambly Coupe in 2016 as a retirement project and who'd built a number of cars since (more here). Latest is a stunning reincarnation of 'LLG 187G', which may be better known as The Green Mean Machine to you, or the very first car built by Howard Heerey back in 1969 (more here).
When I saw a picture of the car at the Stoneleigh show at the end of August I knew I wanted to see it in the flesh, so it was good to be over in the UK once again last week. Derek and his little team were happy to have me and show me around, take lots of pictures of their latest car and have a cup of tea. Thank you guys! I will write a more comprehensive article about Hambly Cars and 'LLG' later.
The Hambly Cars dream team. Left to right: Edward, Anna Maria and Derek
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The Green Mean Machine is back now, thanks to Derek Hambly and his team
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The car has become a real stunner with great attention to detail thanks to its owner
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Correct badging, only the paint colour is different, now a Corvette metallic green
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10" Dunlop D1 wheels, Fiat 850 rear lights, even number plates of the correct type
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The engine is a 1275, originally it was an 'S' with twin SUs and hot cam set at 7,000rpm
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Interior looks great, too, in all its simplicity and period correct-ness
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Derek Hambly in his workshop. He and his little team do and make just about anything themselves
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Another early car that is now ready to be built. Note original chassis behind it
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Derek had just come from the local circuit of Brands Hatch where he'd been racing his own car
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