I live near a Hillman guru. You can reach him via his e-mail at:
pdbragg@charm.net
(you'll have to manually re-type this, since the "at" sign does not show up properly here.
Or you can see his website
~HERE~
I usually run into him and his Minx at our local cruise night in the Summer months (I bring my MGB...we're usually the only Brit cars in attendance).
I owned a '51 Minx (with the old flathead four) over 40 years ago. And I've owned a Plymouth Cricket (based on the Sunbeam or Hillman Avenger). Rootes sold the tooling for the Avenger to Iran many years ago. They renamed it the Paykan. For many years, the Paykan was the most popular car in Iran.
Don't forget that there are a number of rear-engined Sunbeams and Hillmans too. These are the "Imps". Neat cars.....sort of a rear engined Mini.