Where to Pick up a Lovely Little Hillman Minx in Shanghai?

I have a certain fondness for the Hillman Minx as it was my dad’s first car (admittedly a lot later than the one below – a 1960s Series V). The first Hillman Minx was produced in England in 1932 and here’s an advert for the car in 1934 Shanghai so one of the initial models. I always wonder why anyone bought a British car in Shanghai when American and French ones were available. I mean, come on – I bow to no one in my patriotism for the British car industry but honestly….a Cadillac or a Voisin would be better. Still a Hillman Minx was not too shabby and Fraser Motor’s out on the Great Western Road (Yannan Road West) had a bunch for you see and try – and don’t forget (as many people identifying pictures and making films of old Shanghai invariably do) the city’s International Settlement correctly drove on the left until 1945 (when the GI’s couldn’t handle it and switched it over – Shanghai’s roads have been chaos ever since!!) s0 British cars, being left had drive, had a certain advantage.