Tim Fry (25 August 1935 – 17 May 2004),
[ was an automotive engineer who, whilst in his twenties and working for the Coventry-based ]Rootes Group
The Rootes Group was a British automobile manufacturer and, separately, a major motor distributors and dealers business. From headquarters in the West End of London, the manufacturer was based in the English Midlands, Midlands and the distribu ...
, designed the Hillman Imp
The Hillman Imp is a small economy car that was made by the Rootes Group and its successor Chrysler Europe from 1963 until 1976. Revealed on 3 May 1963, after much advance publicity, it was the first British mass-produced car with the engine b ...
, in conjunction with Mike Parkes.[ He subsequently became chief engineer at Chrysler Rootes. He left Rootes and set up the industrial design consultancy Smallfry in 1971.]Prince Philip Designers Prize
The Prince Philip Designers Prize is an annual design recognition given by the Chartered Society of Designers and originally awarded by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921–2021).
It is the longest running design award in the United Kingdom, ...
for the Sea Truck In 1979.[
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Life
Fry died of cancer on 17 May 2004 in Rugby, Warwickshire
Rugby is a market town in eastern Warwickshire, England, close to the River Avon, Warwickshire, River Avon. At the 2021 United Kingdom census, 2021 census, its population was 78,117, making it the List of Warwickshire towns by population, secon ...
.[ He was married to Karin and had two daughters.]
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Obituary
''The Times
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'' (via The Imp Site)
British automotive engineers
1935 births
2004 deaths
Deaths from cancer in England
20th-century English businesspeople
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