Showing posts with label Austin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austin. Show all posts

Monday, January 22, 2024

Austin

The Austin was made in the United Kingdom, but some were made in Australia from 1949 until 1966 (as BMC - see separate post), including - 

Austin A40 - Devon; Ute
Austin A50
Austin A55
Austin A60 - Cambridge
Austin Lancer
Austin Freeway
Austin 1100 - Goliath
Austin 1800 - Mark II; Ute
Austin Kimberley
Austin Tasman
See above models in separate posts. 
Austin 1800's where sometimes referred to as "landcrabs", presumably as were lower to the ground than other road cars of the day.

Also, Austin UK sent chassis to Australia from 1924 until 1937 and Australian manufactures such as Holden built the bodies.

Austin (1927) (Holden body)
Size: 123mm x 40mm

From Horse to Horsepower 

The Austin 7 & Austin 8 were not made in Australia, but some were modified in Australia, so that makes them "Australian"!

Austin 7 - 2001_Unique Cars

Austin 8 - 15 September 1947 Australian Motor Sports

Austin 7 - 1986 Sports Car World

Austin 7 Special

Sunshine

Sunshine Motors was started by HV McKay  from the  suburb of Sunshine, in Melbourne , Victoria  and was a switch from making agricultural ma...