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[chrscmbs]

Hello,

Please dont rack your brains on this one as It's just a fleeting thought, I have quite a few lol but what other cars, vans or what evers did Austin also do as well as the mighty Mini?

I know they did an maxi, metro and princess of the top of my head, but any other thoughts? reagrds

Chris.
Chrscmbs

Edited by chrscmbs, 07 April 2012 - 05:58 PM.

[Biggles!]

ok are you ready... I will stick to mini era cars -

1100 & 1300 (ADO16) Allegro all fwd like mini , 1800 (landcrab) 2200 (big landcrab) , 3 litre (big big landcrab) A30, A35, A40 various versions (Devon, Dorset, Farina), A50 & A55 & A60 saloons estates (aka Cambridge), A105 (aka Westminster), 1/4 ton van & pick up (morris minor rebadged) 1/2 ton van & P/U, J2 & J4 van, Maxi, Princess (wedge) 18/22 series (same wedge) Ambasador (wedge with hatch) Sherpa van.

Damn I know there are more but these are the ones that come to mind.

by the way I am not a car geek - I used to work for NZMC the New Zealand version of BMC who am I kidding I'm a car geek

Edited by Biggles!, 07 April 2012 - 06:15 PM.

[matt615]

They made quite a few cars other than Minis, as wikipedia will tell you:

• Small cars
  
  • 1910–11 Austin 7 hp
  • 1922–39 Austin 7
  • 1959–61 Seven, as BMC
  • 1961-69 Mini, as BMC
  • 1980–90 Metro, as Austin Rover
• Small family cars
  
  • 1911–15 Austin 10
  • 1932–47 Austin 10 hp
  • 1939–47 Austin 8 hp
  • 1951–56 A30
  • 1956–59 A35
  • 1956–62 A35 Countryman
  • 1954–61 Nash Metropolitan/Austin Metropolitan
  • 1958–61 A40 Farina Mk I
  • 1961–67 A40 Farina Mk II
  • 1963–74 1100
  • 1967–74 1300
  • 1973–83 Allegro

• Large family cars
  
  • 1906–07 Austin 25/30
  • 1907–10 Austin 18/24
  • 1908–11 Austin 40 hp
  • 1908–10 Austin 60 hp
  • 1913–14 Austin 15/20
  • 1914–16 Austin 30 hp
  • 1919–30 Austin Twenty
  • 1922–40 Austin "Heavy" 12
  • 1927–35 16/18 hp
  • 1927–39 Austin 20/6
  • 1931–36 Austin "Light" 12/6
  • 1933–39 Austin "Light" 12/4
  • 1937–39 Austin 14 hp
  • 1938–39 Austin 18 hp
  • 1939–47 Austin 12
  • 1945–49 Austin 16 hp
  • 1947–52 A40 Devon/Dorset
  • 1948–50 A70 Hampshire
  • 1950–54 A70 Hereford
  • 1952–54 A40 Somerset
  • 1954–58 A40/A50/A55 Cambridge
  • 1954–59 A90/A95/A105 Westminster
  • 1956–59 A95 Westminster Station wagon.
  • 1956–59 A105 Westminster
  • 1959–61 A55 Cambridge
  • 1959–61 A99 Westminster
  • 1961–69 A60 Cambridge
  • 1961–68 A110 Westminster
  • 1964–75 1800/2200 (ADO17)
  • 1967–71 3-Litre
  • 1969–81 Maxi 1500
  • 1975-75 1800/2200 (ADO71)
  • 1982–84 Ambassador
  • 1983–94 Maestro
  • 1984–94 Montego
• Limousines
  
  • 1939 Austin 28 hp
  • 1947–54 A110/A125 Sheerline
  • 1946–56 A120 Princess
  • 1947–56 A135 Princess
  • 1956–59 Princess IV
  • 1958–59 A105 Westminster Vanden Plas
• Sports cars
  
  • 1920–23 Austin 20 Sports Tourer
  • 1948–50 A90 Atlantic Convertible
  • 1949–52 A90 Atlantic Saloon
  • 1950–53 A40 Sports
  • 1953–56 Austin-Healey 100
  • 1958–70 Austin-Healey Sprite
  • 1959–67 Austin-Healey 3000
  • 1971 Austin Sprite
• Australian Austin cars
  
  • 1962–66 Austin Freeway
  • 1970–73 Austin Kimberley
  • 1958–62 Austin Lancer
  • 1970–73 Austin Tasman

[edit] Military vehicles

• WWI Austin Armoured Car
• WWII Austin Ten Utility Truck
• WWII Austin K2
• WWII Austin K4
• 1958–67 Austin Gipsy
• Austin Champ
• c. 1968 Austin Ant

[edit] Taxis

• 1929–34 High Lot
• 1934–39 Lowloader
• 1948–58 FX3
• 1958– FX4—London Taxi

[edit] Ambulances

• LD3
• WWII Austin K2

[Ryang556]

All you need is a montego!

[chrscmbs]

WOW

Thanks everyone. they did a lot lol

Chris.

[Cooperman]

Ah, the Austin-Healey 3000. Now that was some car. I have driven a few of those and my goodness they really are something, especially when fitted with a modified engine.

[Tanya]

This is the website for all things Austin - http://www.austinmem...o.uk/index.html and The Pride of Longbridge is the event for all things Austin - http://www.austinlon...deration.co.uk/.

[Dan]

Austin ceased to exist as a marque in 1969. Anything badged as Austin after that is not an Austin but an Austin Rover, which is another name for Leyland.

[surfblue63]

Austin ceased to exist as a marque in 1969. Anything badged as Austin after that is not an Austin but an Austin Rover, which is another name for Leyland.

Austin Rover did not exist until 1981
BMC became BLMC in 1969, then BL in 1975. Austin Rover was a subsiduary of BL. BL became the Rover Group in 1985, and Austin Rover lasted until 1989.

Austins made after 1969 included the 1100, 1300 range, Allegro, 1800 2200 range, Princess, Ambassador, Metro, Maestro and Montego.

Edited by surfblue63, 07 April 2012 - 10:30 PM.

[sledgehammer]

I still on occasion make assembly's for Leyland Trucks

they now make lorry bodies - not just the cab / chassis

part of the DAF group

[Ethel]

The Austin 7 was almost as ground breaking as the Mini, as we know the Mini was launched under the same name.

[hunterg30]

nearly all of them had another thing in common......they rusted away within a few years

[minimissionary]

But were then restored by nutjobs like us!

[CMXCVIII]

The Mini was a Morris, of course, not an Austin.

When Austin and Morris joined together in 1952 to form BMC, Alec Issigonis came from the Morris side of the fence where he'd already designed the Morris Minor long before he designed the Mini Minor.