The Austin A35 was a small family car that was sold by Austin from 1956 until 1968. The Austin A35 replaced the highly successful Austin A30. The name change reflected the larger and more powerful 34 hp (25 kW) A-Series inline-four engine, enabling a slightly higher top speed and better acceleration. The A30 and the […]
The Austin A30 was a small family car produced from May 1952 to September 1956. It was launched at the 1951 Earls Court Motor Show as the “New Austin Seven” and was Austin’s competitor with the Morris Minor. The body structure was a fully stressed monocoque chassis-less construction which made it lighter and stiffer than […]
The Austin 7 was a small British car built between 1922 and 1939. The first Saloon was built by The Gordon England Coachbuilders company and had a fabric body stretched onto a lightweight wooden frame which in turn was mounted to the chassis. The large windows were the inspiration for the name Sunshine The seats, […]
The Austin 7 was a small British car made from 1922 to 1939. It was to the UK what the Ford Model T was to the USA. Prior to the launch of the Austin 7 the company had only made big cars, so this was for them a big move. It started out as a […]
The Austin A90 Atlantic was a British car that was produced by the Austin Motor Company from 1949 to 1952. It was launched initially as a four-seat convertible IN 1949. A two-door coupé, marketed as the A90 Atlantic Sports Saloon was produced 1950 and 1952. The Atlantic was one of the first post-war cars engineered […]
Yesterday (15 Aug 2019) I re-posted a post about a really funny looking Land Rover. I asked the question “Is it real or is it Photo-shopped?” Joe Loedolff from Elgin in the Western Cape gave me the name – as above. Turns out it’s quite real. There is also a little urban legend in the […]
The Ford Consul Corsair (later known simply as the Ford Corsair), manufactured by Ford UK, is a midsize car that was available as either a saloon or estate from 1964 until 1970. There was also a convertible version built by Crayford Engineering, which is now very rare and highly sought after as a classic. Two-door […]
Berkeley Cars of Bedfordshire, England produced economical sporting microcars with motorcycle-derived engines from 322 cc to 692 cc and front wheel drive between 1956 and 1960. Berkeley Coachworks were at the time one of the largest manufacturers of caravans in Europe Entering the motorcar business was an ideal project for them as they had developed […]
Frikkie van Wijk has entered his 1961 Rover 100 which was one of a series of variants of the Rover P4. The P4 was produced by the Rover Company from 1949 until 1964. There were eight variants – The 60, 75, 90, 100, 105, 105 S, 105 R and the 110. The P4 range was […]
PART FRENCH, PART AMERICAN YET ALL BRITISH The Rolls Royce Silver Shadow was built from 1965 to 1980. It replaced the Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. In that time only one major upgrade was done (1976) but the Mk I and Mk II were essentially the same. Minor changes to the bumpers and the area around the […]