Showing posts with label Austin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austin. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 21, 2026

Buster Keaton and his Austin Coupe, 1930

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https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-images-to-relieve-some-of-the-stress/page/107 1932 https://forums.aaca.org/topic/341211-period-i...
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Sunday, September 14, 2025

it was over the moment it began, the kid in the blue car was in about 7th position on the grid, and was off to the fast start, instantly took 1st, and held it to the finish line

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Sunday, August 10, 2025

very cool to bring an old taxi, and suitcases to sell the idea!

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  https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=3677483492556322&set=pcb.2055847334824357
Saturday, August 02, 2025

a good looking little car, 1949 Austin Atlantic

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  https://www.mecum.com/lots/1151431/1949-austin-atlantic-convertible/?aa_id=704024-0
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Tuesday, June 03, 2025

I already forgot the year, I think it was 54, but I was surprised to see this nicely restored Austin at the Steve McQueen car show

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Thursday, December 14, 2023

in 1981, the Muppets' Cab was in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day parade. 1959 Austin A35

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https://macysthanksgiving.fandom.com/wiki/The_Muppets https://breezewiki.com/muppet/wiki/Macy%27s_Thanksgiving_Day_Parade http://platypuscom...
Friday, November 17, 2023

1963 Austin Champ. 1/4 ton 4 x 4 with a Rolls Royce designed engine (I've never heard of or seen one until now)

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https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3188074151498991/?ref=browse_tab&referral_code=marketplace_top_picks&referral_story_type=t...
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Thursday, June 29, 2023

in the movie RRR (incredible dance scene by the way) they had a great little green car, 1931 Austin 7

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great motorcycle, a BSA M20   and this scene had an incredible motorcycle repair alley https://stories.parkplus.io/rrr-movie-cars-and-bikes/
Sunday, March 13, 2022

I posted about Rowland Emett a couple years ago.... I thought I'd done a thorough job, but now I learn he painted on his nephew's Austin

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Frederick Rowland Emett OBE was one of the few wonderful quirky eccentric goofy geniuses that make this hobby a genuine pleasure.  He was a ...
Tuesday, February 08, 2022

I often ponder, what was the owner thinking about, the day they parked a car and walked away from it that last time. Did they intend to return, or were they abandoning a car they didn't think they could sell?

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 location unknown, commentors at the source of this photo say it's an Austin A40 Somerset https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2022/02/w...
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Saturday, January 22, 2022

1954 Austin Somerset gasser "Dragnasty" pulls a 9.50 in the 1/4 mile

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https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/austin-somerset-gasser-build-dragnasty.859106/page-53
Wednesday, March 13, 2019

the 1920s Austin was really well built, engineered and designed, and was selling so well, that it was licensed/franchised and built and sold at BMW Nixi, Rosengart, and American Austin. Even Nissan copied it

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in 1927 BWM introduced something new: the Dixi DA-1 3/15, a license-built copy of the Austin Seven. Hard to imagine now, but the cute...
Friday, October 26, 2018

1934 American Austin with a portable distributor tuner

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http://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/item/zoom/29326 https://libwww.freelibrary.org/digital/collection/home/page/402/id/au...
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Antarctic Expedition Austin... 1st I've ever heard of that!

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1930  Bantam Austin Returns with Wilkins From the Antarctic This "seagoing" Bantam car, which is shown parked under the win...
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Sunday, December 03, 2017

Austin A-40 during its 'Round the World in Thirty Days' challenge in June 1951.

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https://www.flickr.com/photos/69559277@N04/23737094938/
Monday, September 18, 2017

Goodwood Revival 2017

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http://st.automobilemag.com/uploads/sites/11/2017/09/Goodwood-Revival-69.jpg The J40 was born out of the car manufacturer Austin’s des...
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Monday, June 12, 2017

Herbert Austin's original Austin Seven, including its engine, was designed by eighteen-year-old Stanley Edge.

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http://austinbantamclub.com/questions_answers.html The American Austin / Bantam was given new streamlined designs from Alexis deSahknoffs...
Friday, February 10, 2017

1950 Austin A90 Atlantic Convertible

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Monday, October 10, 2016

Last week someone really loved the kids in the tiny Austin cars at Goodwood, and here is the link to the story about them and a gallery from Goodwood

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http://johnstraub.blogspot.com/2013/11/being-kid.html#more
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Tuesday, January 26, 2016

1950 Austin A 90 Atlantic

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