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Re: Austin America, Austin 3-Litre etc. etc.

To: David Knowles <dknowles@uk.b-r.com>, mgs <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Subject: Re: Austin America, Austin 3-Litre etc. etc.
From: The Richards <smrm@coastalnet.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 1997 07:16:34 -0500
At 10:29 AM 9/23/97 +0100, you wrote:
>The Austin America was a 1,275 c.c. front wheel drive two-door saloon
>with standard 4-speed Automotive-Products automatic transmission.
  Is this right? Most of the A-As I saw were manuals. Perhaps the manual was
standard in US since it offered better performance in American driving
conditions?

 >It was replaced in the BL line up by the Austin Marina (Morris Marina
outside North America) which was launched in the UK in 1971 and the USA in
February 1973.

 These cars, in the States at least, must have set some sort of record for
dealership to junkyard time. I've never seen a car disappear from the roads
so quickly!

Michael, New Bern, NC


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