Rick soils himself by his disdain. The Austin 1300/America was and can continue
to be a great pal of a car. If you can live with (and forgive) the engineering
and componentry of your MG and Healeys, it's against your own that you put down
the AA. It's just a bigger Mini and, with attention to the motor, goes very
well.
I have a 69 AA and it will run again, when I find time not working on my 71
Midget and 72 Mini pickup. The AA has the best ride of any small sedan because
of the hydrolastic suspension. The interchangeability of the parts really helps
for an old mini racer. With a little cutting, the 45DCOE and LCB fit just fine.
David McCartney
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HealeyRic2@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 10/23/00 6:44:10 PM, HealeyRic2 writes:
>
> <<In a message dated 10/22/00 8:39:31 PM, ryan_marro@hotmail.com writes:
>
> <<He has a 1969 Austin America.
> Anybody out there have one/seen one? When he first got it (he actually
> bought two and made one good one from the two)>>
>
> I beg to differ. I don't think the equation of 1 bad Austin America + 1 bad
> Austin America = 1 good Austin America is correct. Shouldn't it be >>
>
> Doh! As I was saying, shouldn't the equation be 1 good Austin America = All
> the Austin
> Americas in the Universe divided by zero. (I had so many years of math profs
> telling me that division by zero is impossible, I'll never get it out of my
> mind!"
>
> As far as workshop manuals goes, I still like the old Clymer manuals.
> They're a paperback, about 400 pages long and include the drivers manual and
> tuning tips. Mine is from the '70s and they turn up on Ebay every so often
> for $5-15 bucks.
>
> Rick
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