The Austin Twelve-Six Sport from 1930 - the oldest vehicle at the Winter Raid 2011
Summary
The Austin Twelve-Six with chassis number C1197 (registration SV 8805) is demonstrably one of the rare pre-production chassis that were manufactured in December 1930 and then exported to Australia uncrated. This procedure was common at the time in order to avoid import taxes. The pre-production series of 14 chassis was codenamed "Clifton" within the factory. This is where the "C" that precedes the chassis number comes from.
This article contains the following chapters
- History - from England to Australia and back
- Some technical specialties
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The Austin Twelve-Six with chassis number C1197 (registration SV 8805) is demonstrably one of the rare pre-production chassis that were manufactured in December 1930 and then exported to Australia uncrated. This procedure was common at the time in order to avoid import taxes. The pre-production series of 14 chassis was codenamed "Clifton" within the factory. This is where the "C" that precedes the chassis number comes from. The pre-series vehicles differ from those of the production series in 3 characteristics: These features prove that SV 8805 is one of the 14 rare pre-production vehicles built in 1930. For this reason, the Austin also received a VSCC pass.
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