Whatisthiscar #9 Solved 1954 Austin A20 - Lightweight 7

Started by neilshouse, February 27, 2009, 12:51:52 PM

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neilshouse

Do you know what this car is?
Apologies for the poor quality photo
Thanks for looking and good luck with your guesses.

neilshouse


Arunas


neilshouse


Arunas


neilshouse

Yes it was made in the 1950s.

Arunas

Three-wheeled by any chance?

neilshouse


D-type

Prototypefor the Austin A30?
Duncan Rollo

The more you learn, the more you realise how little you know.

neilshouse

Quote from: D-type on March 09, 2009, 03:15:51 PM
Prototypefor the Austin A30?
It's not, but you are onto something!

ImpishGrin

It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

neilshouse

Not a Standard Eight squeezed or otherwise, D-Type was much closer with his A30 prototype guess.

Otto Puzzell

I tweaked the brightness, etc. A bit more detail is visible here.
You wanna be the man, you gotta Name That Car!

neilshouse

Thanks Otto. I've just noticed that I have posted the photo as a mirror image, but as the car is symmetrical I don't think this is a problem!

ImpishGrin

It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

neilshouse


ImpishGrin

It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

neilshouse


Djetset

Could it be a very early prototype for the original Mini (a.k.a. Austin Seven)?  If it is, I've never seen it before!!
A car is for life, not just for Christmas.

ImpishGrin

Don't know, looks like an Austin A30 with Standard Eight's front end. That's all I can say.
It's not denial, I'm just very selective about the reality I accept.

neilshouse

It's not a prototype for the Mini.
It does share some bodywork with the A30.
I don't think it had an official name but was referred to by two different names when it was being developed and tested at Longbridge.

neilshouse


neilshouse

I've found a better quality picture of this one and a few more that may help in the solving of this puzzle.




and the engine!!

jimjarron

Is it a rejected proposal for what eventually became the Mini (i.e. ADO15)?  I know that a twin-cylinder air-cooled engine was tried out in the early stages but was rejected on the grounds of inferior economy, noise level, smoothness and engine life. I haven't however seen pictures of the cars, so I don't know if they closely resembled the Austin A35 or not.

max

One of the names of this prototype was the Austin A20.  The 500cc engine shown was designed by a Dr Joe Ehrlich.