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1946 Austin Sixteen [BS1] 
Ep. 1.06Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: 
![1946 Austin Sixteen [BS1]](i001263840.jpg)
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◊ 2019-05-16 14:57 |
European Ford? |
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◊ 2019-05-16 16:30 |
Austin 12/16hp? |
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◊ 2019-05-16 17:54 |
Rather odd. It appears to be the Austin, but the sidelights have been moved, the chrome bonnet handle is missing and the car looks too high on its springs. As it’s lhd and I cannot imagine anyone abroad wanting the glacially slow Twelve, let’s call it a Sixteen. No prewar Sixteens, so 1946+. These cars had the same power output as a Standard Vanguard, and while you wouldn’t be catching any Ford Pilots, they were reasonable enough performers in their time. |
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◊ 2019-05-16 22:17 |
However did this get into the USSR? Before the war there was a flurry of Western cars on Soviet streets, post WWII not so much. |
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◊ 2019-05-16 22:21 |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_convoys_of_World_War_II |
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◊ 2019-05-16 22:22 |
If it went on one of those convoys it must be an Austin Twelve. Perhaps the Russians were in no hurry to go anywhere. |
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◊ 2019-05-16 22:56 |
I am still a bit twitchy about this identification. It does look like an Austin Twelve/Sixteen, the doors are both hinged from the centre post, and the hinges are located at the correct heights, which are difficult to fake, but it just looks odd. Perhaps it’s the ride height and the lhd making it strange. |
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◊ 2019-05-16 23:05 |
![[Image: 4288_0.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/26849/4288_0.jpg) Looks like a match to me. It's just that the lack of spare parts throughout those years (it could be based on a different or even a custom-made chassis) makes it look slightly unusual. |
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◊ 2019-05-17 00:17 |
We had one in the family, GTX 299 (County Council of Glamorgan, June to Oct 1947), which preceded the two Armstrong Siddeleys and the Bentley which I still have. This must have been early 1950s, but I have this silly memory for such things even though I now struggle with what day of the week it is. -- Last edit: 2019-05-17 00:20:10 |
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