1972 Austin 1300 GT MkIII [ADO16]

1972 Austin 1300 GT MkIII [ADO16] in サンダカン八番娼館望郷 (Brothel No. 8), Movie, 1974

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: MAL

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Author	Message
electra225 ◊ 2023-02-06 21:05	Austin 1300 GT
dsl ◊ 2023-02-06 21:21	Later colour - the choice was widened in Sept 70 for last year of Mk2 and continued thru Mk3. Austin or Morris is coin toss, ditto late Mk2 or Mk3, but I'll go Austin Mk3.
electra225 ◊ 2023-02-06 23:29	Please, dsl, tell me... is this a metallic colour ?
dsl ◊ 2023-02-06 23:47	I think so. Launch colours were only Bronze Yellow, Flame Red and Glacier White for both Austin (Longbridge builds) and Morris (Cowley builds). Morrises apparently had a smaller colour choice after the Sept 70 additions as Cowley could not offer as many as Longbridge.
dsl ◊ 2023-02-07 17:38	Digging a bit deeper, because any metallic GT feels odd - I don't remember them happening. I've got 2 ADO16 bibles, with some contradictions - one says builds were split as above - Austin-badged at Longbridge, Morris-badged at Cowley builds, but the other says all GT builds were Cowley, replacing their builds of Riley 1300 when it ended June 69. The everything-at-Cowley book lists 11 colours eventually available on Austin, but only 6 of those 11 on Morris. Which contradicts the idea that Cowley couldn't offer them all. But none of the 11 are metallics or silver, so this one - whatever its badges or date is a rare bird indeed.