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130 Austin 12/4. Landaulet (1927) YF 5291 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Austin 12/4 (1921-39) Engine 1631cc Production 69,444 (all 12/4 until end of 1930) (1926) Engine 1660cc (20bhp) Production 69,444 (all 12/4 until end of 1930) Registration Number YF 5291 (London) AUSTIN SET www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623759808208... The Austin 12 was introduced in 1921 as the second of Herbert Austin's post World War I models and was in many ways a scaled-down version of his Austin Twenty, introduced in 1919. The number 12 is a reference to the cars fiscal horse power (12.8) rather than its brake horsepower (bhp) which was 20 and later 27. Initially available as a tourer, by 1922 three body styles were offered: the four-seat tourer, the two/four-seater (both at 550 GBP) and the coupé at 675 GBP. The car enjoyed success throughout the vintage era with annual sales peaking at 14,000 in 1927. While the mechanical specification changed little (the engine increased from 1661 cc to 1861 cc in 1926), many body styles were offered with saloons becoming more popular as the twenties drew to a close. The car continued in the Austin catalogue and as a taxi option until 1939. The last cars were produced for the War Department in 1940. After the early thirties the car was referred to by the public as the Heavy Twelve to distinguish it from the other, newer, 12HP cars in the Austin catalogue Light Twelve-Four, Light Twelve-Six etc. and received some updating. The artillery style wheels were replaced by wire wheels in 1933 and coil ignition replaced the magneto in 1935. The gearbox was provided with synchromesh between its top two ratios in 1934. The factory catalogued body range was steadily updated After the war the Austin Twelve name resumed in the Austin catalogue for a couple of years until the arrival in 1947 of the Austin A40 Dorset and Devon saloons. Today, the Austin Twelve is remembered as being virtually unburstable and is well catered for by the Vintage Austin Register in the UK and various other clubs in other parts of the world. Diolch am 95,883,085 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 95,883,085 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 07.08.2022, at the VSCC Prescott Speed Hill Climb, Prescott, Gloucestershire REF 162-130

008 Austin Twenty (20/6) Ranelagh (Landaulette) Limousine (1930) VX 4775 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Austin Twenty (20/6) Limousine (1925-32) Engine 3397cc S6 Registration Number VX 4775 (Essex) AUSTIN ALBUM www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623759808208... Austin Twenty was a large car introduced by Austin after the end of the First World War, in April 1919 and continued in production until 1930. After the Austin 20/6 model was introduced in 1927, the first model was referred to as the Austin 20/4. The car that was destined to succeed the Twenty, the six-cylinder 20/6, was announced at the October 1926 London Motor Show. with production really starting in early 1928, and until 1930 the two different engines were sold alongside each other, but 1929 would be the last year of full production for what was now called the 20/4. The 20/6 was powered by a 3,397 cc (207 cu in) Straight-six with a twelve volt electrical system for lighting and starting. From the 1929 Motor Show improvements included chromium-plated exterior fittings, Triplex glass, improved (dome type) front mudguards For 1930 the specification included Biflex magnetic dip and switch headlights and wire wheel The 20/6 Ranelagh limousine or landaulette was top of the revised range with an asking price of £675 Diolch am 97,098,391 o olygfeydd anhygoel, mae pob un yn cael ei werthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 97,098,391 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 21.08.2022, at Lupin Farm, Kings Bromley, Staffordshire REF 163-008

380 Rolls Royce Silver Wraith (1953) NXY 4 by Robert Knight Via Flickr: Rolls Royce Silver Wraith (1946-58) Engine 4566c S6 IOE Production 1144 (all bodies) Body H J Mulliner Registration Number NXY 4 (London) ROLLS ROYCE ALBUM www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623690651737... The Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith was the first post-war Rolls-Royce. It was made from 1946 to 1958 as only a chassis at the company's Crewe factory, its former Merlin engine plant, alongside the shorter Bentley Mark VI. The Bentley was also available as a chassis for coachbuilders, but for the first time could be bought with a Rolls-Royce built Standard Steel body. The use of the name Wraith coincided with the established tradition of naming models after ghosts The straight six-cylinder post-war engine, which had been briefly made for the aborted by war Bentley Mark V, replaced conventional overhead valve gear with an F-head configuration of overhead inlet valves and side exhaust valves and reshaped combustion chambers. There were new main and big-end bearings and a more efficient drive to the timing gear. Rolls-Royce added chromed bores. Initially, this engine retained the Mark V's capacity of 4,257 cc, increased in 1951 to 4,566 cc and from 1955, after the introduction of the (standard wheelbase) Silver Cloud, to 4,887 cc The first cars had an entirely new and more rigid chassis. It matched the new Bentley chassis but with an extra 7 inch section added to the centre. The new chassis had coil sprung independent front suspension, which required a very rigid chassis to function properly, and at the rear conventional semi-elliptic springs and live axle. The braking system was a hydro-mechanical hybrid of hydraulic fronts and mechanical rears using the mechanical servo similar to that of the pre-war cars. The last short-wheelbase cars were delivered in November 1953. The long, 133 inch (3378 mm), wheelbase chassis was announced in 1951 and the first delivered in January 1952. 639 were made by the time of the last deliveries in October 1958. From 1949 until 1955 customers wishing to buy a Rolls-Royce fitted with a much smaller standard steel body could purchase the Silver Dawn. It rode on a chassis seven inches shorter than the Silver Wraith, and was almost identical to Rolls-Royce's Bentley Standard Steel saloon available alongside the Silver Wraith since July 1946. Diolch am 99,288,065 o olygiadau gwych, mae pob un ohonynt yn cael eu gwerthfawrogi'n fawr. Thanks for 99,288,065 amazing views, every one is greatly appreciated. Shot 09.10.2022, at Bicester Heritage, Autumn Scramble, Bicester Aerodrome, Bicester, Oxon 166-380