1968 Austin 1100 Mk1 (Take 2)

[SiC]

Gotta love an A-series
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Sat outside the garage now waiting for it to fumigate.

[richardthestag]

3 months? I would stick the key in and just start it. nearly 3 years and old red shed needed not a lot more

Yours does sound sweet though sir. The running gear on these was bullet proof, fret not

[SiC]

3 months? I would stick the key in and just start it. nearly 3 years and old red shed needed not a lot more

Yours does sound sweet though sir. The running gear on these was bullet proof, fret not

This after just over 3 months with the B-Series in my MGB for comparison and what I expect from BMC designs!
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[richardthestag]

3 months? I would stick the key in and just start it. nearly 3 years and old red shed needed not a lot more

Yours does sound sweet though sir. The running gear on these was bullet proof, fret not

This after just over 3 months with the B-Series in my MGB for comparison and what I expect from BMC designs!
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I like your B Simon, I get a feeling for cars and yours gave me good vibes when I saw it around this time last year. In fact it rejuvenated my desire for a BGT.... you git

That car should be such that you could jump into and drive for 200 miles without a second thought! It is a good car and your ADO will be another

[mercrocker]

A happy and complete life is having at least two cars. One of which should be A-series powered and another with a B.

Perfect!

[SiC]

It's a shame they didn't do a 1275cc A-series with two extra pots on the end and put it in the MGB. 2l 6cyl would have been a nice old lump and completion for the GT6.

[mercrocker]

Ford went that route quite effectively with their old in-line Zephyr 4 and Zodiac lumps. Made production engineering sense too with all those common components....

[LynehamHerc]

If I remember correctly the A series lasted far longer than expected, just like the classic mini, so I guess any plans to do that would have been applied to one of its aborted successors.
As Triumph apparently had more clout than MG I wouldn't see them letting a GT6 competitor being approved.

[mercrocker]

True, but in 1965 just prior to the GT coming out it might have stolen a lead on the GT6.....Or even earlier and saved the embarrassment of the Twin Cam!

[LynehamHerc]

Yeah, I was thinking of it being done later than that. That timing would have probably resulted in no C series MGC but a better car with similar power.
Wasn't the Twin Cam eventually sorted out, pretty much the same as the Stag V8 finally was ?