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The Austin 8 is a small car which was produced by Austin between 1939 and 1948.. Launched on 24 February 1939, [3] production continued into the war until 1943. Approximately 9,000 - 9,500 of the wartime Austin models were two-seater military 8AP tourers produced for the armed services and government, and the rest were four light saloons, six light saloons, two and four seater tourers and vans.
Like the Devin D, it was offered as a component car in kit form with a painted body already bonded to the frame, laminated windshield, and doors and deck lids already attached or as a completed car built by Devin Enterprises. The Devin C was priced at US$2500.00 in kit form or US$4500.00 for a fully assembled car. [1]: 64
Type of body Cyl. Disp. Sold From To; 25/30 hp: Open tourer Clément-Gladiator motorcar assembled for financier Du Cros with different ("Austin") radiator: 4 5,182 67 1906 1907 15/20 hp: 4 4,151 4 1906 1906 18/24 hp: Limousine, Phaeton, Cabriolet, s.w.b. Ranelagh 2-seater with dickey seat 4 4,399 1,575 1907 1913 40 hp: Endcliffe, York 4 5,843 ...
A company named "Fibre Fab" was established in the UK in 1970 that produced fiberglass body kits for Volkswagen chassis. Despite the similar name, they were not related in any way to Fiberfab in the US or any of its foreign branches. Fibre Fab was founded by partners Robert Taylor, Anthony Hill, and Trevor Pym in Crowthorne, Berkshire.
In 1952, Austin entered into another agreement with Datsun for assembly of 2,000 imported Austins from "knock-down kits", to be sold in Japan under the Austin trademark. The agreement called for Nissan to make all Austin parts locally within three years, a goal Nissan met. Nissan produced and marketed Austins for seven years.
Body kit components are designed to complement each other and work together as a complete design, but often owners will 'mix and match' pieces from different body kits. Automotive body kits are usually constructed of either fiberglass, polyurethane, or in some cases metal or carbon fiber. Fiberglass is cheap and widely available, although it ...
See Austin A40 for other A40 models and Austin A40 Sports for the sports car version of the Devon.. The A40 Devon (and similar 2-door A40 Dorset) are automobiles that were marketed by Austin from 1947 to 1952 – the first post-war saloons to be produced by Austin – featuring a mix of old and new technologies.
Austin produced two chassis for the Austin Sheerline and the Austin Princess. [ 10 ] Initially only a saloon version on a 9-foot-11¼-inch (3 metre) wheelbase chassis was made, but this was joined by a limousine version in late 1949 [ 11 ] on a stretched 11 ft (3.3 metre) chassis available for use by coachbuilders for conversion to an ambulance ...