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1931 American Austin roadster. The American Austin Car Company Inc. was an American automobile manufacturing corporation incorporated in the state of Delaware. The company was founded on February 23, 1929, [1] and produced motorcars licensed from the British Austin Motor Company from 1930 through 1934, after it had filed for bankruptcy protection.
The Austin marque started with the Austin Motor Company, and survived a merger with the Nuffield Organization to form the British Motor Corporation, incorporation into the British Leyland Motor Corporation, nationalisation as British Leyland (BL) forming part of its volume car division Austin Morris later Austin Rover, and later privatisation as part of the Rover Group and was finally phased ...
Chevrolet Eagle (1933), to become Chevrolet Master (1933–1942) Chevrolet Mercury (1933) Chevrolet Suburban (1933-1940) Chrysler Royal (1933-1936) DeSoto Airflow (1933–1936) Ford Deluxe Model 40-720 Coupe (1933-1934) Studebaker Land Cruiser (1933-1936) Willys 77 (1933–1942)
Endeavour is a J-class yacht built for the 1934 America's Cup by Camper and Nicholson in Gosport, England.She was built for Thomas Sopwith who used his aviation design expertise to ensure the yacht was the most advanced of its day with a steel hull and mast. [1]
The 1934 America's Cup was the 15th challenge for the Cup. It took place in Newport and consisted of a series of races between the defender Rainbow , entered by a syndicate of New York Yacht Club members headed by Harold S. Vanderbilt , and Endeavour , owned by Sir Thomas Sopwith .
The first name for this car was Austin Sixteen Light Six. In 1930 Light Six was dropped and it was an Austin Sixteen. From 1933 it was deemed necessary to offer an 18 hp engine at no extra charge, in mid 1937 this car's body was replaced by a new shape only available with the 18 hp engine and known as an Austin Eighteen.
An increased 65.5 mm bore, larger capacity 1711 cc option was available at no extra charge from August 1933. [4] Further details of these engines are in the panels at the right. A three-speed gearbox was supplied at first but a new four-speed Twin-Top [note 1] version was an option from 1932 and became standard in 1933. A new synchromesh ...
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