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November 21 2013

10k: Hot Hatch: 1969 Austin America 600hp LT1 V8

DailyTurismo Uncategorized America, Austin, Chevy V8, V8 Swap 11

The Austin America was internally known as project ADO16 and was the platform for a family of larger than the Mini vehicles including the Austin 1100/1300, MG 1100/1300 and Morris 1100/1300. The ADO16 front drive machine was one of the best selling vehicles in the UK, and it was exported in decent quantities. But the […]

August 18 2013

5k: Like A Big Mini: 1969 Austin America

DailyTurismo Uncategorized America, Austin, BMC, Leyland 0

In the early 1960s Sir Alexander Arnold Constantine Issigonis was given a project from his bosses at BMC (British Motor Corp) with the internal and thoroughly unsexy name ADO16. This project would be the basis for a family of larger than the Mini vehicles including the Austin 1100/1300, MG 1100/1300 and Morris 1100/1300. Combined production […]