An Austin Six saloon.
The Austin 16, or 16/6, was introduced in 1927 and was a mid-size, six cylinder vehicle, offered with a number of body styles. Unfortunately the photo below doesn't show the type of coachwork fitted to this particular example. Visible however is the early style of AA radiator badge, and a Calormeter (temperature gauge) fitted to the top of the radiator. The location of this sepia photograph is unknown. The engine in the 16/6 was a sidevalve unit of 2249cc. Unusually perhaps, the engine's timing chain was located at the rear of the block, a design feature shared with the larger '20'. Buyers could choose from the four door Berkeley, the Iver limousine, a 2 or 4 seat tourer, the Burnham fabric-bodied saloon, and the Six Westminster. Production of the Austin Six would last until 1936.
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