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Rick Site Admin
Joined: 27 Apr 2005 Posts: 22439 Location: UK
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Posted: Sun Nov 01, 2020 12:06 pm Post subject: Austin A60 steering faults back in the day? |
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Here's an unusual query that arrived to the OCC "helpdesk" yesterday, can anyone offer any thoughts? Was there a model-wide issue with the steering on big Farinas, or was this probably just a one-off problem?
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This is a bit of a long shot, but I wonder if anyone remembers.
In 1964 my Father was unexpectedly issued with a company car, a grey Austin A60 Cambridge. This had been predicted some months earlier by an elderly aunt who attended séances, with a warning that the car would have a dangerous fault on the steering. A few days after taking delivery my father received a letter instructing him that his next journey was to be to the BMC dealership to have a fault on the steering rectified.
I have left it a bit late to ask if anyone remembers what the fault was, but someone may. _________________ Rick - Admin
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Ray White
Joined: 02 Dec 2014 Posts: 6304 Location: Derby
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Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2020 8:54 pm Post subject: Re: Austin A60 steering faults back in the day? |
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Rick wrote: | Here's an unusual query that arrived to the OCC "helpdesk" yesterday, can anyone offer any thoughts? Was there a model-wide issue with the steering on big Farinas, or was this probably just a one-off problem?
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This is a bit of a long shot, but I wonder if anyone remembers.
In 1964 my Father was unexpectedly issued with a company car, a grey Austin A60 Cambridge. This had been predicted some months earlier by an elderly aunt who attended séances, with a warning that the car would have a dangerous fault on the steering. A few days after taking delivery my father received a letter instructing him that his next journey was to be to the BMC dealership to have a fault on the steering rectified.
I have left it a bit late to ask if anyone remembers what the fault was, but someone may. |
The only fault with the steering I can recall was an incorrectly adjusted idler . Every A60 needed just a minor adjustment and top up with EP90 to transform the otherwise sloppy steering. Easy money in the day.
Perhaps that is all the car required.? |
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