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[Rob]

Went out to the British Motor Heritage Centre at Gaydon in Warwickshire today, which has a huge collection of vehicles related to the car history of Britain. I've organised them in manufacturer order



AEC bus of 1921, built for London Transport



Aston Martin V12 Vanquish



Aston Martin AMV8 concept car



Austin 7hp one cylinder - sole survivor of just over 150 made, this one was made in 1910



Austin 7 'chummy'



1908 Austin racer



Austin 1911 town carriage, one of it's selling points was that it is 'ideal for ladies'



Austin 40hp York laundalette of 1907



Austin Sixteen, the millionth Austin to be made and covered in the signatures of those who built it



Austin A30 - i'm still amused to see car registration plates with words, and it's the first one i've seen with my name!



Bizarre looking Austin A90 Atlantic, built for the export market



1970 Ford Escort mk 1 rally car



Cuthbertson conversion Land Rover series II



The first sporting MG - 'old number one'



MG PA



MG M type sectioned chassis



The first production Mini







The three Monte Carlo rally Mini Coopers



Customised Mini convertible, 30cm longer than a normal mini having been fitted with a 'stepladder' chassis



Mini Downtown



ERA Mini



Mini moke



Two Mini prototypes - the one on the left was a gearless prototype and the blue one is a 1969 9X prototype



The last Mini to be built



1913 Morris Oxford



1920's Bullnose Morris



Morris 'Red Flash', a streamlined Morris Oxford and raced at Brooklands



The first Morris Commercial vehicle - a 1920s T type one ton lorry, kept by Morris for testing etc all its life



1907 Riley 9hp V twin


1909 Riley 10hp V twin



1929 Rolls Royce Phantom



1907 Rover 20hp Tourer



1912 Rover Laundalette



1922 Rover Eight - bit hard to get a photo of this one as it's hidden behind the Wolseley Stellite



Unproportionate looking 1929 Rover Light Six



Thunderbird FAB1



1924 Trojan - apparently some garages put up signs saying 'NO TROJANS', didn't explain why but think it was something to do with how they were built





Evil looking Vauxhall 'Prince Henry' tourer



My favourite, the 1919 Wolseley E2A Stellite, just looked right with it's low slung body and typical Edwardian era looks (not sure if it counts as Edwardian being 1919 built, but the first Stellite's were built in 1913)

[buzzy bee]

Hi

They have some minis!

I also like the Austin 1911 town carriage, I like the front end bonnet etc or lack of it! hehe

Cheers

Dave

[Job-Rated]

More good stuff!

Thanks.
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[gillberry]

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