Australian Austin 1800 Archives

Magazines

Wheels Magazine
Nov 64 BMC's 1800 is here.
Dec 65 Special Austin 1800 feature
... first full test.
Dec 65 Austin 1800 - how it works.
1965 Wheels Road Tests: Austin's Audacious 1800.
Sep 66 Castrol Fig 8 liftout
Feb 67 Austin 1800: second look (10,000 mile test).
May 67 Wolseley 18/85.
Sep 67 Midweek madness: Sydney-Perth-Sydney under 5 days by Austin 1800.
Feb 68 Austin 1800 tops the ton (100 mph).
Jun 68 Automatically Austin.
Nov 68 Nightmare Marathon.
Nov 68 New Deal in Utilties.
Dec 68 Britain's Sixty Winners.
Jan 69 Project 5/5 (Austin1800 outback test).
Feb 69 Operation Resuscitation.
May 69 A Nippier Landcrab.
Nov 69 Automotive Altimeters.
Nov 69 5 Beaut Utes.
Dec 69 Scottish Southern Cross.
1969 Wheels Road Tests.
Mar 70 Zetland Gone Zany (rally).
Nov 70 Tasman and Kimberley.
Jan 71 Austins Hit the Button.
Feb 71 Poor Man's XJ6 (tests - Kimberley and Tasman).
July 73 1800 V8.

Motor Manual
Dec 64
The 1800.
Apr 66 BMCs New Family Compact.
Jul 67 Through the alps by front wheel drive
Jan 68 Austin 1800 caravan test.
Apr 68 Q-Ship Austin 1800.
May 68 Stirred up Austin 1800.
Jan 69 We test Austin 1800 MkII with a difference.
Jan 69 A cool combo - Coronet caravan and MKII 1800.
Apr 69 The go-faster Austin 1800.
Apr 69 Scoop: BLMC plans for '69.
Jul 73 Birth of the P76.
Jul 73 Austin 1800 V8.
Dec 79 Car Designers.

Modern Motor
Dec 64
Float-on-fluid Austin 1800.
Dec 65 The Australian Austin 1800 (pre-release scoop).
Jan 66 The Eye-Opening Austin 1800.
May 67 BMC's shiftless 1800.
Sep 67 Peugot 404 vs Austin 1800: two ways to a common end.
Dec 67 Two New Sixes from BMC.
Jan 68 How BMC sixes perform.
Jan 68 Austin 1800 steals the show.
Feb 68 Austin 1800 on safari.
Apr 68 1800 Monte Carlo.
May 68 Automatic 1800 - Borg Warner goes east-west.
Nov 68 The Battle Against Rust - (rustproofing/rotodip).
Jan 69 Austin 1800 Mk II.
Mar 69 Austin 1800 Hot-up.
Dec 69 British Leyland's New Six.
AutoFix
Oct 75 Leyland transverse balljoint fix.
May 76 Leylands Princess.
Oct/Dec 76 Specifications - idle speed, fuel pump, float height, carby type.
Jan/Mar 77 Leyland fwd wheel bearings.
Restored Cars Australia - Austin 1800 30th Birthday # 111 Jul 1995, #154, Sep 2002, The Last Aussie Austin, #170, May 2005
Unique Cars Dec 04 Buying an Austin 1800
Australian Motor Sports Nov 64
Dec 65
Jan 69
Jul 70
May 72
Newspapers
Automobile Engineer Sep 1962 Hydrolastic Suspension
Automobile Engineer Dec 1964 The Austin 1800

Power Farming, Aug 1968 Comfort out of its Class
Power Farming, Dec 1968 Front Wheel Drive Utility
The Open Road, Dec 1968 The Austin 1800 (MK II)
The BMC Rosette, Nov/Dec 1965 - Special feature on Austin 1800 launch
Sydney Morning Herald, 25th Nov 1968 "A much improved car"

Practical Classics (UK) Dec 89
Sep 03

Practical Motorist (UK)
Dec 64
Aug 68
Nov 72
Sep 73
Feb 75
Mar 80

Autocar
Oct 64
Oct 65
Jul 70
Sep 71
Feb 77
Dec 77

Classic Cars
Nov 91
Nov 12

Sports Car World
Mar 70
Popular Motoring (UK)
Mar 65
Oct 75

MOTOR (UK)
Oct 64
Oct 65
Oct 66
Mar 75

Motorsport
Nov 64
Your Classic
Oct 90
From United Kingdom
Special Features
Crossroads Alice - the story of the figure 8 around Australia from Castrol.
Download this article here. (5 MB) Used with permission, Autocar and thanks to David Parker.
Car Mechanics
July 1969
Australian Classic Car June 1996

The Australian Austin 1800 Archives are made available by the Austin Motor Vehicle Club of NSW

 

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