Interiors and Dashboards (interesting and awful!)

[NewcastleFalcon]

What more do you need a clock a speedo and a small number of coloured lights which tell you stuff?

...a white steering wheel of course

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/cca- ... G_2764.jpg

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

What more do you need a clock a speedo and a small number of coloured lights which tell you stuff?

...a white steering wheel of course

https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/cca- ... G_2764.jpg

Regards Neil

Well the makers obviously thought differently and ended up with this:

BFTW

[white exec]

Love the symbols on the pedals!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Now what vehicle did this spring from....you can bid for it in January.

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

That reminds me very much of my Lancia Beta?

[NewcastleFalcon]

That reminds me very much of my Lancia Beta?

Spot on only its the uglier less cool at the time, but now quirky and interesting stablemate the Berlina

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic ... -series-i/

Regards Neil

[mickthemaverick]

Spot on only its the uglier less cool at the time, but now quirky and interesting stablemate the Berlina

https://angliacarauctions.co.uk/classic ... -series-i/

Regards Neil

It is, IMO, a shame that the car has the beige seats and doorcards. As the carpets and other interior trim are black I would like to see the seats and door cards matching. Then it would be a real temptation!!

[NewcastleFalcon]

Armchair ride?



Regards Neil

[white exec]

Arm-rests! But not a head-rest in sight - bit worrying that, these days!
The AP auto box was surprisingly reliable, running as it did on inevitably dirty engine oil.

[Gibbo2286]

Mine was a manual but I wonder if they used an AP autobox in that I thought it was Borg-Warner as in the Westminsters, can't remember.

[NewcastleFalcon]

Probably too much here on the AP Autobox from AustinMemories.com, but a decent read for the interested.

http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-105/index.html

The car in the pic is the Austin 3-Litre, which you probably recognised.


Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

Mine was a manual but I wonder if they used an AP autobox in that I thought it was Borg-Warner as in the Westminsters, can't remember.

Looks like you can remember Gibbo

http://www.austinthreelitre.co.uk/buyin ... fault.html

Gearbox, Again shared with the MGC, manual, manual overdrive and Borg Warner automatic gearboxes were fitted and parts availabilty for all these is excellent.

Regards Neil

[NewcastleFalcon]

The manual had a nice crooked stick

https://www.historics.co.uk/media/14661 ... height=900

Regards Neil

[Gibbo2286]

That AP box in the Mini and 1100/1300 had really only one failing, it was prone to losing reverse gear due to an O-ring breaking in the reverse clutch, a few pence for the part but a hell of a job labour wise. I did a few.

[white exec]

I had just that in an AP box I bought for £10, one day (while on holiday) in Tobermory. (It's what you do on holiday, isn't it?) Fitted it to our 1098cc Mini, and lo - no reverse. Needed a professional overhaul to get it sorted. From then on, trouble-free.