British car

sirwei

Hi there. Is this a british car


Thanks for responses

Owen

Given that it's a LHD, probably not I'm afraid.

EDIT : My bad, someone else has pointed out it is.

Hoagy

http://www.motorbase.com/vehicle/by-id/1090/

mike65

Looks like a Landcrab to me.

Mike.

sirwei

Yaeh this is Morris 1800.Thanks Hoagy;)
By the way, there was a coat of arms on thesteering wheel(red with yellow)

Wishbone Ash

Were there several Morris/Austin 1800 marques? The car sirwei has posted has horizontal rear light clusters but the ones posted in the links have vertical rear lights.

macplaxton

Yes. It's a MK 1 Austin 1800 a.k.a "Landcrab"

Mk 1 Austin 1800s have horizontal rear light units. Given that it is on Polish plates and LHD it might be an:

Austin Balanza (sold in the Netherlands and Belgium)
Austin Windsor / Morris Monaco (sold in Denmark)

Cheers,
Rich

(I used to own a Mk3 Austin 1800 with optional PAS. Lovely BIG car)

corktina

thats interesteing...it says production started 1966 and yet my neighbour when i was little had one reg CJB 3 B which would make it 1964...was this a prototype do you think? (heap of manure it was too....)

Ballykine43

Hi Corktina
CJB 3 B is very definitely a 1964 GB plate. But the numeral is low enough to make it valuable, cherished or whatever you want to call it. It has always been possible to transfer a registration in GB. Nowadays a huge trade in "Personalised" plates. Colm Joseph Byrne would be delighted to have it.

macplaxton

Corktina, It wouldn't have been a prototype as the Austin 1800 was launched in 1964. The Morris 1800 came along in 1966. The previous launch, the Morris 1100 was in 1962, with the Austin arriving in 1964. Having two competing dealer networks was a bit of nightmare for BMC in 1960s.

For all things BMC/BLMC/BL, there isn't much (if anything) that Keith has missed out on at

www.austin-rover.co.uk

Even if you hate the cars, the site has a great depth of material and layout!

Cheers,
Rich