![]() 04/11/2019 at 17:40 • Filed to: Austin Apache | ![]() | ![]() |
The Austin Apache.
The what?
One of these:
It was a South African three box version of the Austin/Morris 1100/1300 (there was also a Spanish variant called the Authi Victoria). The eagle eyed who know their old cars will recognise elements of the Triumph 2000/2500 which was deliberate as both were by Michelotti.
Here’s the original:
Just 20,000 Apaches were made over a seven year period so it can’t have been a particularly profitable venture.
![]() 04/11/2019 at 17:44 |
|
Apache thread?
![]() 04/11/2019 at 17:53 |
|
Nice fleet of Rover 200 BRMs back there.
![]() 04/11/2019 at 17:57 |
|
![]() 04/11/2019 at 18:00 |
|
Yes, I
think that rather dates the picture!
![]() 04/11/2019 at 18:01 |
|
Somebody said Apache ?
![]() 04/11/2019 at 18:03 |
|
Mmmm Irish pizza
![]() 04/11/2019 at 18:08 |
|
Ye’, it’s almost certainly Gaydon about 15 years ago.
![]() 04/11/2019 at 18:14 |
|
I honestly want a Morris 1100.
![]() 04/11/2019 at 18:21 |
|
Here you go
. Some fancy prices mind.
![]() 04/11/2019 at 18:49 |
|
The eagle eyed who know their old cars will recognise elements of the Triumph 2000/2500 which was deliberate as both were by Michelotti.
It was particularly obvious in the case of the Victoria de Luxe, with its quad headlights:
(image taken from http://www.mginfo.co.uk/leyland/?q=node/85 )
Note that Victorias were all Austins. Authi was the parent company, not a brand.
The nice thing about trying to keep alive any ADO16 derivative is that years ago their umbrella British club had a batch of Hydrolastic displacers remanufactured. No such luck with the
h
y
d
r
o
v
e
r
s
i
o
ns of the
Mini. Someone from BMIHT told me years ago that all the tooling for the Mini hydro units seemed to have been scrapped.
![]() 04/11/2019 at 19:10 |
|
I'd have said wildly divergent...
![]() 04/11/2019 at 19:40 |
|
This probably would have been the smarter version to sell in the US. It probably wouldn’t have done much better than the Austin America, but it might have done a little better.