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AUSTIN 1800 MK2 LONDON TO SYDNEY MARATHON CAR.
Sale price: £1,000,000.00 make an offer
Car location: Gateshead, United Kingdom
Sale type: Fixed price listing
Technical specifications, photos and description:
- Model:
- 1800
- Doors:
- 4
- Mileage:
- 71000
- Engine:
- 1848
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AUSTIN 1800 MK2 LONDON TO SYDNEY MARATHON CAR. for sale
Current customer rating: (203 votes ) based onFULL ROAD TEST IN CLASSIC CAR WEEKLY WED AUGUST 19th
DIRECTORS OWN VEHICLE FOR 35 YEARS
1968G EX WORKS BMC AUSTIN 1800 MK2 LONDON TO SYDNEY MARATHON CAR
I BOUGHT THIS CAR BACK IN 1980 NOT KNOWING WHAT ITS HISTORY WAS. IT TURNED OUT THAT IT WAS CAR NUMBER 17 ENTERED INTO THE 1968 DAILY EXPRESS LONDON TO SYDNEY MARATHON.
6 COMPETITION CARS AND ONE RECCE CAR WERE PREPARED IN ABINGDON FOR THE EVENT. FOUR OF THEM WERE WORKS ENTERED. (THEY ARE THE RED CARS WITH BLACK BONNETS). ONE WAS ENTERED BY THE RAF AND THIS ONE WAS ENTERED BY THE ROYAL NAVY. THESE LATTER TWO WERE WORKS SUPPORTED.
OUT OF THE FOUR COMP CARS LEFT IN EXISTENCE THIS IS TRULY THE MOST UNIQUE AS IT WAS A "ONE OFF" FOR THE RN. THE REMAINING THREE CARS ARE VERY SIMILAR IN THAT THEY ARE ALL THE WORKS ENTERED RED AND BLACK CARS. IT IS ALSO CONSIDERED TO BE THE MOST ORIGINAL OF THE SURVIVORS
THIS CAR SUCCESSFULLY FINISHED THE 10. 00 MILE RALLY. COMING 31ST OUT OF 100 STARTERS. NOT BAD WHEN YOU CONSIDER IT WAS PILOTED BY A NOVICE RN CREW AND ONLY 56 CREWS SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED THE EVENT. IT WAS THE ONLY ONE TO COME STRAIGHT BACK TO THE UK. IT WAS PUT ON A HERCULES TO SIMGAPORE THEN CAME BACK TO THE UK ON AN RFA SHIP. IT WAS THEN RETURNED TO THE BSM WHO ACTUALLY OWNED THE CAR AND USE FOR HIGH PURSUIT TRAINING FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS. THIS WOULD PROBABLY EXPLAIN WHY IT IS IN THE SUPERB CONDITION IT IS.
IT HAS BEEN COMPLETELY RESTORED TO ITS FORMER GLORY WITH PHOTOGRAPHIC RECORD. IT IS TAXED AND TESTED ON THE ROAD AND AVAILABLE TO VIEW
WINNER BEST IN CLASS JULY 2014 AT BRITISH MOTOR INDUSTRY HERITAGE MUSEUM
PLEASE IGNORE POSTED PRICE. ITS ACTUALLY £POA / OFFERS
IT WILL BE AUCTIONED BY HISTORICS AT BROOKLANDS ON SATURADAY 29TH AUGUST AT MIDDAY.
WATCH OUT FOR THE ROADTEST REPORT IN CLASSIC CAR WEEKLY 19th AUGUST
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