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Very Rare 1930 American Austin Bantam Coupe Original 3 Sp Flathead 31 32 33 34

Sale price: $5,632.00 make an offer

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Date: 2019-01-21

JORGE ALBERTO VAZQUEZ TSUJI (from Mexico, city) offered 5000 USD usd

Car location: Calistoga, California, United States

Sale type: Fixed price listing

Technical specifications, photos and description:

Year:
1930
Mileage:
1
Transmission:
3 speed manual
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Very Rare 1930 American Austin Bantam Coupe Original 3 Sp Flathead 31 32 33 34 for sale

Current customer rating: current rating for this car(2.5) based on 711 votes

Rare Original 1930 American Austin Bantam Coupe

All Steel Body and Fenders

Stock Flathead 4 Cylinder Motor

Stock Manual Transmission

Call me. Dan at 209-836-8958 with Questions

California Clean and Clear Title

Mileage reads 0001. actual mileage is unknown

You are bidding on a piece of Automotive History in this 1930 Rare. Original 1930 American Bantam Coupe. Painted Blue with Black Fenders and looks good. a Stock Flathead 4 Cyl motor with a Stock Manual Transmission. (Motor has only 30 Lbs of Compression. Spare Motor included in purchase) or rebuild the Original. Interior is all in Place and Seat. Headliner and Door Panels are in Very Good condition. Dash is Original and needs some finishing touches. Front and Rear Bumpers are Original. Chromed in very good condition. Radiator surround is Chromed in very good condition. Undercarriage is clean with little surface rust. Engine Compartment is very good condition.

The American Austin Car Company was established in 1929 to build a licensed version of the Austin Seven and would occupy the vacant Standard Steel Car Company factory in Butler. Pennsylvania. Design proposals by Amos Northup and Count Alexis deSahknoffsky were considered. Austin contracted with Hayes Body Works to build deSahknoffsky's designs in Grand Rapids. Michigan. The bodies were to be shipped to Butler for assembly onto completed chassis.

During the January 1930 New York Auto Show. American Austin held a private exhibition in a nearby hotel lobby. Two hand-built prototypes were on display--a coupe and a "special delivery" car (business coupe). By August. the sales department reported advance orders of 184. 00 vehicles. However. the crippling effects of the Great Depression caused 95% of those orders to be cancelled.
American Austin production limped along disappointingly through 1934. Fewer than 20. 00 cars and trucks hit the highway. Only a skeleton crew remained on staff into 1935.

There is a great amount of information regarding this Historical Auto Manufacturer available on the Internet as well as a large number of Car Clubs. Check out austinbantamclub. com to get started.

Please look over the Photos and call me. Dan at 209-836-8958 with Questions.

Thanks Again and Good Luck.


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