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Curt Onstott asked yesterday:
>I found a running Austin Westminster for sale locally for $500. It has a
>6 cylinder engine and looks fairly straight. Does anybody know anything
>else about them?
Yup. 10 years ago I bought a '61 A110 Westminster for $300. It had ~30K
miles on it and was in beautiful shape, except for the rusted rocker's.
It's a fine car for the highway, that is to say once it gets going it
keeps going: low on power, high on weight 3470/120=29 lb/hp!!.
Of note it has a BMC C series engine with integral intake for the twin
H4's. It's very similar to the 100/6 and MGC engine of the same vintage,
so if you know someone in need of the lump $500 is a good price.
If you can get it, the Complete Catalogue of Austin Cars has a few pages
on the thing, if not I might be able to FAX the relevant pages.
My Austin book says: A99 59-61, A110 61-64, A110 Mk II 64-68, esentially
the same spec for all. They were targeted at the RR >Jag >big Austin end
of the scale, i.e. big luxurious family sedan. Early ones had a 3 in-
the-tree box (like the big AH's 1st was locked out cuz it was too low)
and an autobox, later models had a 4 speed and BW35 autobox. Overdrive
was optional.
>From my manual it says this about engine numbers:
29 A99 July 1959
29V princess Mk1 October 59
29W Wolseley 6/99 July 59
29A Austin A110 Mk1 September 61
29VA Princess MkII July 61
29WA Wolseley 6/110 September 61
29A Austin A110 MkII March 64
29WA Wolseley 6/110 MkII March 64
Otherwise, in spite of it being a fine car to drive, with classic lines
etc. it ain't worth beans as a collectable car. Your choice. If you do
decide to buy it and KEEP it, E-me and I'll slug you my Haynes workshop
manual, only slightly fingered.
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