At 12:37 PM 8/11/96 U, you wrote:
> RE>Faulty Towers/Cleases Red mini? 11/8/96
>
>Bazil's car is a Morris 1100, which were very common in the UK in the early
>'70's.
I may stand to be corrected on this as it is a while since I have seen the
fabulous Faulty Towers, but, I feel confident that Basil's car was the
Austin badge-engineered 1100. As most of us will recall the nationalised
British Motor Corporation (BMC) [which later became British Leyland] was in
the habit of developing one car then badging it with various makers names to
attract a market loyal to that maker. The 1100 was badged variously as:
Austin (known as the Princess 1100, Austin America in US, Austin
Tasman in Aus)
Morris
MG
Wolseley
Riley
Vanden Plas
To give this some MG content: the MG 1100 was not produced at Abingdon but
at the BMC Morris factory at Cowley. It was produced in both 1100cc and
1300cc form and became the most popular MG saloon model. 175,000 were made
between 1962 and 1971.
Owen Michaels-Hardy, Sydney Australia
1980 TR7 FHC Sprint
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>Having grown up in England during that period, 1100's are engrained in
>my psyche; I believe we actually owned one, which my dad traded in on an
>Austin Maxi. I'd need a closer look to identify specifically what year the
>vehicle might be. By happenstance, PBS is showing an episode of Fawlty Towers
>here in the New York area tonight, perhaps it will be your famous "Duck a
>l'Orange" episode!
>
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>Date: 11/8/96 12:28 PM
>To: Stuart Hazelwood
>From: Jay Quinn
>Did anyone out here watch the Faulty Towers episodes?
>
>The one where Bazel's car failed him on his way to pick up something very
>important and was on a ridgid time schedule. The ole car wasn't starting.
>
>Well, he gets really pissed at his car on the side of the road and starts
>giving it a warning. Of which, it didn't do anything, so he runs and gets
>limb off a near by tree and thrashs it vigerously. Pretty funny scene.
>
>What type of car (Mini?) was that? And what year? As well as any other
>specifics about that little red car.
>
>It was pretty amazing a stick like insect that Clease is, he fit in that car.
>
>Q
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