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Designer Ricarrdo "Dick” Burzi worked at Austin/BMC for 40 years yet his work has been overlooked for decades, reports DAVID BURRELL.
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While the Morris Mini and 1100 models sold up a storm, the Austin 1800 was a dismal failure, reports DAVID BURRELL.
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Everyone knows the Ford Model T, but spare a thought for its British counterpart the Austin 7 which is celebrating its 100th birthday, says DAVID BURRELL.
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We had a long succession of cars when I was growing up, not the least of which was the ubiquitous Land Crab, reports CHRIS RILEY.
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Tried as they might BMC Australia could not entice punters to part with their hard-earned money for the Austin Freeway and three years later it was gone, reports DAVID BURRELL.
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Back in 1952 a fleet of brand new Austins were loaded on a barge and dumped in a Canadian bay, reports DAVID BURRELL.
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Selling rag tops to the Yanks is akin to flogging refrigerators to Eskimos, as Austin discovered in the 1950s with Tucker-like Atlantic, reports DAVID BURRELL.
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Bet you didn't know the first Australian Grand Prix was won by an Austin 7? reports CHRIS RILEY.