1960 Austin S200 K30 1½-Ton [FG]

1960 Austin S200 [FG] in Guns in the Heather, Movie, 1969

Class: Trucks, Simple truck — Model origin: — Made for: IRL

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
Alessandro58 ◊ 2020-11-23 15:52
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-11-23 19:06	FG
dsl ◊ 2020-11-23 20:50	No idea what brand was used in Ireland - Austin, Morris or BMC - and no info whether any local truck build, but I think very likely some were built.
Sunbar ◊ 2020-11-24 10:51	S200 1½-Ton K30 https://www.fire-engine-photos.com/picture/number2248.asp Austin cars and commercial models (trucks? or just vans?) were assembled by Lincoln & Nolan - Automotive industry in Ireland https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automotive_industry_in_Ireland -- Last edit: 2020-11-24 10:53:48
dsl ◊ 2020-11-25 14:30	^ According to book snippets, Lincoln & Nolan started Austin car build in 1936 and expanded rapidly until WW2 cut off CKD suuplies. Resumed in 1946 with unspecified vans and lorries added, also took on Rover assembly (1948) and Heinkel bubble cars (1956). 1966 merger with Brittain Motors (Morris assemblers - Minor, 1100 etc; spelling as given in the book) to form BLN Motor Company with "a workforce of over 1200, and a range of over 40 products from the Mini to sports cars to luxury saloons and commercial vehicles". 1969 onwards it started to fall apart - some failed attempts at local mergers and resistance from BL (eg one proposal BL objected to was with the local Renault assembler) who eventually withdrew franchise rights in 74. BLN switched to Datsun build, but collapsed in 77. So a good case for local build, with Austin as the most likely brand.