1958 Austin Gipsy MkI

1958 Austin Gipsy MkI in Dormir y ligar: todo es empezar, Movie, 1974

Class: Cars, Off-road / SUV — Model origin: — Made for:

Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Author	Message
vilero ◊ 2009-11-04 18:57
Ingo ◊ 2009-11-04 18:59	Looks like a Jeep, disguised as a Land Rover. Or a Land Rover, disguised as a Jeep.
atom ◊ 2009-11-04 19:00	Austin Gipsy?
Raul1983 ◊ 2009-11-04 19:06	yes
DynaMike ◊ 2009-11-04 19:06	Austin Gipsy, indeed. I would have expected that these were built under license in Spain, but I couldn't find any confirmation for that.
Bruno58 ◊ 2009-11-04 19:08	Austin Gipsy Link to "lh5.ggpht.com").jpg http://www.freewebs.com/eggy-plop/Brochures%20Austin/Austin-047-large.jpg
dsl ◊ 2015-11-08 14:50	Mk1/Mk2 grille. Mk2 had extra grilles below windscreen which I don't think are evident here (but I'm not a Gipsy expert). For overseas assembly idea above, "... the only Gipsys built outside the UK were in Bogotá (Colombia) by a company called Colmotores who assembled them from (CKD) complete knocked down kits, the venture only lasted about 3 years." (no dates given) http://www.austinmemories.com/styled-69/index.html