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1979 Austin LC8 FEP

1979 Austin LC8 in Metro - A British Car To Beat The World, Documentary, 1980

Class: Cars, Proto / Concept — Model origin: UK

1979 Austin LC8 FEP

[*][*][*] Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase 

Comments about this vehicle

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Weasel1984 PL

◊ 2014-04-15 21:30

 [Image: lc81.jpg] [Image: lc82.jpg]
Here anorther question. There will be more pre-serial cars, maybe the "model name", should be just the "LC8" then?...

130rapid PL

◊ 2014-04-15 21:34

 Quite longlife for test car.

Registration MAB623T
Make AUSTIN MORRIS
Model MINI
Description 1000
Date of Liability 01 02 1992
Date of First Registration 30 01 1979
Year of Manufacture 1979
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 998cc
Fuel Type PETROL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Colour BROWN

mike962 DE

◊ 2014-04-15 21:37

 in Germany most pre production test cars are handed over for the TV show Alarm Fur Cobra 11 where they are destroyed in some stunts or blown up

dsl SX

◊ 2014-04-15 21:40

 I think label as 1979 Austin Metro Pre-production.

Weasel1984 PL

◊ 2014-04-15 22:03

 As it is possible to read on the aronline, at some point, they asked workers what name they prefer, pity it is unknown, when exactly it was. After all as "LC8" they still will be linked with the serial Metros.

130rapid wrote Quite longlife for test car.

Or maybe the real (I mean litteral :D) "Mini 1000" lived so long, they swapped the plates or something...

-- Last edit: 2014-04-15 22:40:44

MAB623T EN

◊ 2020-10-16 14:20

 6 years ago I know, I have to however disagree with the statement above. I have documentation referencing MAB623T complete with its Vin/Engine numbers. Beginning SPL AND EDD which aren’t standard vins for any vehicle.

dsl SX

◊ 2020-10-16 14:42
MAB623T wrote I have to however disagree with the statement above.

@MAB623T - which info are you disagreeing with? What improvement do you suggest? Is there a better way of referencing its identity?

MAB623T EN

◊ 2020-10-16 16:57

 I think it’s referenced correctly, I was referring to weasels comment about being a Mini 1000 that lived that long 🙂. It would be nice to know it’s still around, I just found some documents referencing the car and googled the reg and surprisingly found this 👍.

dsl SX

◊ 2020-10-16 21:46

 Jan 79 registration date was 21 months before Oct 80 launch, so proper name a long way off being decided, and Mini 1000 was probably just a convenient description to avoid attracting unwelcome attention, as well as being fairly true. Plate info suggests it died by Feb 92, presumably scrapped. xAB series were Worcestershire issues, so convenient for Longbridge while disguising Birmingham origin.

the sad biker UK

◊ 2020-10-16 22:28

 Obviously spies from Tamworth in the Longbridge area around this time?

johnfromstaffs EN

◊ 2020-10-16 23:02
the sad biker wrote Obviously spies from Tamworth in the Longbridge area around this time?


Fox introduced 1983, so timing might be a good fit.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliant_Fox

-- Last edit: 2020-10-16 23:03:58

MAB623T EN

◊ 2020-10-17 12:28

 Presumably has been scrapped, the document I have was within a job lot of magazines I’d purchased was surprised to find anything. Interesting to know the differences of registration locations, and see the car they likely disguised it as.

dsl SX

◊ 2020-10-17 15:19

 There's another Worcestershire plate on this Metro proto so seems common practice.

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