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1914 Austin 20 hp Vitesse Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin: 
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Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene
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◊ 2015-05-30 00:56 |
![[Image: 04-02aus18-24hptourerb.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-02aus18-24hptourerb.jpg) ![[Image: 04-02aus18-24hptourerc.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-02aus18-24hptourerc.jpg) ![[Image: 04-02aus18-24hptourerd.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-02aus18-24hptourerd.jpg) ![[Image: 04-02aus18-24hptourere.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/10314/04-02aus18-24hptourere.jpg) Commentary says "Austin eighteen twenty four hp touring car". Plate is Dec 1903 - Feb 1922, but sequence looks pre-WW1 and film implies about 1914. |
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◊ 2015-05-30 09:13 |
According to Wicki, model replaced by a Thirty for 1914. |
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◊ 2015-05-30 13:45 |
"1914 Austin 20hp Vitesse AP 4563" displayed at Gaydon according to Link to "www.museum-aktuell.de" (about halfway down). But a blank on Gaydon site. AP 4563 = MAROON AND BLAC(k) 1914 AUSTIN OTHER TOURER Registration number: AP 4563 ✔ SORN MOT Exempt Date of first registration :31 December 1914 Year of manufacture :1914 Cylinder capacity (cc) :3140cc Fuel type :PETROL Vehicle status : SORN in place Vehicle colour :MAROON Wiki 20hp page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_20_hp . Another 20hp Vitesse (OA 3598 - with different grille pattern) - http://www.austinmemories.com/page25/files/page25_5.jpg |
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◊ 2015-05-31 09:43 |
I would very much doubt it was known as a 'phaeton'. Quite forward styling for 1914. It looks little different to the post WW1 12. -- Last edit: 2015-05-31 09:43:31 |
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◊ 2015-05-31 22:32 |
Reading through the two relevant wiki pages on the Austins of this era - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_18/24 - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_20_hp - it is easy to see there could be much confusion. In fact it seems that the factory was unable to make up its mind which specification to use. I think that the 'Vitesse Phaeton' was a one-off car for the Motor Show. Whether this car here is that car I don't know. I see that the post war Austin Twenty - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_Twenty - was a completely different car with a monoblock engine which had the same cylinder dimensions as the later version of the car here, which had separate cylinders. |
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