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Originally Posted by 1989MX6
Aw I kinda have an affection for the "Land Crab" Austin 1800, as my Dad owned one back in the mid '70s. I almost bought one for my first car! I loved little details such as the auto selector which was located on the right side of the dash, and they were very roomy. They were absolute crazy pigs to work on though, with the weirdest British engineering and design that was nonsensical at best. My Dad still talks about changing CV joints - you had to almost strip the gearbox down to do it, and the things broke all the bloody time....
I think the Land Crab looks kinda cute.... Yeah but maybe I just have crap taste as I like the Morris 1100 too, and they were basically a rapidly-rusting POS. They're dud cars but they're British dud cars, and the last of their breed before the Germans came in and wrecked the British car industry with their crazy ideas about cars that had to work properly and not break down all the time, or be locally-assembled rebadged Japanese cars with crap build quality. Bloody insane fools...  |
LOL - I think your taste in cars is pretty bad then ... because my memories of the Austin 1800 were ... Beige car ... Blood red interior ... hard to use seatbelts ... fall apart rear lights ... starting to rust hood ... weak engine ... expensive hydraulic suspension (most owners didn't know how to maintain it ... but to keep the suspension in good running order it required regular maintenance) ... however it was very comfy.
All I can say is the car was completely useless in terms of reliability & design. The poms have no comparison to the germans on either of those.