BMC 1100/1300 (Ado16)

Matthew Vale (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

112 Seiten

2024
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-78711-914-7 (ISBN)

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ADO16 was the code name of the Austin Morris 1100/1300 range of cars. This book details the complete range of main models and their MG, Riley and Vanden Plas derivatives. It looks at the mechanical design and development, as well as placing them in context within both BMC and the market. The book is a celebration of the ADO16, a best seller of its time and a car that gave British families their first truly modern, stylish and practical vehicle while being reliable, economical and roomy all-rounders.

With over a million cars sold in the UK between 1962 and 1973 the ADO16s were pretty much the 'Universal British Cars' of the time and were present in every city, town, and village, and on every country road and trunk route in the ’60s.

So let us and this book celebrate one of the British Motor Industry’s forgotten successes, the car that built on the success of the Mini to provide Britain and the rest of the world with a little gem of a motor, which was the perfect family saloon car of the time.

Matthew Vale has been writing books on classic British motorcycles and cars since 2004. Now retired from day-to-day work in the IT industry, in which he was a Chartered IT professional specialising in computer security, he now devotes his free time to classic car and bike restoration, writing classic motoring books and articles, and spending time with his wife and family. In the past he has run such diverse classic cars as a Triumph Spitfire Mark III, MGB,Triumph Stag and a Lotus Elite, as well as restoring and riding classic bikes including the Triumph Bonneville, Norton Commando and BSA Lightning. With a lifelong fascination for glass fibre bodied cars (stemming from early holiday jobs at various glass fibre factories), and ownership of many rusty cars, he is currently carrying out a nut and bolt (and glass fibre) restoration of two Lotus Elan Plus 2s.

Chapter 1- Introduction to the ADO16 Range
Chapter 2- Design and Development
Chapter 3 - The Oily Bits
Chapter 4- The Austin and Morris 'Cooking' Models
Chapter 5 - The Sports Models
Chapter 6 - The Posh Ones
Chapter 7 - The Foreign Cars
Chapter 8 - Owning and Running

Erscheinungsdatum	25.05.2024
Reihe/Serie	Great British Cars
Zusatzinfo	121 pictures
Sprache	englisch
Maße	210 x 148 mm
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad
ISBN-10	1-78711-914-9 / 1787119149
ISBN-13	978-1-78711-914-7 / 9781787119147
Zustand	Neuware