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357 Austin Twenty 20:4 Mayfair Laudette (1926) PR 8029

Austin 20:4 Mayfair Laudette (1919-30) Engine 361`0cc S4 SV

Production 15,287

Registration Number PR 8029 (Dorset)

AUSTIN SET

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Austin introduced its big 20hp model in 1919, a car heavily influenced by a Hudson Super Six that Herbert Austin drove during the war.

 

Incorporating many of the Hudson features that had so impressed the Austin boss, the Twenty was powered by a lusty 3.6-litre four-cylinder engine with a cast-iron block, a detachable cylinder head and an aluminium crankcase. Driving through a four-speed gearbox it developed 45bhp at 2,000rpm and could lope along at a genuine 70mph.

 

In 1926 it was replaced by a six-cylinder version, the 20/6, now with a smoother 3.4-litre engine and braking to all four wheels. Spacious and imposing with real road presence, it came in a variety of saloon, landaulette and limousine body styles and was aimed mainly at the chauffeur-driven classes.

 

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Shot 21.07.2019 at , Ashover Classic Car Show, Ashover, Derbyshire 143-357

 

 

 

 

 

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Taken on July 21, 2019