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Property of a deceased's estate,1934 Austin 'Heavy' Twelve Saloon

United Kingdom • 19 Apr 2010

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1934 Austin 'Heavy' Twelve Saloon, with registration JH 7301, is from a deceased's estate and is offered for restoration. It comes with an old-style continuation logbook showing one owner from 1934-1966 and routine maintenance notes from the same period, though the listing notes the absence of a V5.

Condition

3

The vehicle is offered for restoration and has not been used for some time. It also has an old-style logbook, not a V5, suggesting potential documentation issues. These factors indicate that the car is not in pristine or near-perfect condition.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

H 9687

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

JH 7301

RHD/LHD:

[RHD/LHD]

Along with the Seven, the Twelve saved the ailing Austin concern, nearly 70,000 of the larger model being sold up to the end of 1930.

Launched in late 1921, the Twelve owed its success to Austin's superior build quality and the soundness of the basic design.

The model became a byword for indestructibility, a virtue that commended itself to the London taxi trade that used the 'Heavy' 12/4 extensively throughout the 1930s and '40s.

The Twelve engine was a five-bearing, magneto ignition-equipped, sidevalve four displacing 1,861cc, for which the factory claimed a maximum output of 27bhp at a lowly 2,000rpm, sufficient for 40-45mph cruising at which speed the Twelve returned around 26 miles per gallon.

Effective four-wheel brakes meant that the Twelve coped with sudden emergencies better than many of its contemporary rivals.

After the Light 12/4's arrival in 1933, the Heavy Twelve's days were numbered, the last example leaving the factory in 1935.

Enduringly popular, the model remains...