Saturday, September 25, 2010

Austin 1100 pictures as it is today

I went outside to take some pictures of the Austin and found we had some heavy rain going on. I took lots of pictures to keep a record of what we have to work with. The rain has made the rather faded red (almost pink) colour look not too bad.



The engine bay is dirty with lots of dirt and leaves. No major oil leaks or obvious problems so far.








The trunk has some rust issues but no apparent holes any where. The previous owner (Ray) said he had left the trunk open and it had rained heavily one night and didn't realize he had a pond going on back there. Upon inspection it looks like a lot of surface rust but the metal seems sound. I may change my opinion when we take a closer look.





The Boot Lid overall looks good with a small dent and surface rust. The Plimley metal is from the original Plimley Motors dealership here in Victoria. They have long gone now but the name lives on!





Sill on right front passenger door has a bit of an issue!


Right front fender



Left front fender (the worst one)


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The Bonnet has a small dent but is very sound.




There is some odd green growth growing around both lights




The Interior as i said before is Immaculate


The speedometer reading









The back seat floor-pans are great





The worse part is the driver and passenger floor pans.






The passenger side definitely has daylight coming through and the metal is very thin.




Here is the vehicle production plate. I know what some of the letters stand for but not all. If any one can fill in the coding for me I would appreciate it.

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