Satch
MB Enthusiast
- Joined
- Nov 24, 2003
- Messages
- 3,508
- Location
- Surrey
- Car
- S211 E320Cdi Avantgarde Estate & Toyota Land Cruiser
http://www.austin-rover.co.uk
Excellent site. Reading through it not hard to see that the current disaster has been long overdue.
As a one time owner of an Austin Maxi (used as a self propelled skip, a role in which it excelled) the development history of the various cars is great to answer all those "Why on earth did they do that??" and "How did that thing stay in production so long?" questions. Some of the answers are simply staggering.
What made me laugh was the idea that a whole new Maxi engine & gearbox plant was needed because they thought they were going to sell 6000 land crabs a week! (Grand total produced 1968 to 1981: 450,297)
Excellent site. Reading through it not hard to see that the current disaster has been long overdue.
As a one time owner of an Austin Maxi (used as a self propelled skip, a role in which it excelled) the development history of the various cars is great to answer all those "Why on earth did they do that??" and "How did that thing stay in production so long?" questions. Some of the answers are simply staggering.
What made me laugh was the idea that a whole new Maxi engine & gearbox plant was needed because they thought they were going to sell 6000 land crabs a week! (Grand total produced 1968 to 1981: 450,297)
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