History
1926 Austin 12
I restored the car way back in the 1970s and since then it has traveled just over 40,000 miles, it doesn’t get out as much these days as I tend to use our 1929 Austin 12 Roadster for club runs and trips out.
It’s not just about a car, its more about the people you meet and the changes an vintage Austin can make to so many people’s lives.
The Austin 12/4 was introduced by the Austin Motor Company in 1921. It was the second of Herbert Austin’s post World War I models and was in many ways a scaled-down version of the 20/4, introduced in 1919. While the mechanical specification of the 12 changed little over its production life (the engine increased from 1661 cc to 1861 cc in 1926), many body styles were offered with saloons becoming more popular as the twenties drew to a close. The car continued in the Austin catalogue until 1935 and as a Taxi option until 1939. The last cars were produced for the War Department in 1940. During the early thirties, the car began to become known as the "Heavy 12", to distinguish it from the other, newer, 12HP cars in the Austin catalogue ("Light 12/4", 12/6 etc.)
