Austin 12
The Austin Twelve is a motor car that was introduced by Austin 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 his Austin Twenty, introduced in 1919. The slower than expected sales of the Twenty brought about this divergence from his intended one-model policy. The Twelve was announced at the beginning of November 1921 after Austin's company had been in receivership for six months. The number twelve refers to its fiscal horse power (12.8) rather than its bhp which was 20 and later 27. The long stroke engines encouraged by the tax regime, 72 x 102 later 72 x 114.5, had much greater low speed torque than the bhp rating suggests.
Austin 12
The Austin Twelve is a motor car that was introduced by Austin 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 his Austin Twenty, introduced in 1919. The slower than expected sales of the Twenty brought about this divergence from his intended one-model policy. The Twelve was announced at the beginning of November 1921 after Austin's company had been in receivership for six months. The number twelve refers to its fiscal horse power (12.8) rather than its bhp which was 20 and later 27. The long stroke engines encouraged by the tax regime, 72 x 102 later 72 x 114.5, had much greater low speed torque than the bhp rating suggests.
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Austin 12 ist der Name verschi ...... (Heavy 12, später Austin FX2).
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L' Austin Twelve est une autom ...... suggérait la valeur nominale.
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La 12 hp è stata un'autovettur ...... a fu conosciuta come Heavy 12.
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The Austin Twelve is a motor c ...... than the bhp rating suggests.
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transmission
single-plate clutch, 4-speed c ...... cast in one with the gearbox.
weight (g)
8.25552e+5
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block
cast iron, alloy crankcase. The inlet manifold is cast in one with the cylinder head
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Twelve with fabric saloon body c. 1928
configuration
Straight 4-cylinder
coolingsystem
radiator, fan, cooling water i ...... of the timing on the nearside
engine
fuelsystem
single carburettor supplied by ...... g, dynamo driven by same chain
head
detachable, pistons are aluminium
management
oilsystem
lubrication by forced feed, filler on the offside
predecessor
Austin Twelve 1660 cc
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successor
Austin Twelve 1535 cc, 1946
Austin Twelve 1861 cc
valvetrain
side-by-side valves, tappet covers may be easily removed, timing is driven by chain
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Austin 12 ist der Name verschi ...... (Heavy 12, später Austin FX2).
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L' Austin Twelve est une autom ...... ple à basse vitesse que ne le
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La 12 hp è stata un'autovettur ...... a fu conosciuta come Heavy 12.
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The Austin Twelve is a motor c ...... than the bhp rating suggests.
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Austin 12 hp
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Austin 12
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Austin 12
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Austin 12
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Austin Twelve 1660 cc & 1861 cc
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