1912 Austin 15 Tourer

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A 1912 Austin 15 Tourer (Right hand drive), with coachwork by Austin, Registration No. YJ 691. The coachwork is finished in attractive mid blue, Chassis/Engine No. 5865, 2,840 cc., a V5C is present, the existing Registration number having been allocated on 13/03/2013, (she apparently previously had the South African Registration HX 7536). She was acquired by the family in 1993, having been re-imported from South Africa and has been the subject of an ongoing restoration since that time. Work has been carried out to the body-work, the woodwork, the upholstery/trim and also mechanical work, including to the engine, which is of the later, more powerful design with individual "T Head" cylinders on a cast iron crankcase painted to resemble aluminium. It is understood that one of the cylinders (No. 2) required replacing and one was removed from a spare engine and assembled to the crankcase, thus explaining why one is of a differing colour. The Information Folder includes correspondence in 1993 with the D.V.L.A. regarding the registration, a photocopy of an extract from The Car, Oct 26, 1910 - "A Day at the Austin Works", a photocopy of Instructions for the 15 h.p. Car and various invoices including for new (steel spoked) wheels in 2011. Whilst the family have run the engine and driven a short distance around their home, they will understandably be feeling disappointed that they never had the chance to experience that first great adventure on the open road. Here arises the opportunity to acquire an Edwardian Era motor car, produced 112 years ago, prior to the First World War, a type of vehicle that is generally only seen in a museum and apparently one of only 688 ever manufactured. You are unlikely to see another. This Austin 15 has carbide front lighting with a brass carbide acetylyne gas generator "A.L. Popular" by S. Smith & Son. Ltd., A.L. Generator-Allen Liversidge, patent no. 25661-09 Reg 557367, 9 Strand, London", 12 7/8" high, a Pair of "H & B Projector Headlamps No. 950, Best English Make by Howes & Burley Ltd., Birmingham", the slatted lenses 6 5/8" diameter, 8 1/4" high x 10 1/4" wide x 7" deep, the horn fixing holes 7" apart and 1/2" diameter approx. Also present is a pair of rear oil lamps "Dependance Regd trade mark, J & R Oldfield Ltd., manufacturers, Birmingham, patent nos. 20060-14395/11, type no. 5402, 8 1/4" high approx., the oil burners being present.