- Austin Gipsy
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name= Austin Gipsy
manufacturer=British Motor Corporation
production=1958-1967 Number made 21,208 cite book |last=Robson |first=Graham |title=A-Z British Cars 1945-1980|year=2006 |publisher=Herridge & Sons |location=Devon, UK|id=ISBN 0-9541063-9-3 ]
variants= LWB, SWB
predecessor=Austin Champ
successor =
body_style=Four-wheel drive
length = Auto in|139|0 or Auto in|160|0
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car_height=
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engine= Austin (A70) OHV
Convert|55|hp|kW|0|abbr=on diesel 2200 Auto bhp|62|0The Austin Gipsy was Austin's attempt at an off-road capable vehicle to compete with
Rover 's Land Rover.History
Austin picked the name with an "I" spelling rather than gypsy. The Gipsy was visually similar to the Land Rover, but unlike the Land Rover, the Gipsy's bodywork was steel and suffered badly from rust in the outdoors off-road environment it was intended for.The suspension was sophisticated - independent suspension all round, using 'Flexitor' rubber springs. Later models used leaf springs on the front and rear. It used either a BMC 2199 cc petrol based on the one in the
Austin A70 car or 2178 cc diesel engine.It was available initially in a 90 inch (2286 mm) (later known as the Short wheelbase (SWB) version to which was added a 111 inch (2819 mm) Long
wheelbase (LWB) from Series IIWith the merger of BMC with Leyland to form
British Leyland the Austin Gipsy and the Land Rover were being produced by the same company. Production of the Gipsy was stopped after some 21,208 vehicles had been sold.ee also
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List of Austin motor cars References
External links
* [http://www.austinmemories.com Austin Memories]
* [http://www.austingipsy.net The Austin Gipsy site]
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