Austin Ten Drivers Club

Welcome to the forum. BG was a registration for Birkenhead starting with ABG in 1949. It does not go beyond VBG. So YBG is a DVLA allocated number to provide an authentic looking old-style registration to a car whose original registration has lost or sold as a personal plate. Makes a nice change fro...

Concerning the numbers stamped into gearboxes it may often be the case that the lid of the box has been replaced and so has a different No than that stamped into the main casing. It will be the number stamped into the casing that will indicate what gears are inside. In essence there are 4 types of g...

Have just renewed my Austin car insurance & recovery with the Club scheme, now with Howden & ERS (formerly RH & ERS). On phone with Cullam. VG service answering all my Qs helpfully & in detail. No AI, no musak and no hanging on the for ages. Good price too: very VFM as befits Austin 10s. Recommended...

Central handbrake lever so 1939? Yes, move of umbrella handbrake from RH side to emerge at the centre of the car was early 1939 from chassis No G 170586 / Car No G/RL 170586. Glasgow reg CGG was from Feb 1939 until replaced by DGG in March 1942 When I put my A10 onto the Swansea computer in the 198...

This 1938 Cambridge does not appear on the Club database so any previous owners have not been members or not notified details of the car. I see that for once DVLA got the engine capacity right - 1125cc. But the computer does not recognise any thing older than itself - date of "first registration " s...

Hi When introduced in August 1936 the Cambridge had a sidedraught Zenith carburettor and manifold to match, also I believe 18mm plug head. The change to the downdraught Zenith and manifold occurred in November 1936. According to the Index cards this took place at chassis No G105479 (Car No G/RL 1054...

Ask ATDC spares - see parts dept button on Home page - if they have some aluminium Austin 10 brake shoes in their second-hand stock. They can also sell you the rivets if you want to transfer the good linings across from your broken shoes.

Yes on this ATDC site go to spared dept and search for 601. This is the king-pin set (king-pins, cotters, bushes, washers etc) for the 10hp Cambridge.

https://shop.austintendriversclub.com/i ... search=601 Open in new tab.

DVLA keep sending me around the buoy again Latest information from DVLA their response will be not before 23rd February, a minimum of 4 weeks from when they belatedly asked me for more info on 27th January and got an immediate reply online. As the data they asked for was recorded in 1935 on first re...

This looked like a handy gadget. So why have I never seen one?