Austin Ten Drivers Club

Paul Firstly congratulations on choosing an Austin 12 Ascot as your venture into oldtime motoring pleasure. The car is not known to the club under the registration AEF 830 A. That is a very strange reg. No. to be allocated to it by DVLA as it is not "age-related" being a No. first issued in 1963! Yo...

Try also the ATDC spares dept they do have used parts that are not listed on the website. On the main website page go to Parts Department then use the phone No shown in the top line. Or on Home page of the main website scroll down below "60 years celebration" to the link Parts (with pic of badge bra...

I use deionised water in the radiator, as supplied for steam irons and in the old days to top up battery cells. But I do add antifreeze

ATDC technical fact sheet No 2 Back Axle Oil Seals is what you need. Login to the members area on the main website (not this forum) and using the green drop-down menu on the top right go to Technical Documents then scroll down the screen to the one you want. You can download this and print it off. F...

There are said to be many shades of black. I think the club guide with suggested codes of modern colours assumes that the car is undergoing a complete repaint so the idea is to match it as closely as possible to original colours offered by Austin. The car may have been repainted in its life and / or...

Newnes says "If new guides are necessary the old ones can be driven out from the top and new ones driven in from the same direction" (Vol 2 - Austin 10 Engine by W T Mead MIMT) It does not say what tool to use but to direct the blows of the hammer some kind of drift would be useful. Perhaps the tomm...

Was clearing out some old papers today and found this

Glad to hear you got a result.

Oh yes the classic notched stick!

Charlotte This maroon (and black) 1933 Austin 10 car is listed by DVLA at Swansea and is on the ATDC database. But it is neither on the road nor SORN and no current member of ATDC claims ownership. Hopefully it might be lurking in someone's garage or barn somewhere. DVLA shows it has been untaxed si...