Austin Ten Drivers Club

Pictures of hood latch and windscreen spigot on 10/4 tourer. These are 2-seaters but 4-seat tourers are same. In essence there are spigots (or rounded spikes) at each end of the top of the screen which fits into a hole in the front stretching bar of the hood. There is a half moon cut out in each of ...

Usually the Austin 10 engine number is a slightly larger number than the chassis number because of the engines made as spares & other uses. For example a 10/4 Lichfield registered 1st May 1935 chassis No. G67141 had an engine No. IG67875. Of course with any car that has had a replacement engine in i...

ted_prest wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 15, 2020 5:26 pm

Stores have them,Rubber.Ted

Buy online on this website - item 975 - https://parts.austintendriversclub.com/shop/

ted_prest wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 04, 2020 5:06 pm

I did just that on others Peter,just wasnt sure what i was looking at,thought i might have been missing something.Ted

Thanks Ted keep reporting!

Gary Yes valve-grinding was a regular service requirement. My Nov 1933 handbook recommends removing the carbon deposits every 2000 miles and grinding the valves every 4000. On leaded fuels (petrol containing a small proportion of tetraethyl lead) the handbook says Provided that the same reasonable a...

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Newnes Motor Manual suggests tapping the race right home using a piece of tubing as a drift.

Hi - '36 Lt12/4 Ascot VG choice. Unlike the '61 Westminster its limits are reached at low speeds (especially uphill). In my brother's last year at school he and his best mate were the only ones NOT to write off a car in a smash. At least one of these cars was a then new '61 Westminster and another w...

Penrite is a quality brand used widely in the trade I believe.

Does the club have a list of preferred roadside assistance companies? No it does not recommend anyone. One reason is that the Club Insurance scheme, by RH Specialist Insurance includes a breakdown and recovery service - https://www.rhspecialistinsurance.co.uk/ Like most other recovery services they...