Rumblings, May 1950
Task Completed If the Editor of Motor Sport looks particularly carefree this month it will be because he has at long last, completed his history of Brooklands Motor Course, which…
THE AUSTIN A6o COUNTRYMAN ESTATE CAR
Engine : Four cylinders, 76.2 < 88.9 mm. (1,622 c.c.).
Push-rod-operated overhead valves. 8.3-to-I compression-ratio. 61 b.h.p. (gross) at 4,500 r.p.m.
Gear ratios: 1st, 16.55 to I; 2nd, 10.08 LO 1; 3rd, 6.25 to i ; top, 4.55 to r. Tyres : 5.90 14 Dunlop, on bolt-on steel disc wheels. Weight : I ton 3 cwt. qtr. (without occupants but ready
for the road, with just under 3 gallons of petrol). Steering ratio : 2. turns, lock-to-lock.
Fuel capacity : to gallons (Estimated range : 290 miles.) Wheelbase 8 ft. 41 in.
Track : Front, 4 ft. 2:; in.; rear, 4 ft. 3 in.
Dimensions : 14 ft. 9:i in. .< 5 ft. 3 in. -< 5 ft. o in. (high). Price : £670 (4;978 6s. 5d. inclusive of purchase tax). Radio extra.
Makers : The Austin Motor company Ltd., Longbridge, Birmingham, Warwickshire, England.