1982 Austin FX4

1982 Austin FX4 in The Ploughman's Lunch, Movie, 1983

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G-MANN ◊ 2014-06-25 17:43	The vehicle details for MYO 446X are: Date of Liability 27 07 1999 Date of First Registration 12 07 1982 Year of Manufacture 1982 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2520cc Fuel Type HEAVY OIL Export Marker N Vehicle Status Unlicensed Vehicle Colour BLACK From http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/austin/fx4fl2/the-cars-austin-fl2fx4/ : Quote By 1982, with Carbodies now responsible for building the taxi and marketing it outside London, and with a Land Rover engine soon to appear under the bonnet, the Austin badge on the grille was looking like something of an irrelevance... ...Carbodies acquired the intellectual property rights and having gained National Type Approval for the FX4, their SMMT classification was upgraded from “bodymaker” to “manufacturer”. Thus, when the FX4R was announced in the autumn of 1982, it proudly carried a “Carbodies” badge on its grille in place of the Austin one So this is an Austin FX4.

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◊ 2014-06-25 17:43

The vehicle details for MYO 446X are:
Date of Liability 27 07 1999
Date of First Registration 12 07 1982
Year of Manufacture 1982
Cylinder Capacity (cc) 2520cc
Fuel Type HEAVY OIL
Export Marker N
Vehicle Status Unlicensed
Vehicle Colour BLACK

From http://www.aronline.co.uk/blogs/cars/austin/fx4fl2/the-cars-austin-fl2fx4/ :

Quote By 1982, with Carbodies now responsible for building the taxi and marketing it outside London, and with a Land Rover engine soon to appear under the bonnet, the Austin badge on the grille was looking like something of an irrelevance...

...Carbodies acquired the intellectual property rights and having gained National Type Approval for the FX4, their SMMT classification was upgraded from “bodymaker” to “manufacturer”. Thus, when the FX4R was announced in the autumn of 1982, it proudly carried a “Carbodies” badge on its grille in place of the Austin one

So this is an Austin FX4.

1982 Austin FX4

1982 Austin FX4 in The Ploughman's Lunch, Movie, 1983

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