30-04-2020, 08:08 AM
Nate, in 1934 American Austin went belly-up. Bantam, which took over the operation, had the engine (a mirror image of the Austin Seven engine) redesigned. The obvious change was to the main bearings which were changed from ball and rollers to Babbitt.
Perhaps the motivation was to reduce manufacturing costs, perhaps to avoid paying royalties to Sir Herbert.
I gather from posts on here that Reliant, who made a copy of the A7 engine after Austin stopped making it, made a number of improvements before they turned to OHV.
Perhaps the motivation was to reduce manufacturing costs, perhaps to avoid paying royalties to Sir Herbert.
I gather from posts on here that Reliant, who made a copy of the A7 engine after Austin stopped making it, made a number of improvements before they turned to OHV.