Austin 1300 GT (and other interesting ADO16 variants)

Have you had any sucess.. i too am looking for a 1300gt

I've been trying to persuade my Dad to bid but he's being boring. These come up very rarely in this type of condition. It's market value is probably £8K+ & the serious bidding will probably kick off in the last half hour.

not if you looked close enough !! the prang it had was more than that (ie dented front subframe and all out of line front tyres were scrubbed up something wicked)

was straight from the horses mouth (from a guy who viewed it and is vv knowledgeable in 1100/1300 hes built enough of them and has known the car from previous owners!! ive also seen pictures of the damage ill see if i can get them sent to me if you'd like proof ))

I went to see this car .. the car itself had a very poor repair.. front nearside wing was touching the scuttle panel and also blended in at the bottom to the sill ie no seam.. near side front floor, toe baord - bulkhead on near side was pushed in..needs new near side front wing stripe, bumper twisted, roof gutter trims nearly falling off.. no front over riders, and front tyres was scrubbing..also look at the poor inner wing - front panel repair.. poor welding and front panel on the inside was all glassfibre badly painted over orange.. i was very disapointed! I feel the car itself being a cat c, 11 owners, 2 colour changes, non GT engine or close ratio gearbox, missing GT long centre branch manifold and twin box GT exhaust system it made a VERY good price.. at the end of the day it will always be a cat C car and also the poor repairs, damaged floors and bulkhead and missing GT items which is now unobtainable is a big issue.. my search continues!

No way was this repaired by a classic car specailist... i didnt drive it, only started it.. engine sounded okay albeit its not a GT engine.. exhaust had a blow and was idleing way to fast but there easy fixes. The car needed alot of love.. to get the inner wing right youd have to cut the wing of again and start from scratch and the car ideally needs to go on a jig to pull the floor and bulkhead back into shape. I offered him £3000 which i felt was strong money esp as all the items that make it a GT was missing.. wonder if it sold.. he hasnt been left feedback either way..

We'd have been well & truly fcuked off if we'd bid on this 'excellent condition' GT with 'classic expert' repairs only to find that mess!

What a shame, this repair work should have been reasonably straightforward to do properly.

I'm still looking for a austin 1300 GT.. ANYONE?

In the late 80's / early 90's I had a one of the last Triumph Stags which I invested a lot of money in getting it as good as it could be, full works on the engine by Hart Racing Services, body renovations & respray, etc.

The Stag was my everyday car, usually alongside a big Jag or big Rover. I was too busy with work at the time to do much to it myself and took advice from the The Stag Owners Club on a South Wales based Stag specialist. For every passable job this clown did on my car he totally mucked up another. The cherry on the cake was when I picked up the car from yet another inept job I was driving back on the M4 when the (ultra-light powered) steering locked up as I was trying to change lanes, I eventually managed to wrench the steering free. I pulled off the motorway and checked under the bonnet, there was a large wire brush wedged under the steering column obstructing it from turning at one of the unions. Needless to say I didn't rush back!