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The American Austin Car Company was a United States automobile manufacturing corporation tied to the British Austin Motor Company. The company was founded in 1929, and produced motorcars from 1930 through 1934, when it filed for bankruptcy. In 1935 the company was reorganized under the name American Bantam. Production resumed in 1937 and continued through 1941, including the first prototype of what later became the Jeep. American Austin Car Company1939 American BantamThe American Austin Car Company was founded in 1929 in Butler, Pennsylvania in order to assemble and sell in the United States a version of the Austin 7 car, called American Austin. After some initial success the Great Depression set in, and sales fell off to the point that production was suspended. In 1934 the company filed for bankruptcy. About 20,000 cars were produced. From Wikipedia under the
GNU Free Documentation License  austinsevenfriends.com 397px x 583px | 23.70kB [source page] Bantam The American Austin Car Company Incorporated was formed in 1929 to produce the Austin Seven under license in America The American bodied Seven s were produced in a factory in  brewersofindianaguild.com 338px x 450px | 48.40kB [source page] 4 cylinder OHC engine The same size and more powerful than the Austin 7 at the same price yet sold only 4 000 year vs 15 000 Austin 7s 1934 Austin Bantam An American car built by The American Austin Car Company Basically an Austin 7 with a cut off rear end From Yahoo Image Search: "American Austin Car Company" |
