1927 Austin 12/4 Gordon Landaulette

Location: Cranleigh

The Austin Twelve is a motor car introduced by Austin in 1921. It was the second of Herbert Austin's post World War I models and was, in many ways, a scaled-down version of his Austin Twenty, introduced in 1919. The Twelve was announced at the beginning of November 1921 and the number twelve refers to its fiscal horsepower rather than its brake horsepower which was 20 and later 27.

This 1927 12/4 is rather special - it has a Gordon Fabric Landaulette body which, as far as we know, is the only one left with this body in this configuration.

Mechanically the car is in fantastic order and is probably one of the best driving 12/4s around. It starts and runs very well and we actually completed a tour of Northern Ireland in the car earlier this year. It pulls well, steers very nicely and the gear change is smooth. In addition, it has a 12V coil conversion which helps towards trouble free motoring.

The body work is in very good order, and as you can see from the pictures, is a real eye catcher. The interior is fantastically original, with some great features including a very unusual manual headlight dipping system.

Please feel free to contact us for further information or to arrange a viewing.

We are happy to consider part exchange. Nationwide delivery available.