Trips around Australia are becoming more and more common, but none will ever rival the figure-of-eight crossing - surely the most gruelling test a new brand of oil ever underwent - made by four men and two sedan cars, one a Mini and the other an Austin 1800. Encouraged and constantly entertained - by the famous 'Gelignite Jack', the inimitable and irrepressible Jack Murray - they completed the journey from east to west and back again in a remarkably short time. It was as much an endurance test as an oil test, but both 'Castrol' and men were more than equal to the task.
6. Pitman's Book of the BMC 1800
7. Unsafe At Any Speed
Ralph Nader (consumer advocate)
You probably have heard of Ralph Nader - the USA consumers advocate. He wrote this book during the late 1960's and it was a 'damning' report on the then current US car production. In it he states that the Morris 1800 (Landcrab) built in the UK, was the safest car of the time with its suspension, brakes, and body construction. He stressed the fact that, if the 1800 was involved in a head on collision, the whole power unit goes under the car and not into the occupants.
8. Evan Green's World of Motor Sport
Evan Green, Summit Books 1977 ISBN 0 7271 0147 1
This motoring book, authored by Evan, highlights the racing and rallying scene in Australia and Internationally to the late 1970's. An impressive history that also includes his comments on the London-Sydney Marathon.
9. London-Sydney Marathon
'Daily Express'.
10. BMC/Leyland Publications
TP750 MkI Handbook
TP805 MkII Handbook
TP818Workshop Manual
AKD 4138 Workshop Manual
AKD 4942 Auto Gearbox Supplement
HYL 3342 1800 MkI Parts List
CAKD 5122 Special Tuning Data for the 1800
BMC Body Repair Guide Vol 2 Supplement 16 1800 MkI
BMC Body Repair Guide Vol 2 Supplement 17 1800 MkII
11. The Longest Drive Of All
Paddy Hopkirk
Paddy Hopkirk's story of the 1968 London - Sydney Marathon
Geoffrey Chapman London Dublin Sydney (1969) SBN 225-48860.4
12. Complete Catalogue of Austin Cars since 1945.
Anders Ditlev Clausager, Bay View Books Ltd, ISBN 1 870979 26 5
It is quite a good book for any Austin/BMC fan and gives far better wrap of the 1800 than Graham Robson does in The Cars of BMC. (Paul Copeland)
Dec 65 Special Austin 1800 feature... first full test.
Dec 65Austin 1800 - how it works.
Feb 67Austin 1800: second look (10,000 mile test).
May 67 Wolseley 18/85.
Sep 67Midweek madness: Sydney-Perth-Sydney under 5 days by Austin 1800.
Feb 68Austin 1800 tops the ton (100 mph).
Jun 68 Automatically Austin.
Dec 68Britain's sixty winners.
Jan 69 Project 5/5 (Austin1800 outback test).
Feb 69Operation resuscitation.
May 69 A nippier Landcrab.
July 69 Bulging BMC's: 1500 and Nomad.
Mar 70Zetland gone zany (rally).
Sep 70Overdue Morris overdrive.
Nov 70Tasman and Kimberley.
Jan 71 Austins hit the button.
Feb 71 Poor man's XJ6 (tests - Kimberley and Tasman).
July 73 1800 V8.
AUSTRALIAN MOTOR MANUAL 1964 - 1979
Dec 64The 1800.
Apr 68Q-Ship Austin 1800.
Jan 69We test Austin 1800 MkII with a difference.
Apr 69The go-faster Austin 1800.
Apr 69Scoop: BLMC plans for '69.
Jul 73 Birth of the P76.
Jul 73 Austin 1800 V8.
Dec 79
Jan N/A Austin 1800 MkII: a sheep in wolf's clothing.
BRITISH AUTOCAR 1964 - 1973
16 Oct 64Austin 1800.
20 Aug 65
31 Dec 65
14 Jan 66 Downton tuned Austin 1800.
6 May 66 The new Morris 1800.
16 Sep 66
4 Nov 66 Crayford Austin 1800 estate car.
7 Mar 68 BMC 1800 rally car.
11 Jul 68 Austin 1800 MkII.
13 Mar 69 Marathon 1800.
1 May 69Morris 1800's road test.
18 Sep 69
13 Apr 72Road test of MkIII Austin 2200.
15 Mar 73 Used car test: 1970 Wolseley.
1 Nov 73 Used car BLMC 1800.
MOTOR 1964 - 1975
17 Oct 64 New Austin 1800: (whole issue)
* complete description.
* photography and drawings.
* road test report.
30 Oct 65 Austin 1800 (deluxe) 12,000 mile staff car report.
14 Mar 66An extra door: Crayford's BMC 1800 Estate.
MODERN MOTOR
