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Austin – other truck models: collective page outside the named ranges, from the wartime three-tonner to the Austin Loadstar, four- and six-cylinder engines, 49.2 to 67 kW, 3,460 to 4,000 cm³

This page gathers Austin trucks the register could not assign to a named range, from simple wartime and post-war three-tonners to the Austin Loadstar of the 1970s and 1980s. Austin was founded in 1905 by Herbert Austin in Longbridge near Birmingham, became part of the British Motor Corporation in 1952 and of the British Leyland group in 1968. The Loadstar was a badge-engineered sister model of the Leyland commercial-vehicle range and was sold under both brand names, while older types such as the K and FG series were Austin's own designs.

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The register lists 37 versions here with 49.2 to 67 kW from four- to six-cylinder engines of 3,460 to 4,000 cm³, kerb weights of 2,300 to 9,120 kg, lengths of 4,580 to 7,550 mm and widths of 1,980 to 2,470 mm.

Austin trucks competed in Britain with Bedford, Commer and sister marque Morris Commercial and were used mainly in trades, municipal work and light haulage. After the merger into British Leyland, the Austin brand disappeared from truck production in favour of Leyland and Freight Rover, making surviving Austin commercial vehicles rare collector's pieces today.

On these older vehicles, key checks include frame and cab corrosion, the condition of leaf springs and drum brakes, and the sealing of the flatbed or box body. The four- and six-cylinder engines should be checked for oil loss at the head and sump gaskets and for the condition of the clutch and gear linkage. New spare parts are barely available any more, with supply running almost exclusively through classic commercial-vehicle clubs and specialist dealers.

	3 K B N1954	3 KBN1962	3 TON1954	504 FC1964	6 KBF1965	BA 3993 cm³1952	BA 3995 cm³1954	ET51951	FG-K601962	FT-105/71952	K 41952-1957	K2AL1641911951
Cylinders	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Displacement	–	–	4,000 cm³	–	–	3,993 cm³	3,995 cm³	–	3,993 cm³	–	–	3,500 cm³
Wheelbase	3,500 mm	4,080 mm	3,440 mm	4,060 mm	4,070 mm	–	–	4,020 mm	3,680 mm	3,380 mm	4,060 mm	3,400 mm
Length	5,650 mm	7,000 mm	6,200 mm	6,880 mm	7,340 mm	5,800 mm	6,550 mm	7,550 mm	6,100 mm	6,100 mm	7,010 mm	6,400 mm
Width	2,140 mm	2,130 mm	2,100 mm	2,350 mm	2,220 mm	2,180 mm	2,270 mm	2,250 mm	2,220 mm	2,230 mm	2,200 mm	2,200 mm
Unladen weight	3,650 kg	4,910 kg	4,250 kg	3,495 kg	6,420 kg	2,550 kg	2,850 kg	3,640 kg	2,860 kg	3,410 kg	5,220 kg	3,725 kg
Gross vehicle weight	6,100 kg	7,000 kg	6,096 kg	9,150 kg	9,875 kg	–	7,600 kg	4,315 kg	6,000 kg	4,085 kg	9,000 kg	4,500 kg

Austin Other models

Austin – other truck models: collective page outside the named ranges, from the wartime three-tonner to the Austin Loadstar, four- and six-cylinder engines, 49.2 to 67 kW, 3,460 to 4,000 cm³

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1K

3 K B N

3 TON

4 FGB

503-5KWE-3/4060

504 FC

6 KBF

6 KBN

6KBN

8 KDF

BA 3993 cm³ flatbed truck

BA 3995 cm³ flatbed truck, 2 doors

BASEPH

BELLENWAGEN

COMMERCIAL VBK-4-SV

ET5

FG K40 A13L/2900-65

FG-K60

FT 105

FT-105/7

FT105/7

FT2

HT27A

K 2

K2

K2/Y

K2/YP

K2AL164191

K2WAL/3400

K4

Loadstar

WD30CWT

3 KBN

K 4

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2WA

504-565/4060-61