Thursday, October 17, 2013

Junkyard Find: 1969 Austin 1800 “Landcrab”

10 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThe BMW ADO17, popularly known as the Landcrab, sold pretty well in Europe but was nearly unknown in North America. Not completely unknown, though; a few Landcrabs were sold in the United States, and one of them has just washed up in a San Francisco Bay Area self-service wrecking yard.
01 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinWith the same 1800cc pushrod B engine as the MGB, the Landcrab wasn't going to win any drag races with, say, Slant Six Plymouth Valiants with a couple of bad plug wires, but its front-wheel-drive layout gave it a very spacious interior for its small footprint.
04 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee MartinThis one has the look of a project car that sat in a California back yard for a quarter-century or so, but it still has plenty of parts to offer one of the handful of American Landcrab owners.
583-UG-Pacific_Northworst_24_Hours_of_LeMonsI know of just one running Landcrab on this continent, and that's this Mazda V6-powered example, which Silversleeves Racing ran at the 2013 Pacific Northworst 24 Hours of LeMons race earlier this year. I'll let them know there's a parts car just 1,000 miles to the south!

01 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 02 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 03 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 04 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 05 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 06 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 07 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 08 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 09 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin 10 - 1969 Austin 1800 Landcrab ADO17 Down on the Junkyard - Picture courtesy of Murilee Martin

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