From the Chief Canberra Correspondent: an Austin Tasman X6
I love this early 1970s' Austin Tasman, captured by the CCC in suburban ACT, purely for its Aussie-ness. It is, effectively, an updated Austin 1800, sharing the basic platform and doors of its slightly older British-built cousin, known colloquially as the "Land Crab." It's Aussie-as because even though it was (re)designed, built and marketed here and also sold in New Zealand, it was never available in the Land Crab's home country. Therefore, it's quite exclusively ours. And the real kicker is that even though the Poms missed out on our boxy update of their innovative, fluid-floating front-driver, they did benefit from the Australian-developed in-line six-cylinder engine that powered it, as it ended up being fitted to their Austin Princess and other British Leyland stablemates. Our contribution to that car isn't lost on at least one dryly amusing British YouTuber, as he explains in the following rather entertaining clip: https://www.youtube.com/...