1960 Austin Gipsy Owner Interview

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Steve (AKA BaT-Man)

[AJ-qngd]

The Austin Gypsy and the Land Rover were in fact completely different vehicles, BMC (British Motor Corporation) did not take over the Rover Company until 1968 and promptly discontinued the Gypsy in favour of the Land Rover. The Gypsy was always a niche vehicle selling only about 50, 000 units in its ten year production run while Land Rover were selling 60.000 units per year !
Nice to see passionate owners of these wonderful vehicles keeping them alive.

[kalkan]

Good luck with your new channel. Your guest here is key to success with channels such as this gentleman. Find people who love to talk about the history of their cars, and how their cars are an integral part of a good channel.

[paulsutton]

Th Gypsy was, in fact a potential rival to the Land Rover. It lost the competition for the military contract. I think the steel bodied Austin was heavier than the aluminium Land-Rover.
And it was therefore, less capable of being delivered to conflict zones by air.
The Austin ceased production long before Rover (the parent of Land Rover) sought the illusory "protection" of the BMC (by then: "British Leyland") combine.