145 years ago, on 8 November 1866, Sir Herbert Austin was born an outstanding British industrialist. A 6-cylinder Austin 100HP Grand Prix was equipped with a 6-cylinder engine with a capacity of 9677 cubic metres. see with a capacity of 171 l. c. Speaking of Austin Motor Company, British Motor Company, British Leyland Motor Corporation and, ultimately, about Austin-Rover, we remember a man, without which the history of the British automobiles would have gone completely different ways. The industry of Australia, where Herbert Austin began his professional career, could have been a different development. Herbert Austin is a simple farmer family from Buckinghamshire. In Australia, he came to visit his uncle on the mother's side, and he came in. My uncle arranged for him to work for himself at the Mehan Ferguson plant. And then Herbert met a pretty girl. Her name was Helen Dron, her parents were descendants of Scottish settlers. In 1887, the young married, bought a house. The first name was Vernon James. Sir Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Longbard, on the day of dedication of the Lord, the 1936-year-old had to feed his family. A promising engineer, Herbert Austen, took a job at Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company, which allowed the sheep to be trimmed. What if only the sheep were interested in Australia when the events were unfolding? However, Frederick York was highly valued by Herbert as an engineer. Herbert Austin poses with an Austin 7HP at the castle of Wartburg Castle near the town of Eisen. A German company, Dixi, had just purchased a license to manufacture the car. 1927, at some point, Vouzli decided to move the case to the metropolis. He realizes that Herbert is not going to go with him-his daughter is only a second year. And then, get off the force! And then Wnodes offers Herbert a stake in his future British firm. The partners were attached to the banks of Albion in November 1893. Start with the bikes. But was Austin the designer of the first car of Wolseley? That's the point of view. The first Wolseley sample of 1895 was a tricycle with a two-cylinder motor. The sample was taken from the French De Dion-Bouton. A year later, the board of directors agreed to allocate two thousand pounds sterling-the sum of the times considerable-to the development of automobile production. For comparison, in 1901 Vouzli will receive 22,500 pounds from the Birmingham Syndicate of Vickers for the assignment of all rights to automobile production. During World War I, the Russian army received armored vehicles on the chassis of Austin 30HP. In 1914, 48 cars were delivered (the so-called first series), in 1915-60 machines of the advanced second series, in 1917-another 60 machines of the third series and at least 55 chassis for booking on the Putilov plant in Petrograd. The photo is one of the Austin's armored vehicles captured by the German forces. In this operation, the role of Austin was clearly distinct: that the directors of Vickers (including Hayram Maxim, the inventor of the machine gun) lack the means to make the deal, he brought a man ready to join. This man was Frank Kaiser, the supplier to Wolseley. Austin convinced him of his wealth as a car specialist. So, in the newly formed enterprise in Birmingham, Eddley Park, the engineer Austin is based on an annual salary of £ 500 plus five percent of profit. So in Austin, a businessman was born. Alas, disagreement with Douglas and Albert Vikkers about the engine for the next car led to the dismissal of Austin. Austin 7HP. Under the then-4-cylinder engine, a working volume of 747 "blocks" and a capacity of up to 10 l. c. It was unconventional that the car was fitted with brakes on all wheels. Between 1922 and 1933, 300,000 cars were produced. Top hat model, "cylinder". The car cost 165 pounds sterling in 1927, Frank Kaiser came to the rescue and this time. In December 1905, Herbert Austin registered a company of his own name, Austin Motor Co. Ltd. She was to be the UK's biggest car firm. Its head factory will be erected in Longbridge, at the place of the abandoned printing house. In 1936, for his services to the country, Herbert Austin, the Baron Longbridge. "Behind the wheel" has written about Herbert Austin. A 6-cylinder Austin 100HP Grand Prix was equipped with a 6-cylinder engine with a capacity of 9677 cubic metres. see with a capacity of 171 l. c. Sir Herbert Austin, 1st Baron Longbard, the day of dedication to the Lord, the 1936 year of World War I, the Russian army received armored vehicles on the chassis of Austin 30HP. In 1914, 48 cars were delivered (the so-called first series), in 1915-60 machines of the advanced second series, in 1917-another 60 machines of the third series and at least 55 chassis for booking on the Putilov plant in Petrograd. The photo is one of the Austin's armored vehicles captured by the German forces. Austin 7HP. Under the then-4-cylinder engine, a working volume of 747 "blocks" and a capacity of up to 10 l. c. It was unconventional that the car was fitted with brakes on all wheels. Between 1922 and 1933, 300,000 cars were produced. Top hat model, "cylinder". The car cost 165 pounds sterling in 1927, Herbert Austin poses with an Austin 7HP car on the castle of Wartburg Castle in the vicinity of the town of Eisen. A German company, Dixi, has just purchased a license for the production of the car.