{"id":3013,"date":"2019-07-17T12:09:16","date_gmt":"2019-07-17T12:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/colinchapmanmuseum.org.uk\/?page_id=3013"},"modified":"2022-06-24T08:19:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-24T08:19:36","slug":"austin-powers-the-austin-a-series-engine-in-the-lotus-seven-series-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/colinchapmanmuseum.co.uk\/?page_id=3013","title":{"rendered":"Austin Powers: The Austin \u201cA\u201d Series Engine in the Lotus Seven Series 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Introduction<\/strong><\/p>\n

Subscribers are directed to A&R article \u201cLotus Power Plants\u201d in order to see the various proprietary engines fitted by Lotus and the reasons for doing so. The adoption and mutation of technology and componentry is a significant act within Industrial Design. It can have creative and commercial advantages of added value.<\/p>\n

One of the most important proprietary engines used by Chapman was the A Series Austin.<\/p>\n

A quotation by Simister in \u201cLegendary Car Engines\u201d sets the scene and context.<\/p>\n

\u201cLittle did Austin know that its engine for the A30, a car introduced in 1952, would still be in production nearly half a century later.<\/p>\n

It has powered many of Britain\u2019s best loved small cars and stretched and tuned far beyond its original designers dreams .This is the story of the BMC-A Series ; Britain\u2019s most enduring engine.\u201d<\/p>\n

This article is not a Haynes manual type of how to rebuild or tune the Austin engine. Rather is a look at the way they were adopted by Chapman and their importance.<\/p>\n

The Austin A Series Engine<\/strong><\/p>\n

The editors believe that the primary engineers \/ designers responsible for the Austin A Series were:-<\/p>\n