New Antarctic Expedition Austin... 1St I've Always Heard Of That!
1930
Bantam Austin Returns alongside Wilkins From the Antarctic
This "seagoing" Bantam car, which is shown parked nether the fly of a bird on Deception Island, was 1 of the close pop members of the Wilkins Antarctic Expedition. For to a greater extent than than half dozen months it withstood the penalization of Polar weather condition as well as fossil oil driving over untracked Antarctic wastes as well as emerged sum of "pep" as well as every bit expert every bit ever.
It served faithfully every bit an unfailing mountain to the intrepid explorers who probed the mysteries of the Antarctic, as well as was said yesteryear Sir Hubert to endure indispensible. Equipped alongside chains as well as double tires, it made its ain roads as well as laughed at the temperature as well as the roughness of the going.
The rugged lilliputian explorer is mounted on the same chassis as well as powered yesteryear the same motor that volition endure featured inward the novel Bantam Austin cars to endure manufactured inward the U.S.A. yesteryear the American Austin Car Company of Detroit.
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