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r000 From the 19XX early fifties, Make the South Model australian firm of Lightburn Industries,
estimate: $000 000 - $000 000
successful manufacturers of washing machines, cement mixers, auto
offered without reserve
equipment, and fiberglass boats, was interested in building a small
commuter car. Its design team, headed by the charismatic Harold
Lightburn, developed several prototypes and concluded with the
purchase of the rights to the astra, a light commercial utility wagon built
by the famous British anzani firm in Middlesex, England.
This was the inspiration for the fiberglass-bodied Lightburn Zeta
Runabout, billed as “australia’s own second car.” Its size was just right
for shopping runs and “mom’s taxi” duties, but its low-powered villiers
twin, with its sequential shifter and “shut-off-and-restart” reverse, was
not something the public warmed to. Its flaw was the absence of a rear
hatch, necessitating the removal of the seats for serious load-carrying.
Comments have been made regarding the controversial styling, but
it was not the first company with such an issue, and as australian
distributors for alfa Romeo, they were not completely blind to matters of
automotive style. This example is finished in cream with a black interior;
nearly every panel has some feature to appreciate, be it the taillights
manufacturer that appear to Manufacturer be off some British Leyland production product, the # fins on the rear
origin section of the City, roof Country à la the volvo P1800, ID no. or the upward # cant of the
motor sculpted lines motor of the front fenders, which displacement hints at amphibious cc use.
power hp length mm
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