Austin sold the Gipsy to the same customers Rover courted — the GPO, fire brigades, county councils, farmers — and won a share of them for ten years; the long 111-inch version carried the bodies those fleets needed.
The civilian Champ never found that market: about 500 were built and most were exported to Australia, where the Rolls-Royce engine and the price made it a curiosity rather than a working vehicle.
11952 – 1956
Champ WN3 (1952–1956)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe civilian Champ and its Australian exports.
Registry records · chapter 1
21958 – 1968
Gipsy in service (1958–1968)
3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe GPO, fire brigades, farms and the overseas assembly.
Sources
- Austin Gipsy — Wikipedia
- Profile — The Austin Gipsy — Moss Motoring