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This is the channel for the Austin Gipsy Site, dedicated to the British built Austin Gipsy four wheel drive.
Here I'll post videos of repairs that I have done to my Gipsys and other Gipsy related stuff.
If you've never heard of an Austin Gipsy visit my website www.austingipsy.net
If you have any suggestions on videos that you would like to see please post in the comments section.
Here I'll post videos of repairs that I have done to my Gipsys and other Gipsy related stuff.
If you've never heard of an Austin Gipsy visit my website www.austingipsy.net
If you have any suggestions on videos that you would like to see please post in the comments section.
Austin Gipsy G3 update / September 2024
Here's a quick update of the progress on my Austin Gipsy project.
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G3 Gipsy Windscreen repairs
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Short update on the repairs I have been doing on my windscreen frame.
May 2024 Austin Gipsy "G3" update.
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In this video I go over some of the items that I have finished on my Gipsy "G3" project. It runs and drives now!
Austin Gipsy Flexitor hubs and differentials.
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This is a fairly detailed look inside the front hubs, steering swivels and differentials on the Austin Gipsy (with flexitor suspension) It should be helpful for anyone who is embarking on a hub/bearing repack or just interested in how they are assembled.
Choosing hubcaps for your Gipsy
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In this video I go over the hubcaps that I bought for my leaf sprung Gipsy with locking hubs. (I ended up returning them)
How to fit your relined brake shoes.
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This is an important step in a brake reline. If the arc of your brake shoes is larger than the drum radius you will have a spongy brake pedal and poor braking.
Will this old Austin start and run on 11 year old Gasoline (Petrol)?
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I sold this Austin Gipsy 11 years ago then recently bought it back, it still has the petrol/gasoline that I put in the tank.
Steering box sector shaft breakage on Jeeps and other 4x4's
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In this video I demonstrate how to check for steering box sector shaft damage and it's possible causes and consequences.
Austin Gipsy hood/bonnet spare tire mount installation.
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The G3 project continues with the modification of the hood/bonnet for a spare tire mount.
Weber 34ICH carburetor installation on Austin Gipsy G2M10.
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I recently replaced my Gipsys original Zenith carb with a new Weber 34ICH and it made quite an improvement.
Austin Gipsy maintenance
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This video shows basic maintenance and lubrication of the Austin Gipsy.
A Dachshund a Gipsy and an Austin 1100.
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We take a break from the Austin Gipsy workshop and take Hank for a quick walk, then a trip to see the remnants of an Austin 1100 (Austin America)
Austin Gipsy G3 Update, body and hard top painted
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This is my latest update on my Austin Gipsy project. I recently painted the body and hard top.
Austin Gipsy G3 spring update
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This is a short video showing the latest work that I have done to my Austin Gipsy.
G2/G4 Austin Gipsy update
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In this video I give an update on the progress of my current Austin Gipsy project. (G2 body on a G4 chassis)
Lucas 31250 directional indicator switch
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Lucas 31250 directional indicator switch
Girling style master cylinder / no name compared to brand name US made.
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Girling style master cylinder / no name compared to brand name US made.
Will a G1M10 / G2M10 body fit on a G4M10 chassis?
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Will a G1M10 / G2M10 body fit on a G4M10 chassis?
A look inside the Austin Gipsy front hubs and swivel housings.
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A look inside the Austin Gipsy front hubs and swivel housings.
What is Flexitor suspension? And how does it work on the Austin Gipsy?
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What is Flexitor suspension? And how does it work on the Austin Gipsy?
Austin Gipsy G4M10 crank start and drive
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Austin Gipsy G4M10 crank start and drive
Austin Gipsy G2M10 second restoration.
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Austin Gipsy G2M10 second restoration.
Don't throw away your Lucas horn, take it apart and fix it.
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Don't throw away your Lucas horn, take it apart and fix it.
Suggested steps for starting your vehicle restoration.
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Suggested steps for starting your vehicle restoration.
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You're painting it with 'a Landrover colour'? Really? Nice job so far though, btw.
haha yeah. I was looking through a stack of paint samples looking for a common colour. I thought hey this looks nice, and when I flipped it over it said LR Keswick green. The problem these days is that nobody can mix paint to match. So you have to pick a common paint code that they can mix by a recipe.
Really nice job, very shiny
Got a 2020 2108fbs. No problem...exept thecair conditioner doesnt bl I w cold
Might try this in my 1965 TR4A
Maybe this is why my morris 8 refuses to stop. it has new brake shoes. I will take them out and try your method. Wish me luck and thanks for the video
You're welcome! When you pull the drums off have a look to see where they have been making contact on the shoes. If it's just on the heel and toe of the lining that will be your culprit. It's a bit of a tedious way to fit linings but nobody (except a good reline shop) will finish grind them anymore because of the dust hazard. Just be sure to wear a respirator.
Nice video. As a mechanic, ave you considered doing one on regular maintenance? We're going to pick up a 2023 in a couple of weeks. Glad that you mentioned, "you'd buy it again." For those who might avoid it, those issues mentioned are not exclusive to any one dealer.
I've considered doing how to videos but I keep pretty busy in my shop so I don't have the time needed for producing and editing the videos. The Winnebago is a well made RV, most of my trailers problems could have been avoided by proper pre inspection and better service from the dealer.
@@austingipsysite thanks. I remember you saying that in your video. God bless.
I have the same truck with the 7.3, 160k miles.
Nice! that 7.3 was a great motor.
I guess my question is what would you have gotten instead of this? Especially at a similar size/weight
Glad you asked! In January we replaced the Winnebago with a 2024 Flagstaff 21FBRS, size weight and layout are very similar. I'd say you get a lot more for the money with the Flagstaff and we've had it out on several trips for a total of 26 day/nights and we haven't had a single problem with it. There's lots of good videos here on YT that show the construction of the Flagstaff if you are interested.
@@austingipsysite thanks for responding, I was looking at the micro flx as a full time rv. but now im kinda having issues finding a full time rv site in ohio. Thinking more now of buying a mobile home or prefab on a plot. very informative video :D
@@notoriousshizzane2696 I think the mobile/prefab would be a better choice during the winters. Even with the "cold weather package" travel trailers still need to be skirted to keep them from freezing up.
Thanks for the update, and explanation for why some fibreglass stays sticky after use. definitely one area on a gipsy that a lot of owners have problems with and that's rust in their window frames, and the availability of the original profile rubber glass sealing strip/rubbers for the windscreen glass. And as I understand it the only available rubber strip comes from Australia, please correct me if I'm wrong on that fact.
Yes, Scotts old auto rubber is/was the place to get the WS seal. Last time I checked he didn't have it so I found an alternative in the US. I'll be finding out for sure if it's correct when I put the glass back in this WS frame. Will keep you posted!
@@austingipsysite,do want a series 1 soft door top? Original NOS, only 1 side tho unfortunately
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Great looking. Thank you for sharing your progress. Mine has been very slow with lots of newly discovered work that needs to be done. Keep up this nice work!!!
Thank you! This Gipsy has been a long project as well. I always seem to have other projects in front of it. But I'm coming down the home stretch, I'll be adding more updates :)
I have a 2019 1808fbs and it has been a very good trailer, I would rate the quality as very good, a couple of cosmetic issues with interior wallpaper but that's about all.
That's good to hear, I think my trailer was one of those "covid trailers" people talk about.
There can't be many Austin Gypsies in North America,do many general public know what it is?
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Nice rebuild on your G3, just a shame you are on the other side of the Atlantic coz I could make you that fuel tank you need, and I could certainly do with a mechanical gipsy expert to help with mine.
Fine piece of work on this classic.
Thank you!
Good to see the voltage reg being put to use!
Yes! I didn't even have to adjust it, thank you again!!
Good info on this video. $48K plus for these trailers, and this is unacceptable.
I agree with many of the comments. Sadly, nearly all the RV manufacturers use poor quality parts and even worse quality labor. The old saying, "don't buy something built on a Friday" is usually true. The dealers are nearly useless for repairs and Always busy and slow to fix anything. Don't get one unless you have the ability to make many of the repairs yourself.
What a car.. don't forget the Champ though.
Thanks, very useful info, nothing beats a how to video, at some point i will have to dismantle these on mine, fingers crossed they will be ok, though doubtful after all this time.
You're welcome Roy!
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I have a terminal fork, but have only ever used it once! If you whack the arm on the outside where the terminal is fitted, 9 times out of 10 the terminal will just pop out - no damage to seal. Just my two cents...
Yes that's a way too, but easy to distort the shape of the tapered hole in the arm. Sort of a last resort.
Considerable skills here. I wish mechanics would use the care and attention you demonstrate! I have to wonder where do you source spare parts for near 60 year old Gipsys? Is it from the UK? Finally I note in the background what I recognise as a 60s Steyr Puch Haflinger. This makes an interesting deviation from your Gipsy adherence. The Haflinger has some interesting features including manual diff-locks front and rear. A video on this vehicle would be so cool. Keep up the good work!
Thank you! Parts can be hard to find, most bearings match up by number, and seals I match up by size but even then they can be hard to get. There are a lot of parts that are the same as other vehicles too. That said, I have made a lot of parts (mainly body panels) The Haflinger belongs to a friend, I've been working on it as well. Got it running and driving last winter, it's an amazing vehicle, so well designed and built. Between the locking diffs and suspension it would go anywhere.
This was a standard procedure back when drum brakes were norm, some of my older mentors and family members talked about using some equipment and “shoe arcing” new brakes, it was the way it was supposed to be done.
That's true, years ago we had an Ammco brake lathe and on the side was an arcing machine. We always fit the shoes to the drum.
I have a Ammco radius grinder at my shop, I use to grind relined shoes as standard procedure after relining (and if I have the radius of the brake drum) but I stopped doing it because clients started to complain when they see the linings are thicker in the middle then on the sides. They don't understand the point of radius grinding, in their minds, the ends of the linings will not last as long as the middle of the linings so I started to only do it on request. It's not worth my time and energy trying to explain to 20 people a day why a perfect radius is important. Fortunately the old timers get it and they usually ask for the service. I don't charge for it, I don't know why people just don't trust the guy running a brake shop for a living..
Yeah, can't help some people! We had to stop arcing brake shoes because workers compensation pretty much banned grinding shoes because of the dust.@@poefter
how much did the gipsy cost in late 1960s in gb pounds .. did it cost more than a landrover 109. i worked a lot on 60s 70s land rovers they are not built as well as a gypsy by a long shot .i had a nasty 109 1963 i got in Gibraltar with many problems to fix . it was rammed in to a tree in reverse by a drunk ships captain who weeks later sold it to me cheap. the gypsy suspension and drive shafts are years ahead of their time on commercial 4x4 model.
I have an original sales receipt somewhere in my files, as I recall the price was $2,200.00 Canadian. I think they were priced comparable to the Land Rover. The Gipsy definitely looks to be better designed and built, especially the chassis which is fully boxed and air tight, they rarely rust out.
DID CANADA ONCE DRIVE ON THE LEFT LIKE UK.
No we've always driven on the right hand side, but this Gipsy did come from the UK that's why it's right hand drive.
WORK VIDEO GOOD INFO
Yes, but LR rims don't have hub cap attachment
That's true but Austin put lugs on theirs to fit caps.
do landrover tires 1960s fit on a gypsy
Yes the wheels are the same, main difference is the lugs for the hubcaps.
Nice video, subscribed. I’m pleased it started on gas that old! I wouldn’t have thought that would be the case!
Thank you for subscribing! Yeah pretty surprising, going to try driving it on that fuel once I get the body parts bolted back on
Extremely interesting. I note that this later model features leaf-springs. If convenient at some point we would be delighted to see an underside view of this design like the one you did on Flexitor suspension.
That's correct, the later models offered both Flexitor and leaf sprung suspension with solid axles. I'm sure I can add a video of that design in the future.
question are the heater vent pipe ends that are screwed to the dash made of plastic??
Yes they are plastic.
ha ha!! started a treat, a nice addition to the collection.
Thanks Roy! Yeah I now have a G1, a G2 and a G4 just have to finish my "G3" 😁
Maybe you did not show in the vid but I thought it would be advisable to pour some kind of lubricant into the cylinders and let it soak a bit before attempting to start an engine which had been sitting for so long. On a different note looking at the rust that Gipsy bodies can develop is the Land Rover aluminium body a great advantage over the Gipsy?
That's true, a shot of oil down the spark plug holes is a good idea but I neglected to do that this time. The aluminum bodies on the Land rovers definitely had the advantage over the steel bodied Gipsy, but the LR chassis tended to rust whereas the Gipsy chassis was boxed and air tight so they lasted much longer.
@@austingipsysite Thanks for the clarification and I can understand that better to have to deal with rust on the body than rust on the frame. The Gipsy is also much rarer esp these days so much more of a collector's item. Somebody once said that the Series Land Rover transmission seemed to soak up power whereas in the case of the Gipsy with same displacement engine you had more power delivered to the wheels which if true is a big plus too.
@@78a67h Yes, definitely easier to repair body panels than to build a new chassis. The Gipsy is definitely rarer than the Land Rover, most people that I meet have never seen one before. I haven't heard of power differences but LR owners that I've taken for a drive always comment on how quiet the Gipsy transmission is.
I had absolutely no idea that this car existed I am amazed by your 11 year old gas I can’t seem to keep the stuff in my old car for more than 3 months and it has gone off 👍👍🇦🇺
I was surprised myself, I even contacted the previous owner to confirm it was the original fuel that I had put in it. He did say that he had put seafoam in the tank when he stored it so maybe that stuff really works.
One of my favorites brands and kind of car. And started!!!!👏🏻👏🏻
good up date video. classic 4x4
What year was this one made?
2021
Just think if you weren't a mechanic. this thing would have fallen apart.
Yes it was ironic how I purchased it with the idea it would be something new that I wouldn't have to work on, but it ended up being one of the most expensive projects that I ever took on.
my god. Has this stuff been fixed under warranty? Its got a lot of problems.
how many gypsy 4x4 were made in uk.
Approximately 21,000 were made.
good video .
if it works once and then quits, that's what mine did, move the high temp fuze-link to the side with a short jumper wire.. when they redesigned them to use one control board for both gas and electric they just start failing all the time..
My first car was a Austin Gipsy 1963 it stayed in the family for 13 years and never broke down, it was not a flexitor car because in Iceland where I live the flexitor cars were not liked leaf springs were easier and I thought that the flexitor Gipsy´s were not manufactured after 1962 but I seem to be wrong there. In the end I swapped the Gipsy for 220 crates of green beens that my father sold and I bought myself a ´67 Mustang. Still I think of my Gipsy and wold like to have it back. This was about 1970.
Yeah, the flexitor suspension got a bad reputation in the first couple of years (58-59) but by the time the G2 came out they had all of the issues sorted out. It sounds like you did okay with the trade for the Mustang though! I had a 66 that I sold recently, fun car. I've seen pictures of several Gipsys in a yard in Iceland, maybe your old one is still around. (I'm Icelandic on my Mother's side, her Maiden name Finnson)
Guau!! What amazing Austin Gipsy you have. Very pristine and well functional. I would like to share that I have one of this, from my father who passed away in 2012. It’s a 1959 and it works but have a some issues with the carburetor, the brake pump who has a leaking, and the clutch. Maybe because the age and the time who spent outdoors. But Im trying to fix as much as I can in tribute to my father and because I enjoyed this since 1970 when my father bought it. My only concern and question is how to get some parts. Thank you and congratulations for yours. It’s totally awesome!!
Thank you! and I'm glad to hear of another Gipsy out there! The best place to look for parts is on eBay or try Richard at Gipsy spares. www.gipsyspares.com It's best to get new brake and clutch cylinders because the old ones usually have some pitting in them from moisture. Also if you watch my carburetor video you'll see the best solution to a worn out carb.
Great video, almost bought one these in the 1980's to go with my Landrovers. I see you are a BC guy. I am in North Van, are you in the Lower Mainland?
They're a great little 4x4, the odd one still comes up for sale on the mainland! I'm in Nanaimo.
It’s awesome to finally find a channel that treat about The Austin Gipsy. I have one of this, model 1959, with many things to do. The engine works reasonably well, but needs some adjustments. It was from my father and I trying to keep it working as possible as I can, but I need advices like you say in the videos. Thank you much, Sir. It makes me feel better about my dream to keep the car of my father alive 😁
Well thank you! I'm glad my videos are helpful. The Austin Gipsy is a great old 4x4 definitely built to last. A real family heirloom!!
Well, you convinced me to stay away from Winnebago. Thank you for the informative video. Good luck with your camper.