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B.M.C. Cars
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Austin Cars
Herbert Austin returned from Australia to manage in Birmingham the Wolseley Sheep Shearing Machine Company in 1893. Wolseley also built bicycles and Austin designed a small car which was marketed by Wolseley from 1900. Wolseley Tool and Motor Company was bought by Vickers in 1901, and Herbert Austin left this company to set up on his own in Birmingham in 1905. Although the Austin car business did well, after the First World War the market was different and Austin cars relied on the 20hp car which was too big. Receivership caused the 'Baby Austin' (Austin Seven) to be launched in 1922 backed up by the Twelve from 1922. Lord Austin died in 1941, and Leonard Lord who had joined Austin in 1938 became chairman in 1946. Leonard Lord took Austin into a merger with the Nuffield Organisation (Morris) in 1952 to form the British Motor Corporation and Lord saw that Austin dominated this joint venture. During the 1960s BMC cars were very innovative but not profitable, and further mergers saw Austin become part of British Leyland in 1970, and virtually nationalised by 1975. The 'Austin' brand was finished by 1987 and the products continued in production until bought by Chinese businesses.
Austin Seven
Austin Seven
Austin Eight
Austin Eight
Austin Ten 1932 - 1947
Austin Ten 1932 - 1947
Austin Twelve 1931-39
Austin Twelve
Austin Fourteen
Austin Fourteen
Austin Sixteen BS1
Austin Sixteen BS1
Austin Eighteen
Austin Eighteen
Austin A30/A35
Austin A30/A35
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Austin A40 Devon, Dorset
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Austin A40 (ADO 8), A40 Mk II (ADO 44)
Austin A70 Hampshire, A70 Hereford
Austin A70 Hampshire
Austin A90 Atlantic
Austin A90 Atlantic
Austin Cambridge, ADO 9 (and later ADO 38)
ADO 9 Cambridge
ADO 10 Westminster
'Farina' Austins
Metropolitan
Austin Metropolitan
Austin Cambridges, A40, A50, A55
Austin Cambridge
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Austin A90, A95, A105 Westminster
Austin Taxi FX3, FX4
Austin FX3, FX4 Taxi
Austin 3-litre (ADO 61)
Austin 3-litre (ADO 61)
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BMC Mini
ADO 16, Austin 1100/1300
ADO 16, 1100/1300
Austin Maxi2 1750 front
Austin Maxi
Austin Allegro 2 1300 Super front
Austin Allegro
s_Austin Metro City X 1990 side
Austin Metro
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Austin Maestro
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Austin 18-22, Princess 18/22 (ADO71)
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Austin Ambassador
Austin-Healey 100BN6 front
Austin-Healey 100
Austin A125 Sheerline
Austin Sheerline
Austin Van, Pickup, Truck
Austin Truck and Van
Vanden Plas Cars
Vanden Plas Cars
key text:  This is the page introducing Simons love of cars from the website  RedSimon which is a series of photo albums of Simon GP Geoghegan.
The names of Pinin, Farina, and Pininfarina are also considered
There are also notes on Pininfarina
as well as the car maker
and links tothat car maker
see also my Picasa car albums
withe even more on RedSimon
Simon is also a contributor to SuperCars.Net
And also to Wikipedia
Photos may be purchased from PhotoBox