Quizz for Scouse!

[Pedro_The_Swift]

What is this?,,
and yes its a special model,,

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/05/1231.jpg

[Bigbjorn]

An Austin A90 or A50 circa 1955

[jerryd]

Is it the A55 Cambridge model ??

I had a '56 Metropolitan back in the early 80's and I'm pretty sure these had the same mechanicals as the car in your photo.

[Disco44]

I had a 56 Cambridge A55 but I think it was larger then that one.I hazard a guess at a later model A30 but I've been wrong many times before.

[awabbit6]

An Austin A90 or A50 circa 1955


Is it the A55 Cambridge model ??

I had a '56 Metropolitan back in the early 80's and I'm pretty sure these had the same mechanicals as the car in your photo.


I had a 56 Cambridge A55 but I think it was larger then that one.I hazard a guess at a later model A30 but I've been wrong many times before.

How many of you are named Scouse??? ... Well???

[abaddonxi]

You don't make it easy, all I can see is the last six inches of the tray.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

Good O'le observant me,,:p

did they all have REAR quarter vent windows??:o

[Bigbjorn]

Not an A55 Cambridge, they were distincively different. It is an A50, or could be an A90 on closer inspection. They are virtually identical but the A90 was longer to take the six cylinder engine.

All this series A50, A90, A55, A95 were proper rust buckets. They had four speed column shift, with about the greatest range of shifter movement I ever came across. The knob moved damn near from the floor to the roof.

[jerryd]

Could it be the posh version known as the "Westminster" ?? I think they had extra goodies like rear arm rests and extra bits of trim here and there.

My Austin Metropolitan's gear linkages were famous for getting tangled up, it was a dreadful car to drive especially round corners, it was frequently leaning on two wheels :eek: Luckily mine wasn't a rust bucket as it had been stored for many years in a barn.

[Bigbjorn]

Westminster was the A90 & the later A95. Cambridge was the A50 and later A55. The A90/A95 were considered quite fast for family sedans then. The A95 was quite expensive. List price around 1500 to 1600 pounds. A Holden Special was around 1000 pounds.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

How many of you are named Scouse??? ... Well???

must be on Hols,,,
or researching:p

[Redback]

This is for you Pedro, I owned one of these, what is it! AND NO looking at the pictures file either:bat:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/05/1080.jpg

Baz.

[abaddonxi]

Owned one of these for a very short time.


https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/05/1081.jpg

[Scouse]

must be on Hols,,,
or researching:pNo, just trying to work out why I would know anything about Austins :confused:.




Now, if it was a proper English car......:).

[Bigbjorn]

This is for you Pedro, I owned one of these, what is it! AND NO looking at the pictures file either:bat:

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/05/1080.jpg

Baz.

Looks like what was known as the Austin A60 in Australia, which became the Freeway when fitted with a locally produced six cylinder engine.

[Redback]

Looks like what was known as the Austin A60 in Australia, which became the Freeway when fitted with a locally produced six cylinder engine.

Mine was a 1961 Austin Cambridge A55 with a 1600cc 4 cylinder, yes had a mate with a Freeway, his had the six, gutless bloody things they were.

Baz.

[JohnF]

No, just trying to work out why I would know anything about Austins :confused:.

Now, if it was a proper English car......:).

It is a relief to see you have not apostatized, as I saw a Toyota Land Cruiser with Qld Rego I think, number plate was "SCOU5E"

[jerryd]

Come on pedro.........name that car :D

[Pedro_The_Swift]

https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2010/05/1068.jpg

[jerryd]

Well I was nearly right ;) Is that an Australian version ?? or an import ?? I ask as I've never seen that type of stripe before. Wasn't there a Morris Marshall ?? similar to this for Australia

[Bigbjorn]

Well I was nearly right ;) Is that an Australian version ?? or an import ?? I ask as I've never seen that type of stripe before. Wasn't there a Morris Marshall ?? similar to this for Australia

Looks like the sort of aftermarket dolly up done by Canopy Industries at that time. Maybe done for a dealer or a batch for BMC to tart up some excess stock.

[Scouse]

Maybe done for a dealer or a batch for BMC to tart up some excess stock.That was pretty common from what I've seen around the traps.
It could even be an outside company dressing these up - a few did 'special' editions of Morris Minors.

[Pedro_The_Swift]

No, just trying to work out why I would know anything about Austins :confused:.


That was pretty common from what I've seen around the traps.
It could even be an outside company dressing these up -


oh,, ok,,,;):p

[V8Ian]

Looks like what was known as the Austin A60 in Australia, which became the Freeway when fitted with a locally produced six cylinder engine.
The Freeway was a locally cobbled Austin/Wolseley hybrid offered alongside the Cambridge.

Austin, Morris, Wolseley, Riley and MG all used this Farina designed body. Peugeot also used the basic design for the 404 model.

[Bigbjorn]

The Freeway was a locally cobbled Austin/Wolseley hybrid offered alongside the Cambridge.

Austin, Morris, Wolseley, Riley and MG all used this Farina designed body. Peugeot also used the basic design for the 404 model.

The Freeway was the last gasp for the old front engine rear wheel drive BMC Saloons. It came after BMC gave up on trying to sell the 1622cc four cylinder saloons to Australians. Next came the Austin 1800 which would have been a damn good car with another 50 horsepower and sold many more than they did. The Tasman and Kimberley had the East-West front wheel drive OHC six cylinder later used in the P76 in rear wheel drive form. A dog by any name.