Quizz for Scouse!

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Originally Posted by 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

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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.

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

Maybe done for a dealer or a batch for BMC to tart up some excess stock.

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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.

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Originally Posted by Scouse

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

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Originally Posted by Scouse

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

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oh,, ok,,,;):p

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Originally Posted by Brian Hjelm

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

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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.

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Originally Posted by V8Ian

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.

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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.