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ADO 9, Cambridge, Oxford, MG, Riley and Wolseley

In 1955 there was a Royal visit to BMC by Prince Philip and the BMC Chairman Sir Leonard Lord was out to impress the Prince with the best of British design. But the Prince thought the new Austins looked rather dull against foreign competition, and the BMC Chairman did not get the approval he wished for. Within a few days he had arranged to meet Pinin Farina and a contract was signed that resulted in the (ADO 9) cars; The first of these was the Wolseley 15/60 in December 1958, Austin A55 MkII Cambridge in January 1959, MG Magnette MkIII in February 1959, Morris Oxford Series V in March 1959, and Riley 4/68 in April 1959. Although Pinin Farina had produced the body design, it was Dick Burzi and Sid Goble who did the 'badge engineering'. In 1961 All models were upgraded with the 1622cc B-series engine for the ADO 38 facelift.

Farina Austins

	Austin A60 Cambridge 1963	MG Magnette MkIV - The MkIV Magnette was not changed in appearance from the MkIII.	Morris Oxford Series VI - the curvy grille of the 1622cc Farina Oxford, the series VI	Riley 4/72. The 4/72 was given the same version of the 1622cc B-series engine as the MG Magnette IV.	Wolseley 16/60. The panel work on the front of the 16/60 was unique to the Wolseley model
Austin A55 Mk II Cambridge Countryman. When the A60 Cambridge was introduced, the Countryman retained all the panel work aft of the front wings and the rear lights from the A55 MkII Countryman.	Austin A55 MkII Cambridge. Pininfarina was engaged to design the new BMC 'B' range of saloons. The A55 MkII is the BMC interpretation of the maestro's original, and versions with MG, Morris, Riley and Wolseley badges were also sold.	MG Magnette IV. Bodily the same as the MkIII, the Magnette IV received the 1622cc engine at the same time as the other 'Farina Austins'.	Morris Oxford Series V. Launched in March 1959, the Oxford Series V was the 4th of the B-series 'Farina Austins'. Identical to the A55 Mk2 except for some trim, badging and detailing	Morris Oxford Series VI	Riley 4/72
Austin A55 MkII Cambridge. This is upright fin of the A55 MkII, the A60 fin was rounded off and got a different taillight.	Austin A60 Cambridge - the later rounded taillights for the A60 Cambridge.	MG Magnette IV - taillight	Morris Oxford Series V - rear lamp	Riley 4/72 - tail lamp. The Riley and MG shared the same rear wings and tail lamps and kept these for both ADO9 and ADO38 versions.	Morris Oxford Series VI Traveller. The tailgate on the Traveller (and Countryman) was split, with a lift-up window and a drop down bootlid.
Austin Cambridge A55 MkII (ADO9), A60 (ADo38)	MG Magnette MkIII, MkIV	Morris Oxford Series V, Series VI	Riley 4/68, 4/72	Wolseley 15/60, 16/60	'Big Farinas', the BMC ADO 10 (and later ADO 37)

Farina Austins

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Designer: Pininfarina

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