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Austin A40 Devon, Dorset and Somerset
Go to Austin Cars The 40hp 'bubble' Austins from Devon to Somerset

Austin A40 Somerset. The 'Flying A' was designed by Dick Burzi after Lord removed the 'Flying B' from his Bentley and asked Burzi to knock something similar up.
Austin A40 Pickup 1951 - grille from late 1951. For more Austin Commercials go to:
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Devon. Launched in 1947 to replace the long running Austin Ten, the A40 Devon had a 1200cc engine and was built as separate body and chassis. A40 Devon
Austin A40 Devon.
Austin GP4 A40 Countryman. Launched in 1949, the A40 Countryman provided an Estate car by using the Van as a base. This model continued even after the Somerset replaced the Devon and 35,000 were sold until 1956. A40 Countryman
Austin GP4 A40 Countryman. From late 1951 when the GV4 van was introduced, both got a steel rear body (in place of aluminium), and larger rear wheel arches replaced the separate aluminium spats.
Austin A40 Pickup 1951. Dick Burzi designed the Devons and Dorset cars and the Utilities. The A40 carried a 40bhp 4-cylinder ohv engine. A40 Pickup
Austin A40 Pickup 1951. Pickups shared the front doors and inner wings with the saloons, but many other panels differed. The cab rear window came from the Devon saloon. Rear wheels were usually aluminium and the size of the wheel opening grew bigger with each year.
Austin Somerset A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Somerset. Not much more than a rebodied A40 Devon, and only sold from 1952 to 1954 with a 1200cc engine. But 150,000 drove out of Austin's gates in that short time. The A40 Caqmbridge replaced it
Austin A40 Somerset. Whilst other manufacturers were building their first unitary bodyshells (including Austin with their A30), the Somerset was built on a separate chassis. As well as the 4door saloon, there was a very rare 2door convertible and an A40 Countryman Estate which continued in production until 1957.
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Sports. A40 Sports
Jensen Interceptor 1954. Eric Neale had joined Jensen from Wolseley and designed the Interceptor for 1950 launch. Leonard Lord agreed to supplyling Austin engine and chassis for the car, if in return Jensen build a smaller version for Austin; this was launched as the Austin A40 Sports, see: http://www.simoncars.co.uk/austin/a40/a40.html Jensen Interceptor
Austin A40 Sports was built from 1950 to 1953 using the chassis and mechanics from the Austin A40 Devon. The body was designed by Eric Neale from Jensen who built 4000 of these.
Austin A40 Sports was built from 1950 to 1953 as a sports tourer rather than a real sports car. A similar car was built using the A70 chassis and 4litre Austin engine and a body also designed by Eric Neale as the original Jensen Interceptor. The A40 was in essence a mini-Jensen.
Austin A40 Sports - badge
Austin A40 Sports - badge
Austin A40 Sports - ornament
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Sports - lamp
Austin GQU4 Pickup 1951. For more Austin Commercials go to:
Austin A40 Sports carried an aluminium body designed by Eric Neale and built by Jensen. The chassis was from the Austin A40 Devon as was the running gear, though the 1200cc engine did get an extra carburretor.
Austin A40 Devon.
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Sports was built by Jensen using Austin A40 Devon chassis and mechanics. Its sucessor was the Healey-designed Austin-Healey 100 which was built for Austin by Jensen on the same production lines.
Austin A40 Somerset
Austin A40 Sports - wheel
Austin A40 Pickup 1951. Rear Wings on the A40 Utilities were usually aluminium, early versions had a small wheel opening (as here), but this was enlarged as production continued, making wheel changing easier.
Go to an album of the Austin A70 Hampshire and Hereford: http://www.simoncars.co.uk/austin/a90/a90.html Austin A70
A40 Cambridge A40 Cambridge
ADO 8 was the Austin Design Office Code given to the car designed by Pinin Farina A40 Farina
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