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Designer: Pinin Farina
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The Farina Austins
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 'Austin Farinas'; these were the Austin A40 (ADO 8), Austin Cambridge range (ADO 9) and the Austin Westminster range (ADO 10). The Pininfarina contact continued into the 1960s with Italian influence on the MGB, Austin 1100/1300 (ADO 16), Austin 1800/2200 (ADO 17).

 

Austin A40 (ADO 8 and ADO 44)
Austin A40 (ADO 8 and ADO 44)
'Austin Farinas', the BMC ADO 9 (and later ADO 38)
'Austin Farinas', the BMC ADO 9 (and later ADO 38)
'Big Farinas', the BMC ADO 10 (and later ADO 37)
'Big Farinas', the BMC ADO 10 (and later ADO 37)
ADO 16, Austin 1100/1300
ADO 16, Austin 1100/1300
ADO 17, Austin 1800/2200
ADO 17, Austin 1800/2200
MG MGB and MGB GT
MG MGB and MGB GT
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
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