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Austin Sheerline, Austin A135 Princess
In 1946 Vanden Plas fell under the ownership of Austin Motors and chairman Leonard Lord saw the possibility to take the Austin badge into Bentley territory. The Austin Sheerline was already in design in 1942 with Leonard Lord trying to capture the look and feel of his personal Bentley, and Dick Burzi finalised the design from Lord's sketches. The Jensen brothers accused Lord of plagiarising their own Jensen PW saloon, and Leonard Lord sought to appease them by supplying Austin mechanics for Jensen products as well as the contract to build the A40 sports. Launched as the A110 Sheerline in 1947, its 3460cc 6-cylinder engine was quickly upgraded to 3993cc for the A125 Sheerline. Soon after Vanden Plas were taken over, a Vanden Plas bodied car was available as the A135 Princess.
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Austin A125 Sheerline - badge
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Austin A125 Sheerline - badge on bonnet sides
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Austin A125 Sheerline - grille
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Austin A125 Sheerline DS1. Launched in 1947 with a 3993cc 6cylinder engine, the Sheerline (and coachbuilt Princess versions) were intended to take Austin upmarket.
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Austin A135 Princess MkII DS3. The Vanden-Plas built version of the A125 Sheerline.
 Austin A125 Sheerline DS1 front
Austin A125 Sheerline. Austin's 'Bentley' idea, the Sheerline evolved into the Vanden-Plas Princess
Austin A125 Sheerline DS1 rear
Austin A125 Sheerline DS1. The 'Top Hat' styling of the Sheerline was quite similar to Bentley's Mark VI and was the work of Dick Burzi
 Austin A135 Princess MkII DS3 front
Austin A135 Princess MkII DS3. Built by Vanden-Plas who had been bought out by Austin in 1946. This was a coachbuilt version of the Austin A125 Sheerline with 3993cc engine.
 Austin A135 Princess MkII DS3 rear
Austin A135 Princess MkII DS3. The A135 was the Vanden-Plas coachbuilt version of the A125 Sheerline. It was also possible to buy Limousine versions and also chassis for the fitting of bespoke bodies. Ambulance-bodied Sheerlines were made.
 Austin A135 Princess MkIII rear
Austin A135 Princess MkIII. In 1953 the MkIII Princess was introduced with notchback rear door windows. The A135 was built by Vanden Plas
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The A125 began as project A120 in 1942. The 'Top Hat' styling was remarkably like Jensen's 1947 PW Saloon and espionage was suspected. But Austin gave the Jensen brothers the Austin 4-litre engine for the Jensen Interceptor and commissioned the A40 Sports from Jensen.
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