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Austin A90 A95 A105 Westminster
Go to Austin Cars Austin's post-war Big Six with the seat-of-power nomenclature

Austin A110 Westminster MkII
Austin A105 Westminster
Austin A95 Westminster. For the A95 the 6-cylinder C-series 2639 cc engine was retuned to give 92bhp
Austin A105 Westminster. Given the 102bhp 6-cylinder engine of the soon to be launched Austin-Healey 100/6.
Austin A105 Westminster. Launched only months after A105 short-boot, this Westminster shared the revised long-boot body of the October 1956 A95. Both cars also got new grilles and longer wheelbase
Austin A105 Vanden-Plas.
Austin A105 Westminster
Austin A105 Westminster - boot badge
Austin A105 Vanden-Plas - boot badge.
Austin A105 Westminster
Austin A105 Six 1956 - boot badge
Austin A105 Westminster
Austin A90 Westminster. Launched in 1954, the A90 replaced the A70 Hereford and used the new 2639 cc C-series BMC engine.
Previously the Austin A90 Atlantic carried the 'A90' name from 1948-53. see also: http;?/www.redsimon.info/simoncars/austin/atlantic/atlantic.html
Austin A95 Westminster. In October 1956 Westminsters gained a longer wheelbase and a longer boot. The A90 was relaunched as the A95 and the engine retuned to give 92bhp
Austin A105 Westminster. The A105 had been introduced im May 1956 with a twin carb 102bhp version of the C-series 2,639cc six, and in October 1956 it was given the longer booted body that Cambridges and Westminsters got in that year.
Austin A105 Westminster. Given a twin carburrettor 102bhp version of the 2639cc 6cylinder engine that was about to power the Austib-Healey 100, the A105 was a more powerful and more luxurious version of the A95.
Austin A105 Vanden-Plas. In 1958 this special version of the Austin A105 Westminster was introduced with a luxury interior by coachbuilders Vanden-Plas. The success of this car inspired the later A110 based Farina Vanden-Plas Princess
Austin A105 Six. In 1956 the A90 Westminster was supplemented by the A105 Six, which had a 102bhp twin carb version of the six cylinder engine - derived from the Austin-Healey 100/6 unit.
Austin A105 Six. 1956 also saw the arrival of an even more powerful and luxurious version added to the Westminster range, the A105. The A105 had triple carbs, whitewall tyres, two tone paint and better trim. The range sold well until its Farina replacements arrived in 1959, over 55,000 cars had been produced by then.
Austin A105 Westminster
Austin A90 Westminster. This body has the same short boot style of the A40/A50 Cambridge also launched in 1954. Sometimes called the -cow hips- boot, in fact A50 and A90 only shared door pressings and other body parts differed.
Austin A95 Westminster. In common with the Cambridges, the A105 was given a revised longer wheelbase body with longer boot and wraparound rear window. However, only the door skins were common to A55 and A95/105.
Austin A105 Westminster. The longer deeper boot and wraparound rear window were introduced in October 1956 to the A105, even though it had only been introduced earlier in 1956. The new body was shared with the less powerful A95 and also was similar to the A55 of 1956
Austin A105 Westminster. The A105 had been introduced in May 1956, but in October 1956 it received the same longer boot body given to Westminsters and Cambridges.
Austin A105 Vanden-Plas. Wood and leather interior add luxury to an otherwise standard Austin A105 Westminster.
Austin A105 Six 1956. This 'short boot' body A105 was a more luxurious 102bhp version of the Austin A90 Westminster. But this -cow hips- A105 only lasted from May to October 1956 when it was replaced by a new longer booted model.
Austin A105 Westminster. Longer wheelbases and longer boots were given to Austins Cambridges and Westminsters in 1956, this is the Austin A105.
Austin A90 Westminster. The badging says -A90 Six- as the Westminster badges were dropped by 1956.
Austin A95 Westminster. The new deeper bootlid and longer boot of the October 1956 Austins.
Austin A105 Westminster
Austin A105 Vanden-Plas. Only the added boot badge is evidence of the specially coach building inside the car.
Austin A105 Six 1956. The short-boot body with 'cow hips' launched in May 1956, replaced in October 1956.
Austin A105 Six 1956 - rear wheel
Go to an album of the Austin A70 Hampshire and Hereford.
The longer deeper boot and wraparound rear window were introduced in October 1956 to the A95/A105, and similar changes made to the A55, see: http://www.simoncars.co.uk/austin/cambridge/slides/s_Austin%20A55%20Cambridge%20side.html
Austin-Healey 3000 sports cars used the 2,912 cc Westminster engine, see: http://www.simoncars.co.uk/ah/3000/3000.html
Click here for an Album of Classic British Cars
Go to an album for photos of the Austin A99, Auistin A110 and other Farina Austins: http://www.simoncars.co.uk/ado10/ado10.html
Go to an album of Austin Cars: http://www.simoncars.co.uk/austin/austin.html

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