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Austin A105 Vanden-Plas
With sales of the large Austin A135 Princess slowing, Leonard Lord sent a batch of 500 Austin A105 Westminster cars to the Vanden Plas works at Kingsbury for retrimming. His luxurious A105 Westminster was a success and was followed up by the Vanden Plas versions of the later Austin A110 Westminster and the smaller Austin 1100-based Princess.
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Austin A105 Vanden-Plas - boot badge. 500 Otherwise standard Austin A105 Westminsters were sent to Kingsbury for the wood and leather treatment, and suddenly BMC had a new badge.
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Austin A105 Vanden-Plas.
 Austin A105 Vanden-Plas front
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
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Austin A105 Vanden-Plas. Wood and leather interior add luxury to an otherwise standard Austin A105 Westminster.
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Austin A105 Vanden Plas - 'spoked' headlamp for the VDP version
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Austin A105 Vanden-Plas. Only the added boot badge is evidence of the specially coach building inside the car.
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Austin A105 Six - decoration for side flash of A95 (and A105), contrast with VDP version
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Austin A105 Vanden Plas. Wing mounted coronet emblem on the side flash
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Austin A95 Six - rear decoration of side flash for A95 (and A105), compare to VDP version
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Austin A105 Vanden Plas - rear decoration of side flash for VDP version, compare to A95 and A105.
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Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre and 4-litre R
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Austin A95 Six
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