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Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre

Austin launched the Farina-designed Austin A99 Westminster and Wolseley 6/99 (ADO 10) in 1959. It was intended to also launch Vanden Plas versions of these cars, the Austin A120 and Wolseley 6/120 but these were cancelled at the last moment by Leonard Lord. Roland Fox then had the idea to launch a 'Princess 3-litre' model in its own right and got Vanden Plas designer John Bradley to design a grille for it. Exhibited at Earls Court 1959 the car was marketed soon after with the badge 'Vanden Plas 3-litre'. This was the ADO37 finished at Kingsbury. When the A99 and 6/99 were upgraded to A110 and 6/110 in 1961 the Vanden Plas 3-litre was also upgraded. For 1964 the Vanden Plas 3-litre was developed into the Princess 4-litre R (ADO 66) with Rolls-Royce sourced 4litre engine, but the 'Mini Bentley' did not catch on. 12703 3-litre Princess cars were sold and 6781 4-litre Princess R-types.

Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre MkII - badge on bootlid	Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre MkII. For the MkII, the power from the 2912cc inline sic C-series engine was uprated from 103bhp to 120bhp.	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre Series I. Restyling by Kingsbury gave the Austin ADO10 its distinctive 'traditional' appearance to create the ADO37 Princess. Under the bonnet was the Austin 3-litre inline six C-series engine, as used in the Austin A99, Wolseley 6/99 and Austin-Healey 3-litre	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre Series I. The ADO37 project turned the Austin A99 into the Vanden-Plas 3-litre. The main difference being that VDP cars were taken part finished from the Cowley works and transferred to Kingsbury for the addition of wood and leather trim	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre Series I. The Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre adapted the Farina-designed ADO10 body from the Austin A99 and Wolseley 6/99 for a luxury model
Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre MkII. The Princess 3-litre had been launched in 1959 alongside other ADO 10 3-litre Pininfarina designed cars. In 1961 the MkII version was announced, gaining as more powerful 120bhp engine and improved suspension	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre MkII. Externally the MkII differed little from the MkI externally, but had a longer wheelbase (within the same wheel arches) and a retuned 6-cylinder engine.	Vanden Plas Princess 3-litre MkII	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre Series I. When launched in 1959 this car was badged simply as 'Princess 3-litre', but it kept being called 'Austin Princess 3-litre', so 'Vanden-Plas' branding was given from 1960. At the rear, the VDP version differed only from the Austin and Wolseley versions by the design and placement of the overiders.	Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre MkII. The MkII Princess 3-litre still had the vertical fins and tail lamps.
	Austin A105 Vanden-Plas	ADO 10, Westminster, Wolseley and Vanden-Plas	Vanden-Plas Princess 4-litre R

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