Full menu functions for the buttons above are only available if you ALLOW BLOCKED CONTENT. My menu scripts provide drop-down menus that have been tested with the latest Mozilla browsers. If the scripts do not run, limited navigation is given by these buttons
ADO 9 Cambridge, Magnette, Oxford, Wolseley
Go to Austin Cars The medium 'B' Series Austin, MG, Morris, Riley and Wolseley cars designed by Pinin Farina with 1498cc engine, and the later 1622cc ADO 38.

ADO 9 was the Austin Design Office Code given to the car designed by Pinin Farina and launched as Austin Cambridge, MG Magnette, Morris Oxford, Riley 4/68 and Wolseley 15/60
Austin A60 Cambridge 1963
Morris Oxford Series V.
Morris Oxford Series VI
Morris Oxford Series VI - the curvy grille of the 1622cc Farina Oxford, the series VI
Wolseley 16/60
Austin A55 Cambridge MkII Countryman
Austin A55 Cambridge MkII Countryman, the
Austin A55 mkII Cambridge
BMC first introduced the motoring public to the
Austin A55 Mk2: ADO 9 or Austin Drawing office 9 was the nearest to production car to Farina's design proposal. This was the only car in this family to be built exclusively at Longbridge. As launched in 1959, the A55 Mk II had a rather severe, square, mesh front grille, very prominent fins and a body style which left the wheels well tucked in and looking a touch too small for the rest of the machine.
Go to: http://picasaweb.google.com/pininfarinacars/FarinaAustins for photos of A55 MkII and A60 Cambridges and other Farina Austins
In the BMC mass facelift session of autumn 1961, the A55 Mk II was transmuted into the A60, and although the same basic bodyshell and mechanical layout was retained, it became a much better car in all aspects. Compared with the A55 Mk II, the A60 had a longer wheelbase, wider tracks, better roadholding, modified styling, a bigger engine and more performance - plus, for the first time, the option of Borg-Warner Type 35 automatic transmission. It was quite a transformation.
Visually, the A60 was recognized by a new and rather wider-mouthed front grille, while at the rear the fins had been reduced in size and aggressiveness, with new tail-lamp clusters being specified, plus different duo-tone colour schemes to extra order. Mechanically, the big change was a corporate switch from 1,489cc to 1,622cc B-Series engine, which boosted the power and torque, with overall gearing raised to suit. Also, the car's wheelbase had been increased by 1.1 inches.
MG Magnette.
Riley 4/72 1965
Wolseley 16/60
Wolseley 16/60
Morris Oxford Series V - front lamps
Morris Oxford Series VI - front lights
Austin A55 MkII Cambridge. This is upright fin of the A55 MkII, the A60 fin was rounded off and got a different taillight.
Austin A60 Cambridge - the later rounded taillights for the A60 Cambridge.
MG Magnette IV - taillight
Morris Oxford Series V - rear lamp
Riley 4/72 1965
Morris Oxford Series V - front lamps
MG Magnette IV. The MG version of the
Morris Oxford Series V. Equiiped with a 1489cc B-series engine, the Oxford Series V was produced from 1959-61 and 87000 were made
Morris Oxford Series V. Morrises version of the 'Farina Austin' Cambridge A55 MkII. Notice the large fins, subsequently trimmed down for the 1622cc engined Oxford Series VI
Morris Oxford Series VI Traveller, the
The final derivative of the mid-sized Riley saloons appeared in 1961 as part of the revised A60/Farina range, the new car was known as the 4/72. The 4/72 inherited the revised, B-Series, 1622cc engine which as before had twin carbs and was shared with the equivalent MG Magnette.
Unlike the rest of the Farina saloons the Riley and MG versions appeared unchanged and carried on with the unique rear wing styling which featured
Austin A55 MkII Cambridge. Pininfarina was engaged to design the new BMC 'B' range of saloons. The A55 MkII is the BMC interpretation of the maestro's original, and versions with MG, Morris, Riley and Wolseley badges were also sold.
MG Magnette IV became the Magnette IV when the 1622cc engine replaced the 1500
Morris Oxford Series V. Launched in March 1959, the Oxford Series V was the 4th of the B-series 'Farina Austins'. Identical to the A55 Mk2 except for some trim, badging and detailing
Morris Oxford Series VI. The less prominent fins of the revised 1622cc Oxford distinguish this Series VI from the earlier Series V.
Morris Oxford Series V
Morris Oxford Series VI - rear lights and toned down rear fins.
Wolseley 15/60. The taller finned version of the 1498cc Wolseley 15/60, replaced in 1961 by the smoother finned 1622cc 16/60
Wolseley 16/60
Austin A55 MkII Cambridge - rear wheel
MG Magnette.
Morris Oxford Series V - rear wheel
Wolseley 15/60. Launched in 1958, the Wolseley 15/60 was manufactured at Cowley on the same lines as the MG, Morris and Riley (but not Austin). The 15/60 had the same 52bhp engine as the Austin and Morris and also the same tall finned bodyshell as these.
Wolseley 15/60, launched in December 1958 this was the first 'Farina Austin' to be shown to the public, with Austin, MG, Morris and Riley following in 1959. The tall rear fins of the 15/60 are evident in this view, MG and Riley cars had less vertical light lenses.
Wolseley 16/60
Wolseley 16/60, Wolseley's
Wolseley 15/60 (left) and Wolseley 16/60 right
Go to an Album of Vanden-Plas Princess 3-litre and Princess 4-litre R and othe Farina Austins
Return to the Austin Albums page
An Album of MG Cars
An Album of Morris Cars
An Album of Riley Cars
An Album of Wolseley Cars
Click here for an Album of Classic British Cars

This album has 68 items in total    |    Album was updated 17/05/08 15:36    |    Generated by JAlbum 7.4, custom skin ExhibitPlus 1.5
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
Photos may be purchased from PhotoBox
Valid HTML 4.01 Strict! valid CSS!