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1949 Austin A40 Devon [GS2] 
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![1949 Austin A40 Devon [GS2]](i408439.jpg)
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◊ 2011-06-20 14:45 |
Austin A40 Devon, 1949+. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 14:49 |
1948+ Austin A40 Devon. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 14:52 |
@dsl: 1949+ because it has separate sidelights .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2011-06-20 15:01 |
chris - did not see your comment - I was too busy making sure it was not A70 Hampshire because it looks bigger than I expected. Or the man is very small. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 15:15 |
Tourer and Coupe Utility were (only) built in Australia (according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin_A40_Devon ) so I guess the normal 4-door saloon was built locally as well. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 16:16 |
@dsl: the Devon was quite tall by today's standards - look at the Super Minx (or whatever) next to it. If in doubt - perhaps due to distortion - the Hampshire wore its headlights closer to the grille and normally had spats on the rear wheels: Link to "www.classicandperformancecar.com" |
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◊ 2011-06-20 16:23 |
Mmmmm. Any more views? Aus assembled Rootes versions were sometimes unusual. Thanks for Devon/Hampshire hints - the cars of my distant ancestors are sometimes another country for me unless I tread carefully. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 16:33 |
A propos distant ancestors: recently I've read an article about the British gens: the natives from Kent, Northumberland, Essex (East-Saxony), Wessex (West-Saxony) and Sussex (South-Saxony) are closer related with North German and Danish people, than with Scottish and Walisian population. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 16:46 |
Yes - it's actually difficult to trace original British groups. England is mix of middle-North Europe settlers (Angles, Jutes, Goths, Saxons, plus Norse/Viking. Plus also Normans (who were originally Viking Nor(th)men). Celts in SW England from Spain and France and into Wales (Welsh - not Walisian which was a province in Roman Europe I think). Scotland has Gaels from Ireland who were also originally Celtic plus lots of Norse in North. Many other big immigrations in 18-20th centuries from Ireland and all over Europe, and then in 20thC from Commonwealth countries. So as I once admitted, being a UK mongrel is just being UK. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 16:57 |
According Wikipedia http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welsch these terms belog together, also the Wallonie in Belgium/France. In German you say "Rotwelsch" for the dialect/slang of Gipsypeople. Maybe the Swiss Kanton Wallis has a connection, too.  |
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◊ 2011-06-20 17:03 |
Wiki's got that bit wrong for Wales/Welsh in UK - no connection with the European cluster. |
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◊ 2011-06-20 20:08 |
IIRC 'Welsh' was simply derived from an Anglo-Saxon word for 'foreigner', hence also probably Rotwelsch. Other possible relatives are Wallachia in Romania, and the Polish name of Italy, Włochy. The Welsh refer to themselves as Cymry. -- Last edit: 2011-06-20 20:10:01 |
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◊ 2011-06-20 20:14 |
No, this is the only view in the movie... |
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