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◊ 2010-06-25 03:45 |
One of the many BMC Farina variants - early 1960s Morris Oxford maybe? -- Last edit: 2010-06-25 03:45:54 |
◊ 2010-06-25 08:53 |
Looks to me like a (rather blurry) Austin Cambridge [ADO38A], 1961+. |
◊ 2010-06-25 10:47 |
I found this Morris assembled in Rhodesia: http://www.co-oc.org/Umtali%20Oxford.html , but I couldn;t find anything of Austin Farina assembly in ZA |
◊ 2010-06-25 11:37 |
I'm not sure if they assembled them - this site is full of errors, but it does indicate that SAMAD sold the A60 in Port Elizabeth: http://www.moby302.co.za/bmc_leyland/austin.html |
◊ 2010-08-17 14:19 |
BMC South Africa assembled the Austin A60 Cambridge at Blackheath, near Cape Town, from 1961-1965, then again from 1968-1969. |
◊ 2010-10-14 08:49 |
chris40, with due respect, you're partially correct. SAMAD did in fact assemble Austins, but from ~1950 until the BMC factory. I once had a photo of an A40 "Devon" being assembled by National Motor Assemblies (later Rootes), so my educated guess is that SAMAD assembled the A40 "Somerset" and possibly the early A50s until BMC's own factory came on stream in Cape Town in 1955. The A60 was definitely a product of the Blackheath plant. -- Last edit: 2010-10-14 08:50:58 |