Dick Nyquist <dickn@hpspdln.spd.hp.com> replies:
> RE A40s
> | and A35s but was a larger car) had two engine options though, but they
> | were the 948cc and 1098cc.
>
> Earlier A40s had a 1250cc engine related to the BMC-B engine.
> It is the same basic engine used in the
> Nash Metro, tho by then I think it was a bit bigger
> dickn
The 1952 Austin A40 Somerset, which had the same rounded styling as the
1951 A30 and 1956 A35, had the 948cc and 1098cc engines. It seems there
was also an A40 Somerset drop head coupe. This may have had a 1200cc engine.
The 1954 Austin A40 Cambridge, which had similar "boxier" styling to the
1954 Austin A90 Westminster, had a 1200cc engine.
There were also the 1947 A40 Dorset and 1947 A40 Devon saloons and a 1950
A40 Sports (roadster) and these all had the 1200cc engine too.
And then there was the completely new (in 1958) Austin A40 Farina
which had 948cc in Mk I form and 1098cc in Mk II form after 1962
which wasn't styled like anything before! (The styling might be
described as "angular", I suppose). Farina was the last of the A40s.
- Garry
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