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Can anyone identify this saloon car? Is it an Austin Somerset?

Oneball wrote: ↑Mon Dec 12, 2022 8:46 pm Can anyone identify this saloon car? Is it an Austin Somerset? 9BFB8719-9A8C-4010-9199-0FA0B69B4437.jpeg

Looks like it, here is an Austin Somerset with almost the same spotlights....

https://auctions.manorparkclassics.com/ ... t=727&sd=1

I reckon so too. They were built from 1952 - 1954 and were a very popular car. My first car was an A40 Somerset. There was also a larger A70 Hereford which had the same styling and a 2.2litre engine from the Austin 16.

Thanks both.

1975 I know this for shure because I have the same Duckhams sign open/closed

Kees.

The new Marina in the showroom is a Mk2 (Isn't it sad that I know that ) Which I think was launched in 1976?

I used to work on the pumps at North Lane Garage in my youth. At the time they used to supply quite a few LHD export models. I remember a Triumph Spitfire and an MGB in that showroom both destined for Argentina. Bought by foreign students at Leeds University and used here initially before been taken back home. My Mother rented a lockup to the guy with the Spitfire.
Lovely art deco type building.

WMU 211G wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:09 pm QPH MIN 98067_n.jpg

The Frogeye is happy to see the Woody

Merry Christmas & a happy new year

Almond Green & OEW Mk1 Cooper parked up at the old Uxbridge Vine Street station, c.1964...

WMU 211G wrote: ↑Thu Dec 15, 2022 7:09 pm QPH JJ MIN.jpg

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Great photos - is the middle one of Hampstead Garden Suburb? - looks a little familiar....

Cars were of the size to suit our roads.

The new Sainsbury's at the Angel Centre, Tonbridge, 1982.

Some old ones.

And more.

The last 3 for now.

A few images off Facebook