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1963 Austin A60 Cambrian [ADO38A]

1963 Austin A60 Cambrian [ADO38A] in Five Easy Pieces, Movie, 1970 IMDB

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: UK — Made for: CDN

1963 Austin A60 Cambrian [ADO38A]

[*][*] Minor action vehicle or used in only a short scene

Comments about this vehicle

AuthorMessage

BeanBandit FI

2006-05-27 00:00

So it is Canadian?

Sunbar UK

2006-05-27 00:24

Austin export model from England.

"The Austin Cambrian was the North American export model of the Austin Cambridge. There were two models of the car; one based on the A55mk1 'Pre-Farina' and the other on the later 'Farina' model."

G-MANN UK

2007-01-20 22:50

[Image: fiveeasypiecesaustin26pa.5155.jpg]

G-MANN UK

2007-01-21 01:27

Interesting, I thought the only British cars they exported to America in that period were the sought-after luxury marques like Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls-Royce.

stronghold EN

2007-01-21 02:20

Unusual, I never knew this was an export to canada/usa either ;)

Hiergehts CH

2007-01-21 03:52

I believe its number plate is from British Columbia, Canada but am not 100% certain.

G-MANN UK

2007-01-21 18:57

Part of the movie was filmed on Vancouver Island, British Columbia.

datsunZ IT

2007-01-22 00:26

stronghold wrote Unusual, I never knew this was an export to canada/usa either ;)


Also for me was a novelty;I would knew before the Aussie's Austin Freeway,the Argentinian SIAM Di Tella 1500,but never had heard before that almost forgotten Austin Cambrian(I hypotize as at BMC had got specific back end logo:they had worked and cutted Cambridge name logo that becomes Cambri...and welding to them another "a" and and a "m",without a "leg",cutted for become it a "n"...Easy,isn't it?)

Hecubus CA

2007-01-22 01:37

hiergehts wrote I believe its number plate is from British Columbia, Canada but am not 100% certain.

I don't think so, from what I can find, BC didn't use this style plate until '79.

Gag Halfrunt UK

2009-12-22 11:25

It seems to be a BC plate from 1963, 1965 or 1969.
http://www.worldlicenseplates.com/jpglps/CN_BC_GI6_1960%27s.jpg

chris40 UK

2009-12-22 15:14

That figures; this appears to be based on the 1961+ A60 [ADO38A], not the A55 [ADO9A].

-- Last edit: 2009-12-26 22:07:30

BrentMosher420 US

2015-06-14 01:01

G-MANN wrote Interesting, I thought the only British cars they exported to America in that period were the sought-after luxury marques like Jaguar, Bentley and Rolls-Royce.

Also sold here were Ford Cortinas, Sunbeams, Hillmans and probably a few other makes I'm forgetting.

dsl SX

2015-06-14 02:17

Canada was a Commonwealth territory so had stronger links - and reduced import tariffs - compared to US, but there weren't many examples of early-mid 60s UK stuff which only went to CDN - North America was usually treated as a single export territory. However when 1968 onwards US safety and emissions laws killed a lot of UK exports (eg Cortinas and Rootes stuff as ^, plus Minis, ADO16, and a fair number of low-volume sports things like TVR, Morgan etc) trade with CDN continued in its own right until they brought in similar standards in 73/74 onwards. By that time some UK makes (eg MG, Triumph, Rolls, Jag, Jensen) had developed US compatible versions and were able to continue in CDN as well. Other stuff (eg Minis, Cortina, Rovers etc) dropped out of Canada 73-ish.

Later in 70s and into 80s some UK makes returned to US (and CDN) with special North American engineered versions - eg Rover and Range Rover, Morgan, Aston Martin. In some cases this was because by then they had new models which were engineered from the start to be US-compatible - eg Jensen Healey (and amongst makes which hadn't left US - Triumph TR7, Jag XJS are good examples of US-prioritised designs).

electra225 IT

2022-09-17 16:09

In this part of the movie you can briefly spot two other very rare UK cars, a white Sunbeam Arrow (Hunter) and a light blue Envoy Custom (Vauxhall Vicyor F relative)

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