1955 Austin A90 Westminster Saloon
Registration no. TOD 57 Chassis no. BS414198

The Beaulieu Sale: Collectors' Motor Cars & Motorcycles and Automobilia|7 September 2019, 16:00 BST|Beaulieu, National Motor Museum

1955 Austin A90 Westminster Saloon
Registration no. TOD 57
Chassis no. BS414198

Footnotes

Introduced in 1954, the A90 Westminster was one of the first new models produced by the nascent British Motor Corporation, created by the merger of Austin and Morris, and bore a strong family resemblance to the smaller A50 Cambridge. Engines, gearboxes and running gear were shared with the equivalent Morris models. Bodies, though, were not shared, the unitary construction shell of the A90 Westminster being unique to that model. Its power unit was the new 2.6-litre overhead-valve C-Series six, which drove via a four-speed column-change gearbox with optional Borg-Warner overdrive. Suspension was independent at the front and by live axle at the rear.

This A90's original old-style logbook shows that it was supplied via Austin agents Krille Garage in Ilfracombe, Devon (original bill of sale on file). 'TOD 57' has had only three owners, all members of the same family, and has belonged to the current vendor since 1988. Sympathetically restored between 1988 and 1992, the car has covered only some 42,000 miles in the last 27 years. Used sparingly of late, it runs well and would respond to sympathetic tidying. Offered with a V5C Registration Certificate.

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