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Old 28-02-06, 15:16
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The 'County' series started with the A40 Dorset/Devon then continued with the Somerset and was joined by the A70 Hampshire then Hereford models, and then in 1955 by the A50/55 Cambridge models. Morris had their Isis and Oxford, Cowley models because Morris's car plant was at Cowley, Oxford, near the River Thames which is the Isis in Oxford. Of course by '55 Austin and Morris were in BMC together, but the replacements, the Farina-designed models were the badge-engineered versions, with MG Magnette, Riley and Wolseley versions.
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