Austin A70 Hampshire and Hereford

The Austin A70 was a conventional British body-on-frame car built by Austin from 1948 to 1954 in two successive forms, the Hampshire and the Hereford. Styled like the smaller A40 Devon and Somerset but on a larger, wider body, both used the 2.2 litre four-cylinder pushrod engine first fitted to the prewar Austin 16. The Hampshire was mostly a four door saloon, with estate and pickup versions called the Countryman and Pick-up, and ended in 1950 after 35,261 had been built. The Hereford replaced it with a longer wheelbase, fully hydraulic brakes and a two door coupe by Carbodies, and was itself replaced by the A90 Westminster. In all, 85,682 A70s were produced.