Back in the day my Dad had a couple of Austin Cambridge versions of this car. They used to rust quite badly and this example is in astounding condition. Whoever buys it must keep dry stored, or would deteriorate quickly.
Never mind the shiny paint and chrome. These cars were notorious for rusting. At the top of the front wings at the joint of the inner wing panel is/was a section known as the cat walk, this would simply rust away and the inner and outer wing panels being welded were difficult and expensive to repair. The chassis outriggers under the front footwells suffered severe rusting which would spread out to the inner and outer sill panels all this being structural and load bearing. These rust problems extend to the Austin, MG, Riley, and Wolseley variants. Also to the 6 cylinder variants of the Austin Westminster and Wolseley 6/110. Be very wary when looking at one with a view to buying one. LOOK UNDERNEATH it.
Nothing in common with the Minor on these, nor India! The Farina Oxford was really a re-bodied Austin Cambridge as all the other cars of this shape, no torsion bar suspension or rack and pinion steering - nothing Morris at all about them really! The previous Oxfords (Series II/III) were completely different cars and those are the ones continued by Hindustan until earlier this century. Farinas have their own charm and are lovely cars.
My grand father came home from WW2, bought a bsa bantam to get him back and forth to work. I have the original sales receipt. In the mid 50s he decided to buy a car , he was working in the Belfast shipyard by then. New Morris Oxford, " acquired" a large can of red lead paint from the yard and painted the underneath with it, I know, I was shoved into the places he couldn't reach.drove it every day, he sold it in 1972, the same Nick as he bought it in. What went wrong with our manufacturing of machinery. The work shop of the world
