1955 Austin A50 Cambridge [HS5]

1955 Austin A50 Cambridge [HS5] in Hawaii Five-O, TV Series, 1968-1980 Ep. 3.06

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin: — Made for: USA

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Author	Message
HWJOE ◊ 2014-08-05 15:00	Is that a Ford COnsul? 53-55?
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2014-08-05 15:37	No, I think it looks more like an Austin Cambridge, but the picture is not clear at all.
Q-Ball ◊ 2014-08-16 16:36	Didn't know the Cambridge was sold in the USA.
dsl ◊ 2014-08-16 16:46	I did not know specifically about A50, but BMC did push lots of 50s models in US - A40 Devon, Minor etc. And the next body - UK A55 Mk1 became A55 Cambrian specially for US and CDN. I did wonder when this first popped up about the Nissan assembly A50, but fairly sure they were never allowed for export out of J. -- Last edit: 2014-08-16 18:06:40
Q-Ball ◊ 2014-08-16 22:32	This could theoretically be a Nissan-built A50. The show featured a lot of early JDM-only cars like the 2000GT in season 1.
dsl ◊ 2014-08-16 22:46	It does have that bit of extra chrome which Nissans had. However UK cars for US also often grew extra chrome over home spec. Maybe safest as Austin.