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Introduced in 1954, the Austin A40/A50 Cambridge was designed in-house by Austin’s styling department under Dick Burzi. Half-ton vans and pick-ups arrived in 1956, fitted with the 1489cc B-Series engine from the A50 version rather than the A40s 1200.

In 1962, the commercials were facelifted with a wider grille and at the same time a Morris badged version appeared with a straight bar grille instead of the crinkly Austin grille, although they were otherwise identical. In 1963 the 1622cc B-Series engine was fitted. In this form they remained in production until 1972, and approximately 26,000 of the Morris version were made.

Torcars of Torrington was founded in November 1968. The firm was a partnership between Ron Webster, who had been building motorhomes to customers’ specifications in Hove, East Sussex as R. Webster & Co. for some years, and one of his satisfied customers, seasoned motor