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Vanden Plas

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Vanden Plas is the coachbuilding business that began as a Belgian carriage maker and became a British firm building bodies for makers such as Bentley, Daimler, Lagonda and Rolls-Royce. It became a subsidiary of the Austin Motor Company in 1946 and made the body of the Austin A120 Princess limousine on an Austin chassis at its Kingsbury works in north London, later gaining its own standing as a manufacturer inside the British Motor Corporation. Its Kingsbury Lane factory closed in November 1979.

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Founded Year
1870 1
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Automotive Industry, Industries

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Austin Motor Company, Companies and Brands
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1947 Austin Princess

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Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
1950 Austin Princess

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
1952 Austin Princess

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
1956 Austin Princess

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
1957 Austin Princess

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
1959 Austin Princess

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
Austin Princess

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
Austin Princess (Princess I, II and III (A120 and A135))

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
Austin Princess (Princess IV)

Also in Transport Atlas: built by this subject.

Source Wikipedia: Austin PrincessAustin Princess I, II and IIItier 2
Quote, Austin Princess I, II and III
the A120 (later A135) chassis used by Vanden Plas to produce the Princess at their Kingsbury works (North London)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Vanden Plas
Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, what the company is
    The business began in 1870 in Brussels, Belgium, initially making axles, and later producing horse-drawn carriages.
  • Belgium and England, batched and bespoke coachwork
    The business began in 1870 in Brussels, Belgium, initially making axles
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