Amalgamated Drawing Office
The Amalgamated Drawing Office was the design and engineering department of the British Motor Corporation. From the early 1950s, the resulting projects of the office were known by the initials ADO. The numbers were assigned to vehicle and engineering projects, some resulting in production models.
Contrary to popular belief, ADO does not stand for Austin Drawing Office.[1]
ADO project numbers
- ADO6 Austin FX4 Taxi
- ADO8 Austin A40 Farina
- ADO9 Austin A55 Cambridge
- ADO10 Austin A90 Westminster
- ADO13 Austin-Healey Sprite
- ADO14 Austin Maxi
- ADO15 Mini
- ADO16 1100/1300[2]
- ADO17 Austin 1800 & 2200, Morris 1800 & 2200, Wolseley 18/85 & Six
- ADO19 Austin Ant
- ADO20 Mini MkIII and Clubman
- ADO22 Proposed replacement for the Austin 1100[3]
- ADO23 MGB
- ADO25 BMC E-Series engine 6-cylinder
- ADO26 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII
- ADO27 Austin Tasman / Austin Kimberley
- ADO28 Morris Marina
- ADO31 MGA 1600
- ADO32 BMC E-Series engine 4-cylinder
- ADO34 Pininfarina design for 2 seat roadster based on Mini.
- ADO37 Vanden Plas Princess 3 litre
- ADO40 Wolseley 24/80
- ADO41 Austin-Healey Sprite MkII
- ADO47 MG Midget MkI
- ADO50 Mini Cooper and Cooper S
- ADO52 MGC
- ADO53 Austin A110 Westminster
- ADO59 Morris Minor 1000
- ADO61 Austin 3-Litre
- ADO66 Vanden Plas Princess 4-litre R
- ADO67 Austin Allegro
- ADO68 Sports car project[4]
- ADO70 Michelotti concept for a Mini-based coupe
- ADO71 Austin/Morris 18-22/Princess
- ADO73 Morris Ital
- ADO74 Concept supermini model as a possible Mini replacement[5]
- ADO75 MGB GT V8
- ADO76 Proposed revised MGB but resulting in the rubber-bumper model[6]
- ADO77 Proposed second generation Morris Marina that never reached production[7]
- ADO88 Became project LC8 and then Mini Metro
- ADO99 Became project LC10, then LM10 and finally Austin Maestro
LC/LM codes
Following the various reorganisations of BMC, and the creation of the combined Leyland Cars division of British Leyland, the codes changed to LC in the mid 1970s.[8]
Following the merger of Rover's Specialist Division SD codes, these resulted in LM (Light Medium) codes.
Other codes
The Australian division used YD codes from 1962 to identify their projects.
References
- ↑ Austin Design Product Numbers. In: Austin Memories. Abgerufen am 10. Juni 2013.
- ↑ Ford Cortina at 50. In: The Telegraph. 19. Oktober 2012, abgerufen am 10. Juni 2013.
- ↑ Proposed replacement - ADO22. In: ADO16.info. 5. Januar 2014, abgerufen am 8. November 2014.
- ↑ Sports car projects : ADO68. In: AR Online. 25. Juni 2011, abgerufen am 8. November 2014.
- ↑ ADO 74 in the 1970s. In: Motorfilms. Abgerufen am 8. November 2014.
- ↑ ? In: AR Online. 25. Juni 2011, abgerufen am 8. November 2014.
- ↑ Morris Marina/Ital development history. In: AR Online. 3. September 2011, abgerufen am 8. November 2014.
- ↑ ADO and other development codes. In: AROnline. 25. Juni 2011, abgerufen am 10. Juni 2013.
