Amalgamated Drawing Office

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The Amalgamated Drawing Office was the development and construction division of the British Motor Corporation . Since the early 1950s, the projects processed there have been given the designation "ADO" with a consecutive number. Some of them later stood for models produced in series.

Contrary to popular belief, “ADO” does not stand for “Austin Drawing Office”.

Roy Haynes, Alec Issigonis and Harris Mann worked here, among others .

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 among others Austin 1100
• ADO17 Austin 1800 & 2200, Morris 1800 & 2200, Wolseley 18/85 & Six
• ADO19 Austin Ant
• ADO20 Mini MkIII and Clubman
• ADO22 Design for a successor to the Austin 1100
• ADO23 MG MGB
• ADO25 BMC E-Series six cylinder engine
• ADO26 Austin Healey 3000 MkIII
• ADO27 Austin Tasman / Austin Kimberley
• ADO28 Morris Marina
• ADO31 MG MGA 1600
• ADO32 BMC E-Series four cylinder engine
• ADO34 Design by Pininfarina for a two-seater mini roadster .
• ADO37 Vanden Plas Princess 3 liter
• ADO40 Wolseley 24/80
• ADO41 Austin-Healey Sprite MkII
• ADO47 MG Midget MkI
• ADO50 Mini Cooper and Cooper S
• ADO52 MG MGC
• ADO53 Austin A110 Westminster
• ADO59 Morris Minor 1000
• ADO61 Austin 3-liter
• ADO66 Vanden Plas Princess 4-liter R
• ADO67 Austin Allegro
• ADO68 a sports car project
• ADO70 Design by Giovanni Michelotti for a coupé with a mini base
• ADO71 Austin / Morris 18-22 / Princess
• ADO73 Morris Ital
• ADO74 concept of a mini successor
• ADO75 MGB GT V8
• ADO76 further developed MGB with plastic bumpers ("rubber boat")
• ADO77 Successor to the Morris Marina , not in production
• ADO88 became Project LC8 and then Mini Metro
• ADO99 became Project LC10, then LM10 and finally Austin Maestro

LC / LM codes

After the various reorganizations at BMC and the creation of the “Leyland Cars” division of the British Leyland group, the codes were changed to LC in the mid-1970s. The naming system was changed to the LM (Light Medium) codes when Rovers (Specialist Division) SD codes were added.

• LC8 Austin Metro , previously ADO88
• LC9 Triumph Acclaim
• LC10 Austin Maestro , previously LM10, originally ADO99
• LM11 Austin Montego , previously LC11
• LM12 unrealized draft of a coupé version of the Maestro
• LM14 unrealized draft of a variant of the Montego with hatchback
• LM15 Design of a successor to the Rover SD1 , späder Projekt XX and finally Rover 800

Other codes

The branch in Australia used the code "YD" from 1962 to name their projects.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Austin Design Product Numbers. (No longer available online.) In: Austin Memories. Archived from the original on October 18, 2013 ; Retrieved June 10, 2013 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
2. ^ Ford Cortina at 50. In: The Telegraph . October 19, 2012, accessed June 10, 2013 . 
3. ↑ Proposed replacement - ADO22. (No longer available online.) In: ADO16.info. January 5, 2014, archived from the original on November 8, 2014 ; Retrieved November 8, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ Sports car projects: ADO68. In: AR Online. November 25, 2011, accessed November 8, 2014 . 
5. ^ ADO 74 in the 1970s. (No longer available online.) In: Motorfilms. Archived from the original on November 8, 2014 ; Retrieved November 8, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Sports car projects: ADO76. 'When MG met Michelotti'. In: AR Online. November 25, 2011, accessed November 8, 2014 . 
7. ^ Morris Marina / Ital development history. (No longer available online.) In: AR Online. September 3, 2011, archived from the original on July 26, 2014 ; Retrieved November 8, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ^ ADO and other development codes. In: AROnline. November 25, 2011, accessed June 10, 2013 . 
9. ↑ LM11 arrives, named Montego. In: Motor Sport Magazine. May 1984, accessed November 8, 2014 . 
10. ^ Rover 800 development history. In: AR Online. November 25, 2011, accessed November 8, 2014 .