1957 Hindusthan Landmaster

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Hindusthan Landmaster

The Birlas of India, began manufacturing Morris motor cars in 1942 at their Hindusthan Motor Works at Uttarpara, (Hooghly dist.), West Bengal. The Baby Hindusthan (Morris Minor) and its bigger brethren, the Hindusthan 10 (Oxford MO) and Hindusthan 14 followed.

The 1954 Morris Oxford series II was license-built at Uttarpara, (Hooghly dist.), three years after its debut in England and labelled as the 1957 Hindusthan Landmaster.

Succeeding the Hindusthan 14, it had more passenger room, more luggage space and a new BMC (Austin designed) 1489 cc "B-series" engine that developed a decent 50 bhp @4200 rpm and 78 lb ft of torque @ 2400 rpm. The advertisements of the time made a big deal of the new "Over Head Valve" OHV engine. There was a chrome badge consisting of the letters OHV in capitals with "wings" attached to the letter "V".

The Landmaster could cruise comfortably at 100 km/h with no feeling of being pushed near the limit and peak out at 119 km/h.

The car had independent torsion bar front suspension and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear. These gave a comfortable ride over normal road surfaces, though the car would pitch over very rough sections. It had a one-piece curved windscreen, raised air vent on bonnet, and parking lights in the heavy chrome radiator grille extremities, like its successor, the 1957 Mark I Ambassador.

The Landmaster could seat six people in reasonable comfort. Its 2464 mm wheelbase gave adequate rear seat legroom for tall passengers, even with the front bench at its rearmost. To facilitate three-abreast front seating the steering column was offset so that it sloped out from the longitudinal centre line of the car, when viewed from above.

The car could be had in grey, green, beige or black.