in 1947, austin produced two virtually identical chassis, one for the a110 (later a125 sheerline, built entirely by austin at their longbridge factory) and the a120 (later a135) chassis used by vanden plas to produce the princess at their kingsbury works (north london). although vanden plas was by now wholly owned by austin and much of the running gear and instrumentation was the same in the two cars, the princess was the austin flagship, with a higher specification leather, wool and burr walnut interior.