Editing Austin Sheerline (section)

==Chassis==
Austin produced two chassis for the Austin Sheerline and the Austin Princess.<ref>{{cite web | title=Austin Princess Hearse | website=Brightwells Classic Cars | url=https://classiccars.brightwells.com/viewdetails.php?id=44 | access-date=18 January 2024}}</ref>

Initially only a saloon version on a 9-foot-11¼-inch (3 metre) wheelbase chassis was made, but this was joined by a limousine version in late 1949<ref>{{cite news | title=Austin | newspaper=The Times | date=30 September 1949 | page=3 | issue=51500}}</ref> on a stretched 11&nbsp;ft (3.3 metre) chassis available for use by coachbuilders for conversion to an ambulance, shooting brake estate or hearse.

A pressed-steel cross-braced chassis frame was used, and for the first time on an Austin, independent front suspension. Other features were a hydraulic jacking system, Lockheed hydraulic brakes and a steering-column gearshift.<ref name=wyatt /> Suspension was by coil springs at the front and semi-elliptic leaf springs at the rear.

The Austin Sheerline had Smith's "Red Jackall" hydraulic jacking system installed on its chassis behind each wheel. This was operated by a hydraulic pump that allowed all four wheels to be lifted at once to easily change a tyre. A valve knob accessed through a trap door under the carpet under the driver's seat operated this system. this<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.oldclassiccar.co.uk/forum/phpbb/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=6087|title=Jackall Hydraulic System|website=www.oldclassiccar.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFg_uo8IOhY|title=1953 Austin Sheerline Limo Factory 4 wheel lift system in action|via=www.youtube.com}}</ref>

The consensus is that in the [[Last of the Summer Wine]] episode [[Last of the Summer Wine (series 8)#Episodes|The Loxley Lozenge]], the chassis of an Austin Sheerline was used as a prop for the titular (fictional) vehicle.<ref>{{Cite web|last=DigitalCavalry|date=2015-07-17|title=Christmas Special 1984: The Loxley Lozenge|url=http://summerwinos.co.uk/?p=2131|access-date=2020-07-29|website=Summer Winos}}</ref>