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[Lizzie Zoom]

Wouldn't think my old A40 exists anywhere now, the floor was pretty rotten so part of it was made up of a welded in Hillman imp bonnet ! 😃

I loved my Farina bodied A40, but the front passenger seat was supported by air and the remains of the body shell as the cross member had rotted away; the whole of the body could be jacked up leaving the chassis - floor, transmission, wheels etc - on the floor as all the sills were gone and been replaced with an aluminium strip over copies of the Sun newspaper, and the body had holes everywhere!!

However, it passed the MOT TWICE, in 1970 and 71 as all the tyres (remoulds for £10) were good, the lights all worked and the brakes were good due to me making sure everything was "legal" for that time, plus the MOT examiner of the garage, SG Smith of Downham, I used all the time for fuel and masses of oil (10/- for a gallon can), liked me

In truth the elders around me at the time reckoned if I hit another solid object with my A40 it would disintegrate into rusted through body panels.  They were of course right, as close by me I once saw another Austin of the same vintage on the side of the road with all the body panels in pieces around it!!

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Ha yes that's true , I liked the A40 as well mine was Royal blue with a black roof & cream steel wheels with lovely shiny chrome hub caps it looked great..😎

Oh yes, the classic black roof!    The rest of the body of mine was the classic Austin light blue, and the ONLY thing that was shiny was the chrome hub caps!   Even the chrome bumpers had rust showing through!

Yours sounds as though it was a great example.  I cannot remember seeing many in that Royal blue, but that was a good strong colour for that car

I would certainly love a restored A40 now

Nah......you are a Humber girl at heart, Lizzie.

As mentioned before a nice pair of Bristol's would also suit you.

Never have liked the look of the Bristol cars, but a Humber Snipe, or even better a Humber Super Snip of late 1950's vintage, YES PLEASE!!

[Lizzie Zoom]

Ebay has several A40,s to choose from.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2060353.m570.l2632.R2.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.XAustin+A40.TRS0&_nkw=austin+a40&_sacat=29751

Lizzie will come over all misty-eyed.

Oh yes, this one is just for me:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-A40-farina-1959-new-MOT/143625538971?hash=item2170bfcd9b:g:wScAAOSwhjNe3POz

Now if I could get £7,000 for my Omega................I could go back in time!

Happy memories

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

[Lizzie Zoom]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

Yes, probably!!

It is funny how time distorts the fondest of our memories!

[BazaJT]

Dad had Super Snipes as his company car from the mid '50s to '67 when they stopped production[apart from a one month dalliance in the early '60s with a Van den Plas 3L-a brand new car that he returned after the second gearbox in that one month ownership went pop]his first one was one of the "Mk" models and then subsequent ones[replaced every two years at most]were the "Series" cars.The last car his dad owned was a '66 Imperial.

[Rangie]

Ebay has several A40,s to choose from.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2060353.m570.l2632.R2.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.XAustin+A40.TRS0&_nkw=austin+a40&_sacat=29751

Lizzie will come over all misty-eyed.

Oh yes, this one is just for me:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-A40-farina-1959-new-MOT/143625538971?hash=item2170bfcd9b:g:wScAAOSwhjNe3POz

Now if I could get £7,000 for my Omega................I could go back in time!

Happy memories

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Look so basic now don't they , think I definitely prefer the RRS.

[Lizzie Zoom]

Ebay has several A40,s to choose from.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p2060353.m570.l2632.R2.TR12.TRC2.A0.H0.XAustin+A40.TRS0&_nkw=austin+a40&_sacat=29751

Lizzie will come over all misty-eyed.

Oh yes, this one is just for me:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Austin-A40-farina-1959-new-MOT/143625538971?hash=item2170bfcd9b:g:wScAAOSwhjNe3POz

Now if I could get £7,000 for my Omega................I could go back in time!

Happy memories

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Look so basic now don't they , think I definitely prefer the RRS.

Oh yes they do

But at the time they were perfect for me to learn car mechanics on, with no complicated electronics and sensors everywhere.  Just basic engine with a basic body

[henryd]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

Yes indeed,did a few miles in a XR3i last week,what a bloody awful noisey thing

[Rangie]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

Yes indeed,did a few miles in a XR3i last week,what a bloody awful noisey thing

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I went out in my mates MGB GT V8 a couple of times recently made me realise how much advancement has been made since the seventies, it looks & sounds fantastic but I felt very vunerable at high speeds.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

Yes indeed,did a few miles in a XR3i last week,what a bloody awful noisey thing

Yes.....the memories are usually better than the reality.

Much the same with old girlfriends. Thirty years on they don't look so hot.

[Lizzie Zoom]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

Yes indeed,did a few miles in a XR3i last week,what a bloody awful noisey thing

Yes.....the memories are usually better than the reality.

Much the same with old girlfriends. Thirty years on they don't look so hot.

I bet they say the same about you Opti

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

Yes indeed,did a few miles in a XR3i last week,what a bloody awful noisey thing

Yes.....the memories are usually better than the reality.

Much the same with old girlfriends. Thirty years on they don't look so hot.

I bet they say the same about you Opti

My boyish good looks will never fade, Lizzie.....

[Nick W]

And after driving it for 10 minutes you would wonder how you ever liked such a hideous contraption. 

Yes indeed,did a few miles in a XR3i last week,what a bloody awful noisey thing

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I went out in my mates MGB GT V8 a couple of times recently made me realise how much advancement has been made since the seventies, it looks & sounds fantastic but I felt very vunerable at high speeds.

MGB is fifties production thinking and mechanicals. It wasn't even state of the art when introduced.

[Marks DTM Calib]

I find the same when driving the series and 110 Land Rovers, they have a charm but, they feel dated.

You then drive the new one and its night and day yet, somehow, it still feels like a Land Rover somehow