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[Rick]

Afternoon all,

My A40's been mentioned before, but are there any other Mk1 or Mk2 owners to be found here? Maybe you had one when they were still a common sight?

Was it just a re-hashed A35 in a modern body, or was it genuinely a good car in its own right?




RJ
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[Bitumen Boy]

Always liked the look of these, though I've never driven one. Didn't the Mk1 have an odd braking system? Hydraulic fronts and cable operated rears, I think.

[Rick]

[47Jag]

I passed my test in '59 in an A40. There was a really quick A40 driven by a doctor from the (I think) Carlisle area in the 60s? Doc Shepherd won the Saloon Car championship in 1960 in one.

Art

[Rick]

[47Jag]

I passed my test in '59 in an A40. There was a really quick A40 driven by a doctor from the (I think) Carlisle area in the 60s? Doc Shepherd won the Saloon Car championship in 1960 in one.

Art

[Rich5ltr]

I had a Mk1, dreadful car. Mind you the cable brakes were handly because you could use the handbrake to take up slack in the system and get a bit more bite!

[alastairq]

I owned a 948cc A 40 back in the mid 1970's.

The fuel consumption was a marvel compared to my previous car [a Vauxhall Cresta PC, 3.3 litre 6 pot]




Also, back in the early 1990's, whilst on a 'holiday' at a farm near Torrington, Devon, whilst wandering around, found a heavily overgrown secluded little valley.

In the bottom were the remains of a couple of of Bedford truck chassis....and an Austin A40...obviously dumped there.

Whilst the body shell was pretty far gone, I did manage to retrieve some odd small items.....pedal rubbers, wiper mechanism, some locks and badges, etc....anything that could be hidden in a Tesco bag, or the then-wife's handbag? The farmer disclaimed all knowledge, even though the land was his....dunno if he'd even been down there, it was a bit of a scramble.

Still got the pedal rubbers......just in case I need them....

[Peter_L]

Observing several ladies handbags over the years, makes me wonder why, in the possession of such, you didn't smuggle out the engine and gearbox ?

[alastairq]

Because I couldn't lift it?

[alanb]

I took my test in a driving school A40 in 1964 had a soft spot for them ever since.
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[Calum]

I've had my 1960 mk1 for nearly 10 years now - it was my first car aged 16 in the summer of 2007! Not been on the road for a couple of years due to other projects taking over but it should be returning in the next couple of months!

[Rick]

Here are a couple spotted in an olde worlde scrapyard many years ago, I think they'd been sat there a while ...





My folks spotted this one in Greece



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[Keef]

Passed my test in Yoko a 1962 1098cc saloon and I've still got her!

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