Firstly, big thanks to Foz and 'Mrs Foz' for sending over these pics of their fab old Austins (A70 Hampshire and A40 Devon Utes), and providing some background info on both of the 'utilitys' . If you have a classic car story you'd be willing to put on oldclassiccar too, please drop me a line via the contact page.
Austin A70 Pickup
"A bit of history with the A70 ........... found her in a shed in a little town
called Milthorpe, not far from larger regional city Bathurst & Orange.
First registered in 1950 at a little town called Spring Hill about 9km from
Milthorpe. As you can see she hadn't travelled too far from home with her 2 owners
until 1968 when she was popped in the shed until time allowed for
replacement of oil rings apparently.
WELL ..... there she stayed until last month when for a very reasonable $ I
trailered her home with 2 ute loads of spares. More parts for A40 & A70 than
you could poke a stick at.
Actually picked up 16 wheels & 7 have tyres which will pass NSW's pretty
stringent roadworthy inspections, plus the ones on the A70 itself, 2 of
which are fine. The fellow also has 4 engines that I couldn't fit on so I'll go back for them
asap.
Well, had a look at her in the light of day & what do you know, pumped up
the fuel from a new container (the fuel tank was out of her for cleaning)
checked the oil & water & brake fluids (all full) and would you believe she
started on first kick & I do mean first kick. Didn't want to keep her going
for too long on old oil so drove her in to my shed for some serious
inspection.
Couldn't find a speck of rust & we all fell in love with her so
decided to keep her."
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