What a beauty!

It turned out Val left the production line at Longbridge with a Black exterior and Horizon Blue interior. A colour scheme which was never made available to customers, either on the Mk1 or Mk2 Do you have the "Post War Baby Austins" book by Barney Sharrett? There's a chapter on paint schemes and col...

Hi Dave and welcome. I've lived in that area most of my life so no doubt would have seen your A40 round and about. Nice Devon reg. too 'DV'. I wonder, did she make it all the way up t' north under her own steam?
Got any photos please?

Cheers,
Clive

Wow! What a fascinating tale, and great for finding out so much detail.

So, is there any clue on the car now of it's original colour scheme? Any black left anywhere?

It would be nice, one day, to get it back to how it started.

I just applied a pretty advanced engineering technique to make the Austin at least 10% faster. I know a lot of folks prefer standard wheels on their cars, but I think Rostyles look the dogs wotsits on an A40! 👍😎 4) When the engine has warmed up and the thermostat opens, water starts to pour out the...

Hopefully will be there on the Sunday! Daughter is due to sprog anytime soon so a bit dependent on that as well!

Did you go this weekend Roger? I went today, some lovely cars making good times up the hill!

Thanks Nik. I can't see that it's on YT yet but have subscribed to the CSCC channel.

Cheers,
Clive

Eek, I very nearly forgot! Thank you for the reminder! 🫣
Cheers,
Clive

An oldie but a goodie..