Thanks! I was sometimes allowed to "drive" my dad's A70 sitting on his knee when I was about 6, back in the days when you often had the road to yourself. I remember all the interior details fondly. Quarter window locks, the hand strap in the back, siting on the armrest, distinctive steering wheel hub, two-tone speedometer, worn leather seats. The sound. The smell was unique too, cigarettes, oil and leather, all the promise of a day in the country. Lovely to see this again! We didn't have a cassette player in 1962. Entertainment was counting all the monkey puzzle trees between Dundee and Blairgowrie on the Sunday jaunt to our "holiday home" - a rented garden shed in a farmers field where we kept a kettle and a couple of deckchairs. Up and over the Sidlaw hills, with the whole extended family squeezed in. "Long stroke engine, son, you couldn't do that in a Ford Pop". I was frequently left to sit in that car, outside the Red Lion in Couper Angus, with a meagre packet of crisps (the ones with a little blue bag of salt included) while the grown ups had "lunch". My elder sister was sent out from time to time to check that I hadn't absconded or 'peed ma breeks', and to tell me that they were "nearly done". Even then I knew that meant that a second round had just been bought. You couldn't do that these days either, not without a social worker case!
My first car was an Austin A70 Hereford built in 1954, on a trip from London back to Gloucester the dynamo ceased to work, (no alternator in those days!), but despite the fact that I had to use lights and wipers through a snow storm she got us home safely. When I took the dynamo to a local garage to be repaired, (the brushes had worn away), the mechanic thought it belonged to a truck!
..but should be in a '70s vehicle, not this beautiful Austin - a discrete one under dash would have been okay. (But maybe someone in the '70s fitted this? - I can't imagine anyone today cutting a hole in '50s facia to fit a '70s stereo.)
Thank you for posting the Hereford to me revives some good memories your car runs beautifully and looks immaculate inside like to see the exterior once again I thank you
Adding a cassette player hasn't done this lovely old girl any favours in my opinion, (assuming you had to cut a hole in the glove box lid). Beautiful car none-the-less.
To padre john ruffle. Well, we'll disagree on that, then! On another subject - I think looking out over this beige dashboard, is very relaxing on the eye!
Thanks! I was sometimes allowed to "drive" my dad's A70 sitting on his knee when I was about 6, back in the days when you often had the road to yourself. I remember all the interior details fondly. Quarter window locks, the hand strap in the back, siting on the armrest, distinctive steering wheel hub, two-tone speedometer, worn leather seats. The sound. The smell was unique too, cigarettes, oil and leather, all the promise of a day in the country. Lovely to see this again! We didn't have a cassette player in 1962. Entertainment was counting all the monkey puzzle trees between Dundee and Blairgowrie on the Sunday jaunt to our "holiday home" - a rented garden shed in a farmers field where we kept a kettle and a couple of deckchairs. Up and over the Sidlaw hills, with the whole extended family squeezed in. "Long stroke engine, son, you couldn't do that in a Ford Pop". I was frequently left to sit in that car, outside the Red Lion in Couper Angus, with a meagre packet of crisps (the ones with a little blue bag of salt included) while the grown ups had "lunch". My elder sister was sent out from time to time to check that I hadn't absconded or 'peed ma breeks', and to tell me that they were "nearly done". Even then I knew that meant that a second round had just been bought. You couldn't do that these days either, not without a social worker case!
Memories of my first driving lesson in 1960.
My first car was an Austin A70 Hereford built in 1954, on a trip from London back to Gloucester the dynamo ceased to work, (no alternator in those days!), but despite the fact that I had to use lights and wipers through a snow storm she got us home safely. When I took the dynamo to a local garage to be repaired, (the brushes had worn away), the mechanic thought it belonged to a truck!
What a fantastically beautiful stereo, mounted in the glove box lid! And it matches all the other splendid chromework!
..but should be in a '70s vehicle, not this beautiful Austin - a discrete one under dash would have been okay. (But maybe someone in the '70s fitted this? - I can't imagine anyone today cutting a hole in '50s facia to fit a '70s stereo.)
Thank you for posting the Hereford to me revives some good memories your car runs beautifully and looks immaculate inside like to see the exterior once again I thank you
the added oil pressure? guage blends nicely, but not the PYE -bit out of period. Having 3 Herefords now, does that count as a herd?
Adding a cassette player hasn't done this lovely old girl any favours in my opinion, (assuming you had to cut a hole in the glove box lid). Beautiful car none-the-less.
To padre john ruffle. Well, we'll disagree on that, then! On another subject - I think looking out over this beige dashboard, is very relaxing on the eye!
Were in the process of fitting a V6, auto, power steer and 4 wheel disc in our beast.
sounds lovely
I just noticed the PYE cassette player. The first one with auto-reverse. I had one in my Mini in 1975
Sounds a lot better than mine !