More Austin A40 Farina restoration (Pt3) | CLASSIC CAR VLOG
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- Опубліковано 21 вер 2024
- The restoration of the 1960 Austin A40 Farina continues its merry journey in the latest vlog. In this video, a look at some of the crusty rusty areas around the rear of this classic car's 60yr-old bodywork, followed by cutting-disc action and a spot of MIG welding. Look out for classic pedal cars too!
This particular A40 has been in our family from new, it was bought new at Pikes of Exeter, the local Austin/BMC garage, by my great aunt and uncle, and it remained with them in Exmouth until he gave up driving in 1987, at which time it passed to us. I took (and passed) my driving test in the A40 that same year, then drove the Austin as my regular driver for quite a few years, including going to school (6th form - A levels) in it, where it'd regularly appear in the teacher's car park.
More news regarding the old A40's ongoing restoration soon, please check out the previous classic car vlog videos regarding this car and its history. If you own a Mk1 or Mk2 A40 too, or have thoughts about them, please add a comment and if possible, subscribe and the click the notifications bell to keep up with future instalments.
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Hi, thanks for watching this latest classic car vlog, where progress on the Austin A40's ongoing renovations continues. To follow future uploads, please click Like, Subscribe, and the Notifications bell. Do you own an A40? Or have you owned one in the past? If so, it'd be interesting to read about it via the comments section below. Thanks, RJ :-)
Great to see your son is involved in classic cars. Get them hooked on classic cars and they will never have time or money for drugs.
To Alan Riches: with YOUR advice, YOU should be PRIME MINISTER!
Great project!
Had a mint green A40 Countryman -62 some 25 years ago, lovely car to drive in the summer, except for the exhaust fumes entering the coupe sometimes.
One time the alternator malfunctioned and the engine suddenly died on a busy street. Just turned off all lights so the ignition got enough voltage and crank started it to the bystanders amusement.
Good project and a lot of useful spare panels, very handy. Well done Bob
These cars,(when in good condition), are a fairly contemporary sort of shape, even now! Well worth restoring. I didn't have the money or expertise to restore my own, when I first started driving - back in the day. To prevent avoidable rust being formed in the wheelarches, for a long time now, manufacturers have fitted INNER wings to fend off mud, etc. . A firm called LOKARI- (they are on the internet) makes these to order .If I personally still had my A40, I would get LOKARI to manufacture me a set of these! And, although you could of course keep the original engine, to sell WITH the car (IF you ever decided to part with it, ), I myself would fit a 1300cc A - Series job, that was the later A-PLUS version! My mother had had first a 1300cc Marina, and then a 1300cc A - PLUS engined Morris Ital. That , of course was a P.o. shed - up version of the Marina. The difference the A - PLUS engine made was a revelation! It was smooth and refined at last! Ital, or Marina? ITAL every time! Specially for an ex - A40 FARINA owner, I found your film fascinating! Keep up the good work!
Hi from nz we still use our mk1 countryman for car shows etc here and was resurrected by my self and my partner a few years ago now still going strong. Keep up the good work. Regards doug & courtney.
Good stuff, yes I'll keep plugging away! thanks for subscribing
My first car was a 1962 Austin A40 reg no 838 YTB..an early Mk2 as it had the old Mk1 948cc engine. My cousin had same as yours with front hydraulic brakes and rod rears.. my dad had a 1965 with the wood effect dash...wrote it off and I fitted his 1098 engine into mine however it ate half shafts like biscuits>
Wow, that takes me back to my first car, a 1961 A40, Light blue (forget what it was called - maybe Cornflower Blue?) with a black roof. Reg. no. 2689MT. Bought it for £55.00 - doesn't sound much but I think I was earning £20.00 per week then. We took it on holiday to west Cornwall, cruising at a magnificent 45 m.p.h.; it took a bit of a while to get there! Kept it for a couple of years then sold it on to my mate's mother for £45.00. Good times.
The name of the blue was in fact Horizon blue. This was the original blue used in conjunction with the black roof. It is still available from Specialist Car Finishes of Long Marston, under the same name . But it is very expensive at £38 for a 400cc aerosol. Any good car finish supplier should be able make up a very near match, at a much more sensible price.
@@paullee5573 thanks. It did have the black roof too, so you must be right.
To Archie Bishop, from Nygel Miller. Happy Daze! My mate and me went to parties and EVERYWHERE in HIS A40! On the unexpected (I'm sure!) Subject of YOUR NAME, though, I've a funny story to recount. In Croydon, there is a religious school for girls, that I went on a tour round , because it's historic! It is called Old Palace School. (Because the CHURCH Of England was actually based in Croydon for a long time, not Canterbury, or Lambeth, like today!) The tour guide kept mentioning about the Archbishop Of Canterbury. Only the tour guide had a SPEECH IMPEDIMENT. every second time he tried to say "archbishop", it came out as ARCHIE BUSHOP! Sorry to laugh, but it cracks me up whenever I think of it! So now, there REALLY is an ARCHIE BISHOP! (Though not of Canterbury!)
@@nygelmiller5293 Sorry to disappoint you but it's my internet nom-de-plume. I actually paraphrased and stole it from a Hancocks Half Hour script; "Almost a Gentleman" I think it was. Made me laugh as all those shows did, so I thought I'd use it as my veil!
@@LFBsmokealarm from Nygel Miller -( yes, my REAL name!) This story runs and runs! So if you got some laughs out of it, Tony Hancock got some laughs out of it - and I ALSO got some laughs out of it - I think that is only a good thing! Thanks for replying!
Excellent. Would like to drive one like i.
I hope to again one day!! Thanks for watching (just off outside now to move the A40 as it happens)
Bushes have gone in the back springs though by the looks of it.
I know the rear springs are a bit flat on it after carrying many full loads when I ran it daily, but I do have brand new springs for it "in stock". Thanks for watching.
Hi. My first visit. The registration brought back memories . My father had a new Morris Mini Cooper in 1961 880 KTT . Is your Mig gasless ? It didn't sound too good . I always practise on scrap first before l let myself loose on the real thing! It sounded like your wire speed was too quick OR turn up the power. It's pretty sound for 61years old. Thanks for sharing . So when was the photo taken ? I guess before you started the restoration ?
Hi, yes I've been practicing on old offcuts, the welding appeared to work but there's always room for improvement and further test attempts. The thumbnail photo was taken at around the time the vid was put together if I'm thinking of the pic you refer to
By the time you have put all the patch panels in on the rear wings it might have been better to replace the whole item (like you are going to do on the front), as you have them it would also have made it easier joining on the seam it's a pity you chopped up complete wings for some patches, each to their own, It would have given you good access to inner rust.
Replacing the rear wings in their entirety is a lot more involved than I want to get into really, but yes there's more than one way to go about things
@@oldclassiccarUK I hope you were not upset by my comment I was thinking as this is an obvious heirloom and I assume your son will get it, the body panels are best replaced fully, I am like you and like to retain a lot of originality but the body panels will be sprayed over where as the door handles etc. are on full display, Just my 2 penneth.
@@jagvette1 Interested in this topic as I have not been able to get a consensus of opinion. A chap who did some work on one of my cars years ago said that replacement panels you weld in, would never be a strong as the factory original so he recommended only replacing the damaged part of the panel. An "expert" has recently told me that a patch is just a patch and if you have a whole panel you should fit that. What do you think?
@@veloduocycles977 To me depends on the finished item and which would look best, it is possible that some repair panels are thinner, but they are for shape usually not strength, my preference is to use the whole repair panel especially if it means undoing a few spot welds and the edge of the repair panel ends in a helpful place. Just my 2 cents.
@@jagvette1 One of the main problems I encountered when repairing bits of a panel is heat distortion.Hard to avoid however careful you are.So I tended to replace a complete panel and spot weld it as per factory.
Do you recommend a rust inhibitor please?
To be honest it's not something that I've looked into in any great depth lately, although I've a feeling that I should be doing!!!!!