Septembers issue

[DerektheSecond]

Page 85 is that not an A60 rather than an A40 ?

 

[Gafferbill]

http://www.free-images.org.uk/cars/23-austin-a40.htm
A60's were made in the 1960's

http://www.co-oc.org/A60.html

 

[Chris_Hyde_Cheshire.]

Yes that is a Austin A40. I dont know which though as these used to be named after counties. EG A40 Hereford etc.

The larger Austin Cambridge was an A60

Chris.

 

[Lord Braykewynde]

There was also the A55 Cambridge. This had a smaller 1500cc engine compared to the A60s 1622cc engine.

Chris is right, the older A40s were named after counties and I believe the Somerset was the most popular.

In later years they brought out the A40 Farina which from memory had a 1098cc engine.

 

[BedfordGeorge]

This brings back happy memories of my first good car, a 2 year old A60 Austin Cambridge, bought for

 

[mcghee]

don't they still make them in india? i'm sure they're called the the hindustan ambassador, and they're fitted with an 1800 diesel.

 

[mcghee]

its actually the morris oxford which i think was the same car.

 

[RayS]

The A40 of that vintage was called a Devon - a bit feeble for a tow car i would have thought. They also made a similar looking but larger car the A90 Atlantic. I suspect the numbers may have referred to horsepower (bhp)

Elsewhere in the issue the @Spitfire' pictured on the runway is actually a Hurricane.

Perhaps I should get Nigel to emply a proof reader of a certain age for this sort of thing.

 

[xtrailman]

My first car was a 1962 (i think) austin A4o country man, my only car in black, it came with if again i recall correctly a 1000cc engine.

 

[extrucker1]

hello all, its an a40 somerset.

 

[extrucker1]

hello all, its an a40 somerset.

i think its a 1954, 1200cc.

 

[extrucker1]

hello all, its an a40 somerset.

there was an a70 hereford of the same era i think.

 

[DerekBrad]

Yes, it is an A40 Somerset,which replaced the A40 Devon in 1952.

 

[DerekBrad]

Further to mistaken identities, on page 21 of the same issue, our beloved Doug King has wrongly identified a Hawker Hurricane as a Supermarinme Spitfire.

 

[Surfer]

In the sixties we used to use the Austin Westminster as police patrol cars and they were builyt like tanks. With the supercharger these cars could quite easily do well over 120mph and stay glued to the road. Don't think they had turbo chargers in those days.

 

[nrdonnelly]

Dear All

I took my information on the A40 from our colleagues at Classic and Sportscar magazine. If it is wrong, I shall forward you the editor's details!

And as for Doug, I think we may have presume the Hurricane was a Spitfire...

Regards

Nigel Donnelly

Editor

Practical Caravan

 

[DerektheSecond]

Wow a reply from the editor!!!

Sorry obviously my mistake the only A40 I remember from my childhood was the A40 Farina at least it shows that we read the magazine and take an interest.

Ok which version of the spitfire is it?

Sorry only kidding