Austin A40

it curves away.

My first memory of it made me think of an Austin A40.

I think that's Damien Wood's faint praise, David.

I'll bet that's not a quote they put in their advertising.

So there was a company called University Motors, which would basically take MGCs and vamp them up a bit.

But it's one of two because it's in this really unusual color called Florida Green, which I think used to be used to paint like where you'd have like a two-tone like Austin A40 or something.

Okay.

Paint the bottom of it this green and the top of it black.

Morning, guys.

My first car at 17 was a green Austin A40 with a Somerset engine.

It cost me $40.

I was in my fifth year at high school, hated the non-synchronous gears.

Brad, good morning.

Yeah, good morning there, boys.

First car, a bit of a story here, given to me was an Austin A40.

It had hydraulic front brakes and mechanical rear linkage brakes.

I was an old Austin.

Austin Healey? No, just an old Austin, Austin A40.

Is it a British-made car? British-made cars, yeah.

And then she had a series of cars.

...

I remember him, he had a r- um, an Austin A40.

Yeah.

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