Registration No: AJU 290A
Chassis No: GS3620524
MOT: Exempt

Motor Car Location: Buckinghamshire

• Comprehensively restored a few years previous
• Column gear change example
• Will require some light recommissioning and finishing following a couple of years unused

Introduced in 1947, the A40 was Austin's first 'clean sheet' post-WW2 family saloon design. Based on a sturdy chassis frame equipped with independent front suspension, a 'live' rear axle and four-wheel drum brakes, the newcomer was powered by a 1200cc OHV four-cylinder engine allied to a four-speed manual transmission. With some 40bhp on tap, it was reputedly capable of over 70mph. Once production was in full swing and the principal Devon (four-door) and Dorset (two-door) saloon models firmly established, other variants joined the A40 line-up including a Jensen-designed sports four-seater, 10cwt pick-up, 10cwt van and estate car (or 'Countryman' as it was known).

This A40 Devon was manufactured in 1951 and was registered new in the United Kingdom on the 28^th of September 1951. Fitted with the 1200cc straight-four overhead-valve engine mated to a column-change manual gearbox. The Austin is finished in dark green paintwork with green interior upholstery. Subject to a comprehensive restoration a few years previous by the vendor's father, the A40 Devon will require some light recommissioning after a couple of years unused. Requiring a couple of finishing’s including number plates, boot handle fitment and bonnet adjustment, the Austin is offered with a current V5C.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452