Austin motor company..Heres To Comfort (heritage motoring films)

Description, from the mighty atom film, showing the making of upholstery and interior fittings at the Austin factory about 1934/5 I would say.

[@BrassLock]

I still remember the thousands of miles of gravel roads we traversed in rural South Western Australia in the 1950's. Dust was able to penetrate the Austin A40's door seals easily, so you just put up with it and enjoyed the experience anyway.
The trick was to wash your mouth out thoroughly before lunchtime thus reducing the crunching noise when eating.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Well that's an endorsement for the sturdy A40 there, and a touch of Aussie humour haha 👍

[@blissy1]

Take me back to that time

[@johndavey72]

Halcyon days . When there was pride in the early years of the motor industry. How much would that leather upholstery cost today! Great to watch and you wouldn't be able to see this anywhere else?

[@richardbrown1189]

Fabulous stuff. I love the plummy commentary and the over-the-top music.

[@saxongreen78]

Pre-War cars are _so beautiful!_ 😍

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

And surprisingly well made that's why so many have survived

[@slowbasil]

It's fascinating. I've restored a few seats for Austin 7s recently and salvaged the original material for re-use. Really well put together. Also, I love how the heavy duty fabric cutters were identical to ones I used when I worked in a factory only a couple of years ago!

[@dambuster6387]

I have not been in a car for a very long time do they still use leather in modern cars and made the same way? .

[@BrassLock]

@@dambuster6387 Sadly "No!"

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Surely top range cars use it like rolls or mercs?

[@dambuster6387]

Fascinating stuff and the narrator has got a very funny accent .

[@jusb1066]

received pronunciation, used to be called bbc english, the queen also used to sound like it but has lost it in recent years

[@maximilianocorbalan1840]

Que hermoso, como me hubiera gustado haber vivido en esa época!!!

[@kwikone7744]

Oh the days before health and safety, and the job gets done

[@MrRobster1234]

Very cool ! It was a strange mixture of efficiency and inefficiency. That box of fittings for each body looked like a real time-waster, but wages were low.

[@dj_efk]

“Austin of England” the badge said. What else did you need to know back then?

[@simonworman7898]

clever down scale of actors and prop house to make the motor seem bigger,!

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

People were a lot smaller back then, a six footer was unusual

[@Merseysiderful]

The noise with all those Industrial Sewing Machines and Cutters must have been horrendous. Most of the workers must have suffered from partial deafness.

[@ianhowat635]

And so many 30s austins survive and in everyday use .

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Yes indeed, around the world, all shapes and sizes, rough estimate 12000 known survivers, I have one myself

[@ianhowat635]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 I bought a 1937 Cambridge in 1970 for £10 sold on in 73 after miles of reliable motoring ,it's still being used and taxed by current owner . That's value for money,

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Wonder if my dear aunties Hyundai will still be running 80years on

[@augustinedennis4865]

Forget about the” motor car”.Rather,listen to the voice,alas like the Austen motor company,long gone.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

All commentators seemed to speak like that in those days, Austen English I call it 😄

[@henrysimpson6964]

Must rush out and chew some nails/tacks.