I'm impressed to hear that you DO put anti rust paint on before you paint the car! Nobody does on the T.V. programmes, where it's just done for quickness. The programme "Chasing Classic Cars" with Wayne Carini (Do you watch it?) - where he buys collector cars from all over the U.S.A., and sells them for hundreds of thousands of dollars at fancy auctions shocked me! He bought a Ferrari, and saw the black steering arms had surface rust on them. Didn't rub them down, let alone put rustproofing paint on before the top coat. Just got a rattle can out, and sprayed over the rust!
Great video and great credit to all involved in keeping this fine piece of motoring history alive. I've had one for a few weeks and it's my second one. There's just something very special and English about it for me.
This is lovely ... I am sitting here in Munich with pipe and tea .. merrily enjoying that little excursion . the sweet sound of clinking glasses over a fulfilled mission in the air :-)
Very cool video! I'm just discovering A40's of this vintage. I think I learned more about the cars from your video than any other website! I'm very impressed with how fast you did this rebuild. Top notch! Thank you very much for sharing your restoration with the world. - Paul Barnes Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
A Chassis ❤too, never knew that, timing chain no belts, I’d say a very reliable engine as long as you look after the points and easy car to get in & out of, a very human friendly car, nice classic.
These "jellymould" models of Austin, Austin A40 Devon, Herefords, A30's Atlantic's, etc. were so old fashioned at the time - yet SO characterful all the same!
I always wondered why so many Somersets lasted many years without succumbing to the rust bug which plagued just about all British cars due to salting the roads in winter. The only clue I got was the primer was red lead paint, not red oxide, but I don't know if that is just 2 names for the same stuff. If it had lead in it, maybe that protected the steel body in a similar way to galvanising, using a base metal to prevent electrolytic reaction. Or maybe they were so unreliable they spent most of their life in the garage. Certainly there were quite a few unrestored examples still on the road 20 years later, when its successor, the Austin Cambridge, had disappeared without trace.
Replevideo, would be interesting to find out if you are right! On the American programme, Wayne Carinis CHASING CLASSIC CARS (Or was it something else), someone brought a 1961 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE in. That had only slight rust on the seams, after all this time. People used to call car's paint "the enamel". Well, at first, the Beetle really DID have enamel! However, later on Volkswagen, like other firms used Acrylic paint. With ENAMEL, it would be virtually impossible to get it off to repair ACCIDENT damage, rather than rust!
Absolutely great, but: 1. welding without eye protection? 2. I'd love to see a bit of your house, from the cobble-stones in the garage to the 1' thick walls I guess the rest is just as interesting. Finally, I'm thinking of buying my sister's A40 Devon but it has a peugeot motor and God only knows what else. So, I would do a bit of a restor-mod. Nothing radical but enough to make it a daily driver. Here in the US that means freeway speeds. Any ideas on motors to swap in place of the peugeot?
I'm impressed to hear that you DO put anti rust paint on before you paint the car! Nobody does on the T.V. programmes, where it's just done for quickness. The programme "Chasing Classic Cars" with Wayne Carini (Do you watch it?) - where he buys collector cars from all over the U.S.A., and sells them for hundreds of thousands of dollars at fancy auctions shocked me! He bought a Ferrari, and saw the black steering arms had surface rust on them. Didn't rub them down, let alone put rustproofing paint on before the top coat. Just got a rattle can out, and sprayed over the rust!
Fantastic video lovely to watch you done a brilliant job on the Somerset
Great video and great credit to all involved in keeping this fine piece of motoring history alive. I've had one for a few weeks and it's my second one. There's just something very special and English about it for me.
This is lovely ... I am sitting here in Munich with pipe and tea .. merrily enjoying that little excursion . the sweet sound of clinking glasses over a fulfilled mission in the air :-)
Very cool video! I'm just discovering A40's of this vintage. I think I learned more about the cars from your video than any other website! I'm very impressed with how fast you did this rebuild. Top notch! Thank you very much for sharing your restoration with the world.
- Paul Barnes
Bensalem, Pennsylvania, USA
Beautiful job! A labor of love.
Brilliant work Richard it's nice to see the Somerset restored
lovely restoration!
My first car, same colour , very good condition, but had to rebuild engine before I could drive it, excellent first car
great job, hope this car is still looked after.
My father drove one in the 50s! I did not know but found out watching some videos on RUclips that these sported an independent chassis frame. Amazing!
A Chassis ❤too, never knew that, timing chain no belts, I’d say a very reliable engine as long as you look after the points and easy car to get in & out of, a very human friendly car, nice classic.
These "jellymould" models of Austin, Austin A40 Devon, Herefords, A30's Atlantic's, etc. were so old fashioned at the time - yet SO characterful all the same!
Great 👍👍👍
I always wondered why so many Somersets lasted many years without succumbing to the rust bug which plagued just about all British cars due to salting the roads in winter. The only clue I got was the primer was red lead paint, not red oxide, but I don't know if that is just 2 names for the same stuff. If it had lead in it, maybe that protected the steel body in a similar way to galvanising, using a base metal to prevent electrolytic reaction. Or maybe they were so unreliable they spent most of their life in the garage. Certainly there were quite a few unrestored examples still on the road 20 years later, when its successor, the Austin Cambridge, had disappeared without trace.
Replevideo, would be interesting to find out if you are right! On the American programme, Wayne Carinis CHASING CLASSIC CARS (Or was it something else), someone brought a 1961 BEETLE CONVERTIBLE in. That had only slight rust on the seams, after all this time. People used to call car's paint "the enamel". Well, at first, the Beetle really DID have enamel! However, later on Volkswagen, like other firms used Acrylic paint. With ENAMEL, it would be virtually impossible to get it off to repair ACCIDENT damage, rather than rust!
I didn't know Tommy Cooper was into classic cars.😁
My dad had one of these
Absolutely great, but: 1. welding without eye protection? 2. I'd love to see a bit of your house, from the cobble-stones in the garage to the 1' thick walls I guess the rest is just as interesting. Finally, I'm thinking of buying my sister's A40 Devon but it has a peugeot motor and God only knows what else. So, I would do a bit of a restor-mod. Nothing radical but enough to make it a daily driver. Here in the US that means freeway speeds. Any ideas on motors to swap in place of the peugeot?
To Jimmy Jim Jimmy. Whatever you do, don't put an original engine from these cars, then! Called Austin A40, because they had only 40 horsepower!
I'm searching to buy an Austin Devon A 40 hardtop sliding roof. Is there anyone who may help me, Please? Thanks.
My parents used to have one of these, they were dreadful!
at 2.50 welding without a mask absolutely stupid