Austin 8 introduction movie 1939

Austin Eight over the hills, is an introduction movie from 1939 of the Austin 8. It is the first colour introduction movie Austin ever made.

[@istp1967]

Beautifully picturesque scenery in a cute little car. Doesn't get any better than that . I actually felt proud of that little car 😀💕👍👍👍👍

[@damarishawn2151]

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[@zahirsonny7689]

@Damari Shawn instablaster =)

[@neilrutherford4038]

I never thought there was such footage, combines all my loves, outdoors, Lake District but especially Classic Cars!. Thank you muchly.

[@daviddjerassi]

90+% of modern cars would not even get half way round that circuit to day what a great little Austin loved the video thank you.

[@nygelmiller5293]

Amazing hill climbing on some of those old Austins! I once saw a film of an Austin10, I think, ad THAT was what first amazed me!

[@terryhayward7905]

My first car was the 1947 model Austin 8, I wish I still had it a great little car. It was made the year that I was born

[@kelvingoode1393]

oh the innocence of those days

[@johndoyle4723]

I loved the old views of the roads, wow they were bad. The Wrynose Cockley and Hard Knott route is still fun today, and of course 3 Shires stone still marks the Old countys meeting point. When I were a lad, Coniston Old Man were in Lancashire.

[@carbrochures]

Glad to hear you like it John Doyle

[@leejankovskis7814]

I had a 37 Austin 10, the quality of the car was outstanding. Why can't we make a good product like that these days?

[@tonydurack6841]

Oh, how I loong for a return to those non-existent innocent days!

[@MrDaiseymay]

tut tut---synic

[@landyfan5366]

Utterly spellbinding. Love the music too, Smetana’s My Country. I bet a few tyres had to be changed in making this film !

[@Austineightregister]

Glad you enjoyed it Landy Fan

[@peteacher52]

These were great little cars. My grandmother had one and it could go along a motorway at 60mph; I wouldn't say comfortably because it was roaring, but 50mph was a good realistic cruising speed, which it could, and often did, maintain all day. Nan bought it about 1956 and put another 80,000 miles on it, totally trouble-free. Col, NZ.

[@nygelmiller5293]

To Colin Gantiglew, Not only WAS this hill - eating car amazing, but also your equally amazing grandmother, who put 80000 miles on it! I would love to have known her!

[@jamilaparvez8301]

Even we traveled to hill station those days the petrol was cheap no litter but gallon lovely memories Wowwwwww

[@RichNoons]

This is just lovely. Thank you for publishing this it was fascinating to see what was some of the older routes that are now walking routes.

[@Austineightregister]

Glad you like it!

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@Austineightregister Was this made for Cinema, or the Car trade? Bloody war just weeks away. My family owned several Austins of this shape, post war, and one was a 20 Hp, monster.

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

My little Austin 8 took me everywhere, excellent ground clearance. In Australia the heat was a bit of a problem for the cooling system though. Mechanical 4 wheel drum brakes meant you really judged your braking distances very carefully.

[@wckoek]

I know this is an old reply, been looking at one for a classic car endurance race. It suffers from heat you say, the engine is air cooled?

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

@@wckoek No, it did not have a water pump, it is a Thermo Syphon system. Look up Thermo Syphon and you will see. But in Australia we get scorching days here. Otherwise serious;y a robust vehicle.

[@wckoek]

@@BornAgainCynic0086 thanks, I suspect it gets hot here in Malaysia as well

[@BornAgainCynic0086]

@@wckoek ahhh, yes for sure.

[@MrDaiseymay]

@@BornAgainCynic0086 Ahhh yes---the good old Empire trade, virtually destroyed post war.

[@iankellett3493]

They knew how to drive in those days. Mind I bet that Austin was loaded with options. Like a heater...

[@sightsounds9453]

I very much doubt it...heaters were considered rather effeminate in those days, like filter tip cigarettes... Opening wind screen maybe - to get a nice blast of cold air to see through the fog...

[@petercarter9862]

I've just picked my jaw up off the floor !

[@carbrochures]

Glad you like it Peter Carter

[@blackvulcan100]

The low torque of cars from that period made them good hill climbers,the wheels were less inclined to spin and lose traction.I had a 1937 Morris 8 which was brilliant in snow.

[@Austineightregister]

We will never find out, but can you imagine that the Austin Eight was introduced during the 1939 Berlin motor show! The show started without any example of the Austin 8 on display, but half way the show, three new Austin 8s were displayed. Later many Austin 8 Military Tourers were captured by The German army after the battle of Dunkirk, hence there are many historical photo's were Jerry's drive the little Longbridge manufactured Austin Eights.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Any good on Porlock Hill. ?

[@blackvulcan100]

@@MrDaiseymay Yes Yes I went up Porlock Hill in my Morris 8 although at the time I did not realize how steep the hill was.

[@simonf8902]

Pa Austin hated hydraulic brakes. Said they would encourage furious driving.

[@Roger_Stenning]

4:23, gawd, I felt that from here! :O

[@juliethurgood3667]

From that point on he had a bag of frozen peas on his seat.

[@robwhythe793]

Thanks for this. I remember traveling those passes in my Dad's old Morris 8 (essentially the same car) around 1960. Interesting, too, that they found the view down to the head of Great Langdale so good that they put in in two other places in the film where it wasn't relevant (the view down from the top of Hardknott at 11:00, and the beginning of the Kirkstone at 13:50). It's a lovely view, but not THAT good! 😁

[@carbrochures]

Great to hear it brought back memories Rob Whyte. More on www.austin-eight.com

[@nickb5391]

@Rob Whythe The Austin 8 & Morris 8 were designed by the same person Leonard Lord who became the Chairman of B.M.C

[@AntonHu]

Later that year: WW2. Hope both the guys got through it unscathed (unlike multiple tyres and suspension components in this film, I imagine - or maybe not?)

[@Austineightregister]

Not sure how many tyres and how many repairs have been done during the tour. May be the cars were sold as new or as first class occasion. The car is no longer registered also not in the Austin Eight Register, so may be it was written off after this tour.

[@davidpengilly400]

Really enjoyed that! I think they call it the BBC voice-very cultured, very trained. I have just bought a Morris 8 and intend to build a lightweight special over the next year or two to drive on international rallies in the coming years. Glad to see how durable the original car was!

[@keithmountain9437]

Except that it was an Austin and not a Morris !

[@MrDaiseymay]

I wish my old car had been an Austin. My first trip ( with my brother ) was from Bristol to Lynmouth, in 1958, the car --a 1937 Morris 8. ( without any previous knowledge / maps etc) . I had the shock of my life when tootling through Porlock, Suddenly, the road seemed to be aiming at the sky. with the car coming to a stand-still, my brother said get into ist gear, I said , it is. A man driving a monster Humber Snipe , coming down the hill stopped and said, ''You'll never get up there in that sunny. Suddley a Autin 8 ,like in this film , passed us , on up the hill. I later learned that the Austin 8 had a fourth gear, with very low ratio. ( we got to Lynmouth, via a lower toll road. Happy Days.

[@nickb5391]

Production was halted the same year & restarted in 1945, the only Austin 8 model built between 1939-45 was the Austin 8 Tilly a military truck

[@Austineightregister]

The Austin Tilly was based on the Austin 10. The war time Austin 8 vehicles were two seater tourers Austin 8AP military tourer, used as staff car or baby radio car. About 9.500 Austin 8AP military tourers were manufactured and about 25 of those are left today in driving condition.

[@MrDaiseymay]

YEP--all production halted, except for military use. Post war, we couldn't produce enough, mostly , production was for export.

[@cathyhuxley5087]

I was privileged to own one icey roads with inclines no problem nice little car

[@chunkyedwards5381]

If I am not mistaken, apart from the car, the first sign of the 20th Century is the telegraph poles at 14 minutes in.

[@MrDaiseymay]

Telegraph poles, first in use, along the Great Western Railway , 1843, but along isolated roads ? ?

[@h-j.k.8971]

At the time there was great confidence in the british car industry, rightfully so.

[@MrDaiseymay]

then the bloody WAR

[@kennyscott1089]

My first car was an 8 tourer

[@Austineightregister]

Can you remember its registration Kenny?

[@kennyscott1089]

Austineightregister No not at all. This was in Australia anyway.

[@richH1625]

I'll bet that wasn't his own car. !! ;)

[@Austineightregister]

Most probably not. :-)

[@jjmcrosbie]

Sadly, neither cars nor the lakes look like that today. And all on a little 850 side-valve motor. Let's see those spoilt clever-dicks in Porsches and Mercs negotiate such conditions! No way.

[@MrDaiseymay]

NAY lad---think of all those paint chips, would cost more than the Austin s worth, to repair