Austin motor co,Within the white lines (heritage motoring films)

Another gem from my video collection, another hit from Longbridge. Here we have Austin,s showing us how safe their cars are, Triplex windscreens ...one small stone and bang, but then it was an improvement over standard glass, The poor old Austin 10 near the end really got the works.

[@LaPabst]

Love the oil catch pans under the new cars in the show room....

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Yes they do leak badly, even now with better seals and gaskets they lose more than they use😃

[@LaPabst]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 These films seem like the original infomercials, likely played before movies back in the day. Fact is that in the UK it was acceptable to drink at work so the guys building these things were not at their best. Machines and technology at this scale was just learning to crawl. One of the other vids from Austin actually brag about ONLY one quart of oil every 1000 miles. Lol

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

1000miles to a pint was considered good back then, yes these films would of been shown before the main feature, all the motor company's soon realised that film was a good way to sell cars, I have some examples from Morris and several others on here, silents as well, and yes working practices have certainly changed.

[@LaPabst]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 Please post them! I love this stuff. I'm a machinist and mechanic, I can't get enough!!!

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Funny how the industrial films of long ago are so popular, I have posted dozens of them over the last few years, I even get people who used to work in these company's or know people that did contact me, there's a few hundred videos to search though on this channel, if you have trouble finding them I can post a link or two. Here's one to get you started 1950s standard motors. kzbin.info/www/bejne/iJ7ciXSVrpt3hpo or this one Morris motors 1928 kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZKUiYODf7uIpc0 both these are silents with added sound effects and music another here from Morris around 1939 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJS6eId6pbeNnac

[@gord307]

When the narrator talks about safety, I can't help but look at the long straight steering column! Excellent film from another time lost in history. Thank you for uploading :-)

[@DanielGonzalez-bk9se]

Excellent video about early Austin!!💪😎

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

👍👍

[@paulyandle6081]

Smart appearance and generous equipment...I think he's talking about the lady checking out the car.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

😅👍👍

[@relathan1]

The more I watch your films about the Austin, the more I love this car.

[@majorpygge-phartt2643]

This is proud BRITISH engineering at it's finest. Look at all those worm drives, all so precisely made and all individually hand made on old fashioned lathes, no fancy computerised cnc machines then! And this was the era of the Mallard, the fastest steam locomotive in the world, at 126 mph, a record which still stands, and built from British steel! Our engineering heritage is number one, second to NONE! And we started Roll-Royce, right here in the north of England, and they still make the world's finest and safest aircraft engines. All our kids should be taught about our proud and unparalleled engineering heritage. And I thought I could use a lathe, but not to anything like that kind of standard.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Mallard, a beautiful locomotive , used to wave to her as a kid, and Scotsman too

[@rosewood1]

An amazing film. I have never seen any manufacturer not even Mercedes (accept the A class! ) perform a moving roll over test like that. The car stood up very well. At the time of course these early cars of the 30s and 40s were known as uprights because of the more upright seating position. Some vehicles especially those with transverse suspension common on Ford's were well known for turning turtle if driven beyond specification. The engineering of Austin was generally very good. My A90 for example has lots of bronze bushes in its linkages. With regular servicing parts are durable and work beautifully.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Yes, I noticed it took quite a time before the car actually went over, Austin's made some amazing films around that time.

[@SSGTA440]

Wow....the way the steering components were setup, was amazing.....I heard these Austin cars were top drawer in their day...now I see why...

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Austin's selling point in those days, you buy a car but you INVEST in an Austin

[@petersilvester1315]

Wonderful film! My first car was one of those - a 1937 Austin 10 that I bought in 1963 for under £20. The brakes might have been top notch and considered safe in 1937, but by modern standards, they were awful! Good job the car wouldn't happily do much more than 55-60mph. But I loved it. Pity it rusted, and the engine died.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

I think Austin brakes where at best just good enough even in the 30s as long as they stopped within a given distance they where judged ok , the Austin 7 had four wheel brakes even in 1922, very advanced, the foot Pedal operated the rears and the handbrake the fronts, they weren't coupled up until the early 30s

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

Thanks for this ' Jack ' hadn't seen it but Austin produced many films on their production methods, so did other manufacturers and they were obviously very proud of their products.Currently restoring a 1937 Austin 18/6 York , a larger version of just before the cars shown which I reckon to be 1938.Their braking systems from this era were of Girling design and although purely mechanical with rod operation are surprisingly efficient up to virtually modern standards if set up correctly .

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Ok on the 18/6 that's a lot of car to tackle so good luck with it, Some of the first films I posted some five years ago cover Austin's production methods, however they where taken from second generation VHS tapes, I will be posting these same recordings in the near future only dvd quality, if you haven't seen the old recordings check them out, funny enough those recording still get a massive amount of views.

[@ronaldfazekas6492]

Mechanical brakes--"surprisingly efficient"--I guess that WOULD surprise me--I borrowed a friend's 1931 Ford Model AA truck to clean up my parents' yard--mechanical brakes!--awful!

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Having driven one many years ago all I can say is adequate more than efficient, no worse than a lot of cars of that era.

[@fonziebulldog5786]

Back in the days when ABS was the foot through the floor.

[@metalman4141]

Yet another masterpiece, thanks for posting 👍

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Glad you enjoyed it, that poor car at the end haha

[@SSGTA440]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 Great vid.....what engine was in these cars?

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

The Austin ten had a 1125cc 4cyl side valve engine, top speed 50mph at 30mpg, a heavy car for the engine size

[@metalman4141]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 I meant your videos 😂👍

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

I gathered that Matt, your comments are much appreciated

[@josemanueldamasio89]

Fantastic

[@itchyfeet41]

A stout pair of brogues is an essential aid to safe motoring.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Absolutely essential back then

[@JohnDavis-ed5sg]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 - It still is, and a bowler hat helps. Herbert Austin was never seen without one.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Yes absolutely, he loved his bowler

[@CaptainBash737]

Marvellous. I don’t suppose you know you know of any Standard cars films from the 1930s or 40s by any chance? Theres so little information available for them. Anyway, thank you for sharing this little gem....👍🏻👍🏻

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

my mother had a standard from the fiftys , i remember her her driving it into a ditch, but denied it every time i mentioned it, will have a look out for you

[@Merseysiderful]

Obviously back then they didn’t have precision electronic digital measuring machines. Some engines must have been ultimately more reliable than others due to the slight discrepancies at different times with the analogue gauges during the production process. Most noticeably oil leaks/excessive burning.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Tolerances where much wider in those days, hence the term running in, and cars leaked oil from new it seems it was accepted

[@rogerbarton497]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 My Riley didn't leak oil, it just marked its territory.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Could be why a lot of prewar cars have survived, lots of oil over the underside, if you have a leak on a modern then it often points to trouble

[@Lar308]

Is there any way we can accurately date this film?

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Looking at the type of car I would estimate 1939,but that's only a guess

[@timpriddy349]

Non tempered glass.........THAT is safety....and makes for a messy crash scene when drivers hit a tree

[@CaseyJonesNumber1]

Love the 'crash' test - the car may not be destroyed, but the occupants most probably will all be killed! No seat belts then...

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Yes, so scientific haha

[@colewebb1425]

hi Jack Flash I like to have some of these Austin's the last test Jack my car those maniac LOL :-D ok thank you Jack Flash and you have a good day :-)

[@geoffjones6869]

I wander how many of the men testing the brake shoes died of asbestosis.

[@wilsjane]

It is asbestos fibres, created during mining, processing and demolition of buildings getting caught in the lungs that leads to asbestosis. The fine dust from brakes is fairly harmless. For decades, the London tube trains ground away more than 6 tons of asbestos brake pads every year and their is not a single case of it leading to asbestosis.

[@fonziebulldog5786]

@@wilsjane Sadly wrong. Thats why they changed all dusty asbestois brakes when to many simply died of it.

[@julianlangdon3456]

Hmm, advertising based on the car’s safety, build quality, reliability.... not how it’ll synch with your phone, close the Boot Lid itself or other important (sic) gimmicks

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

wot no satnav or WiFi haha

[@simonf8902]

Not Austin. Awwstun. Posh people drove Austin. Poorer types had a Morris.

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Yes it's, we drive an Awwstun , isn't it, haha

[@bertg74]

It's a Mandela universe???

[@jackflashvintagemotoring7586]

Not a clue Bert !!!

[@bertg74]

@@jackflashvintagemotoring7586 it's alright you stick to the script