Behind the Wheel: Exploring My Austin A40 Farina

[@oldclassiccarUK]

*Fab little car, same colour and trim as my Mk1 (although mine's in pieces!), ran it for years as my daily and took my test in it late '87. Ref the pre-war Austin 7 numbering, back then the 7hp referred to the RAC horsepower rating for taxation purposes, not brake horsepower as was the case with the postwar A40s etc. Sub'd.*

[@rustenuts]

Thanks OCC, its an honor to have you with us!

[@JustBrian1892]

Great cars! Loads of character to them

[@davidevans4089]

Nice cars the A40 were, so much character.

[@rustenuts]

Hi David, I agree they are very characterful. Generally I think with most classics now they feel so special compared to their modern day equivalents. A sensory overload...fuel smell, noise, vibration...but it all goes to putting a big smile on your face!

[@scottstrails9369]

Cool…! Always liked these ,will have to try one sometime

[@rustenuts]

I very much hope you get to try one Scott, they are great fun.

[@alanb5370]

Just lovely!

[@rustenuts]

Thanks for watching Alan!

[@pashakdescilly7517]

8:58 The shot with the boot lid open faded out before we could see if the registration plate drops down as on the early Mini. BTW the Countryman version had a lift-up rear window, but Innocenti did a true hatchback version of the A40 called the Giardinetta.

[@rustenuts]

Hi Pashakdescilly, I can confirm that the number plate does not drop down as with the mini. I really love that feature on the early minis. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@pashakdescilly7517]

@@rustenuts ty

[@soriaguerrero5799]

Esta divino el Austin adorable encantador que lindos los autos de antes gracias hermoso el paisaje supongo que es la Divina Inglaterra desde Argentina Sonia G Nielsen💝

[@rustenuts]

Gracias por ver a Sonia! Estos coches antiguos son realmente geniales. Te agradezco mucho que hayas comentado nuestro vídeo 🙂

[@sibuggs8618]

slight face lift no sir!!!! hydraulic brakes a whopping 48 horses on tap and even a real fake wood dash.. epic . i had rtw 504d , eec667e, jhx 734b and a few others love them great vid.. (all now dead) maybe...

[@rustenuts]

Thanks for watching sibuggs8618! Hopefully one of them is still knocking about!

[@DC-dp3hk]

Hi, I'm interested in how the car is lowered. Were negative camber trunnions fitted to overcome the extra positive camber created when the suspension is lowered? I only ask as when I put lowering blocks on mine it had quite a bad effect on the handling and also the steering at higher speeds.

[@rustenuts]

sorry for the delay in replying, its hard for me to say as the lowering was completed before Oscar was purchased, what i can say is he handles well for an old car he can keep up with Liam's MG in the corners so thats a plus. I cannot however compare the car to how it was before the lowering was done. looking underneath it looks like the rear is lowered via lowering blocks on the springs and longer u bolts, the front looks quite stock so i would say this had the torsion bars moved round in their holes to achieve the lower position. I am afraid this is all guess work on my part but hope it helps you out.

[@chrispop99]

@@rustenutsThe A40 Farinas use coil springs for the front suspension, not torsion bars. The only production car of that era that uses torsion bar springing for front suspension was the Minor.

[@tonycox5625]

I'm looking to buy a modded A40 at the moment, but so far not having much luck.☹️

[@rustenuts]

Hi Tony, they don't seem to crop up very often with mods on but if you search on ebay for "austin classic car" there is one in Carlisle at the moment