Join Bob for a spiritual journey in his Austin A40 Somerset

Bob talks us around his A40 Austin Somerset, this car from 1954 was much improved on the Austin A40 Devon with a much sleeker body, but this is more than just a car for Bob Horne as it also has a spiritual sentiment to the vehicle having been purchased for him by his wife Christine who sadly passed away, so this is more than just a classic Austin A40 #spirituality
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[@asa1973100]

Really lovely car I remember and old guy who lived by us in the 1980s having a driveway full of them as a child and the Hereford ones . All now long gone .

[@datbs]

Nice memories

[@nygelmiller5293]

SO CLEVER to press a button (on the dashboard, appropriately!) , and "go for colour"

[@datbs]

Thank you Nygel glad you are enjoying the content hopefully you will subscribe to the channel 😊

[@nygelmiller5293]

@@datbs I think I have subscribed ( on my NEW phone!) I will just check if it worked!

[@nygelmiller5293]

I see he's had the semaphore indicators converted to FLASHING ones! How cool is that!

[@datbs]

Yes they look great 👍

[@poppydogz]

I'm (slowly) restoring a 1954 Somerset at the moment so that makes it 301 known survivors, cool 🍻 Cheers..

[@datbs]

That’s great to hear send us some pictures!

[@mrbigarms]

What a fantastic car, really stylish!

[@datbs]

Yes Mrbigarms a real classic British car

[@arunafernando716]

Its a real car. In sri lanka we can see some somerset s are running well. My salute to the owner who maintain this car in superb condition. I like this very much.

[@datbs]

Thank you for your comments Arunafermando

[@specialized29er86]

We've had 3 over 40 years and out last forever keeper has a modern V6 engine, running gear and A/C.

[@datbs]

They are lovely old cars 😊

[@hunchanchoc8418]

One of my favourite classic cars. :-)

[@984francis]

I love the “top speed of 17 miles an hour” in the captions. (At 17 seconds. Of course the spoken narration says 70 mph. )

[@Dudleymiddleton]

Lovely old car! The whitewall tyres really set it off. When I was about 4 or 5 my dad had a Ford v8 pilot, and that had white walls - how childhood memories come back sometimes!

[@datbs]

It’s the smell of the inside as well Dudley

[@lenkowalyshen9571]

I know of 4 in Victoria BC , Mine was off the road since 1965 and in a Barn , I just put it back on the road this year and she is going great . My Car is name after the woman who had owned it back in the day JD

[@lemming9984]

The "bounce" on the speedo needle is because of a twist in the inner cable. I've had two Somersets (Saloon and Coupe) and a Devon - none had the bounce!

[@datbs]

Thanks for sharing Lemming 😊

[@dalemoss4684]

There's one of these wrecked down near the creek where I live; i played racing car drivers in it when I was six years old

[@brianhepke7182]

These cars look so British.

[@datbs]

Yes agree

[@colvinator1611]

Thanks a lot for the video Bob and Adam. I'm getting a Somerset soon. I drove it last Saturday and whilst it is safe to drive there's lot's of interesting jobs to do which I look forward to.

[@datbs]

Send us some pictures Colin [e-mail] we’d love to see the progress 😊

[@colvinator1611]

@@datbs Will do. It looks like a stock car job by the previous owner. The chrome bumpers are ready to go back on when it becomes my car. I'll get rid of the stickers and hand enamel it back to original. BUT .........I like the idea of light blue over dark.

[@DC-dp3hk]

Lovely car. It would have been nice to have continued for a drive around in the car, hear the engine and have comments on the experience.

[@datbs]

Thank you for your comments DC we take on board yours thoughts 😊

[@rogerfox7380]

I’ve got one same year .

[@datbs]

What colour is yours Roger? If you’d like to send us a picture I will post it on our community page 😊

[@rogerfox7380]

@@datbs it’s Black the same year as yours but I don’t know how to send you a photo on utube

[@datbs]

@@rogerfox7380 send it here [e-mail] with a bit of detail about the car 😊