A SMALL FAMILY CAR PRODUCED BY AUSTIN FROM 1952 - 1956 - AUSTIN - A30

The Austin A30 is a small family car produced by Austin from May 1952 to September 1956. It was launched at the 1951 Earls Court Motor Show as the "New Austin Seven" and was Austin's competitor with the Morris Minor.
Classic and Vintage Cars

[@SloopyDog]

I had several A30 and A35 cars and vans. I loved them, they were so reliable and easy to work on. I also had a few A40's, they were also a great car. I wish they still made them.

[@edwardharrington678]

I owned two A35 vans that never let me down and so easy to service.

[@cliffordparry2862]

My Dad had a Black one DEO 57, I love to buy it back after 50+ years.

[@brianhepke7182]

I have always loved this little car.
As a kid, I used to like operating the indicator switch on the dashboard for my elder brother.
It was all so basic.

[@stephenadkins9883]

I had a A35 and a A40 in early 80’s while stationed in the UK. ❤

[@51WCDodge]

My old Physiscs teacher used to drive on in the late 1960's. He was 6' 4''!

[@solentbum]

I brought one of these in 1972 for £20, The engine was disembled and in a cardboard box in the boot. We assembled the engine on my inlaws kitchen table, before I drove it home. A very cheap car to run .
I learnt to drive in an A35 van, which my father bought in 1961, it ran until it died of rust in 1971.

[@user-vv9bq4ed3q]

Best car I ever owned!

[@luisortizgarcia9020]

Lovely little car.

[@patrickcannell2258]

Built up a British built one in 1978. Got my driver's license with it in 1979. A30. I only got about 55 to 60 mph, but I lived at 6000ft above sea level in Johannesburg, South Africa.

[@v8pilot]

Rod operated rear wheel brakes meant that you still had brakes if the single hydraulic circuit failed . The Ford V8 pilot also had rod-rear and hydraulic front brakes.

[@TheKubelman]

why the robot voice ? so annoying. ruins the video.

[@markfortin421]

Love the pictures, hate the narrative....blah blah blah....you forgot to mention the right hand drive muffler versus the left hand drive.. this is important for m.p.g. and emmision output!!

[@gw8486]

Prefer the A35. If the van is good enough for Wallace and Gromit...
I once read a comment on A30 gearing in a motoring mag - "1st gear is suitable for pulling four people up the side of a house". 😁

[@patrickcannell2258]

Morris was not really a competitor. Both BMC made.

[@ry491]

Interesting but I hate the AI narration . It ruins it . Why are so many using it on here now. Are people no longer able to speak ???

[@ragarse3]

My first van/car - wonderful (at the time) pretty crap now! But at lease we didnt have to put up with momtonous, robotic commentary

[@bruceburns1672]

This little Austin looks a far more solid construction than the Morris Minor, one thing the doors are one piece like the Volkswagon, hence no rattles and the top half being weak like the Morris, I owned two Minors, absolute junk and rustbuckets, the suspension so flimsy and weak, compared to a VW Bug construction utter junk.

[@user-kw5hx7ji8h]

Scary, coffin on wheels.

[@carolramsey6287]

Dreadful cars. Loved the brakes. They took longer to stop than a supertanker

[@seamusburke9101]

They were hard to stop but I wouldn't call them dreadful. The fuel economy was fantastic when petrol was cheap.