AUSTIN A35 1957 MODEL

i crashed a TR4A into a tree and rebuilt it on a new chassis the chassis was £70.I also changed triumph Spitfire chassis enjoyed that sort of job

This car is Bozs' new hobby Stephen, I brought up the subject of 'valve seat recession' with unleaded fuels and we've sort of descended from there, you know the story, it's the same at the model field, someone asks a question and suddenly you've got 10 different opinions! [badass]

Thank you for all your comments, and the interest you are all showing, I don't know if the head will need to come off, if the valves have not been changed to run on unleaded I will do it,
I love all your help and your opinions, that's why I posted on here and not a car forum, I'm new to this car restoration and am glad to read your hints and tips, when the thread gets underway when the car gets here I will be asking for your advice, it's very encoraging to know there is a lot of you out there with experience.
Keep posting your story's and let us all know of your exploits from an age gone by, thanks for looking boz

One story comes to mind whilst I owned the A 30.
I was running another car and had taken son to the airport with his new wife in this vehicle, to go on honeymoon
Whilst he was away, we thought it would be a good idea to cut the grass at the house they had just bought which was about 10 miles away from where I lived. However, half way home the clutch started playing up and we just managed to get home before it packed up completely.
I was due at the airport the following day to pick them up on their return and was stuck with no car.
The A 30 wasnt taxed at the time, so without any thought, I took the tax disk from the clutchless car and stuck it in the windscreen of the A 30, and off I went
Bearing in mind, son was, and still is, a policeman and a straight one, he looked at the A 30, and the tax disk from the other car , looked heavenwards, never said a word , got in and there was total silence from the airport to their house.
This transgression has never been mentioned from that day to this , however, I have never done such a silly thing again . I would hate to be a criminal he arrests :woohoo: :woohoo: :evil: [badass]
However, I wouldnt have him any different

Garry

Gary in the words of Jim Davidson nick nick, your nicked lol

if he wants something from you Garry he might still mention it lol couldnt do that now

It used to be said a beer mat would do as a tax disc in the olden days lol

From a distance LOL

So long as it was a round one :woohoo: :evil: [badass]

Garry

What Else ? :evil: :evil: [badass]

one tenor wrote: What Else ? :evil: :evil: [badass]

Weeeeeeell there is one place I dare not mention that a SQUARE one would, I am sure, be quite acceptable :woohoo: :evil: [badass]

PASS

Got the baby austin home just getting photos to upload, having probs

just resizing my pictures to see if I can post

I have found that the additives work ok if the engine hadn't had the valve seats ground after the last period it had run on unleaded. I was told that this was due to the seats having enough built up protection.

When I re-built my midget engine, I fitted both bronze guides and seats, and I have run on super unleaded since for the last 15 years without problem.

Those wishbones are a poor design in many respects, grease them often (every three months if driving reasonably regularly). The other thing that happens is that the Armsrong lever arm dampers at the top weep oil at the arm seal, so eventually you get no damping. Removing the plug at the top and fill with heavy weight (the heaviest you can get) motorcycle fork oil using a syringe and a short piece of pipe gets you back in business without having to replace them.

I like the A30/35 they were nice cars. My grandad had one and then he had an A40 Farina, which had the handy hatch at the back, that too was a good little car.

Andrew