Austin A35 RAC test 1956

[soulman101]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peF3kwFL_Qw

[Prando]

My 1st car (in 1968) was an Austin A35 van.
It had a crank handle which had to be used sometimes, when the magneto wheel (?) stopped with the missing teeth in the wrong place. I used to get out and crank it to restart the engine - ensuring that my thumb was in the right position on the crank handle. (If you know, you know!)

Unfortunately, also the indicator on the drivers side would not return into its housing, so it was necessary to lean out and press it back in with my right hand.

Happy days.

[phild]

My first car was a brand new Mini clubman. Within two years of ownership the locks packed up and I couldn't get in or out. The engine bolts sheared which broke the whole exhaust system. Battery kept shorting due to poor battery terminals fitted. An intermittent squeaky sound from underneath the car which was never resolved. Someone nicked the whole front grill and filler cap, everything was easy to steal in them days. wheel bearing replacements for the front two wheels. Engine would sometimes splutter and die when I was attempting 3 point turns on busy main roads. The handbrake cable broke and found the car at the bottom of the road instead of outside the house. But, great car though.