AUSTIN AS3 A30 - 1953 - BLACK / RED - VERY RARE EARLY AUSTIN - READY TO GO !!!

AUSTIN AS3 A30 1953

STUNNING IN BLACK/ ORIGINAL OXBLOOD INTERIOR

MOT & TAX EXEMPT

A REAL HONEST - RARE - AND WELL LOVED CLASSIC THAT'S READY TO GO !

THE MOST DESIRED AND RAREST OF ALL AUSTIN A30's

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A Very Rare example of the Austin AS3 as only 30,036 Ever made !!!!!

They're are said to be very few AS3's around Estimates of around 20 - 100 left on the UK roads

(MORE INFO ON THE AS3 differences at the bottom of the listing)

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This lovely AS3 with a later and much preferred 948cc Engine upgrade makes her very useable and can cruise at 60mph

She really stands out amongst the the crowd and gets a lot of attention wherever she goes.

Still retaining it's Rare and Original AS3 features such as

Extra Winged badge about the Grill

Round Working speedometer

Petrol Tank and filler to the Side of the Car

Working Trafficators with rocket style light switch

Working Factory Heater

Build Info Plate on the Drivers Visor

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VSJ 367 is finished in the most desired colour scheme of Gleaming Black with Contrasting Original Oxblood Interior She looks stunning.

Everything works exactly as it should.

She is running absolutely perfect - The sound of the engine ticking over is second to none, you will be extremely impressed with how well she is set up and running.

The gears are in perfect synchronicity and she pulls and moves exactly how an A35 should.

The Breaks have been replaced but are still not the best as they never were ! Maybe could do with bleeding but with more daily use they will improve as you go !

Also a very Rare period Chrome Tow bar has been fitted
Not sure what she was towing but a lovely rare addition to this beauty!

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The Interior is Good and Original

The seats especially, The door cards have been now been screwed on rather than by the original 'rubber seams' used in AS3's

There are many sensible upgrades for daily used - such as the addition of period front indicators (Trafficators still work too!!!)

Period reversing lights,  Extra Ignition switch fitted, And Ideally the Uprated faster 948cc Engine from the A35
makes this car easily capable of keeping up with todays traffic

The Headlining is in very good condition and the original factory extra box heater works well

She really is a delight to be in and is a superb reliable daily driver and is perfect for using / improving as you go

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All in all if your after a very original, honest and head turning example of an Austin A30 she is the one.

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The Austin A30 Seven, as it was originally called, was first launched at the 1951 Motor Show at Earls Court in London but was not in full production until the following May. It was the first car to have the now legendary ‘A' series engine which was developed for the car. This was a small 803cc in-line 4 cylinder overhead valve engine which was a major improvement and a real technical advance on the side valve units fitted to many of its contemporaries. The A30 was also 12 volt when many cars of the period were still 6 volt.

All AS3's were four door saloons. So this is why they have the chassis prefix of AS3 and no other variation. The variations came in with the later A30 models from 1953 but more of that later. AS3's had many different panels and designs to the later cars, from the bulkhead to boot lids, bonnets, and even back wings but the most obvious and instantly identifiable difference is it's the only model to have a completely different dash layout to all later models, with a round speedometer.

AS3's all had petrol fillers on the right hand rear wing, filling a tank that dropped into a hole in the boot floor, a smaller front grille with the Austin ‘winged wheel' badge mounted above, inner door handles mounted centrally, below the opening drop window, different quarter light catches, no rear valance and the millboard door cards were held in by rubber strips. Early cars had bonnets with an ‘X' member stiffener, cantilever boot hinges and a carriage lock rather than a handle, a single centrally mounted stop/tail light and a windscreen wiper on the driver's side only. The first 750 cars had bolts retaining the wheels rather than the conventional studs and nuts. Under the bonnet the unpressurised radiator had a large header tank and the ignition coil was mounted on the bulkhead. All had wheels that matched the body colour.

Approximately half way through production the boot hinges were changed to the externally mounted chrome plated type of all later saloons, though at this stage a simple prop was used to hold the boot lid in the raised position. A conventional boot handle with key lock was added at the same time.

The car's identifying chassis number can be found on a plate mounted on the bulkhead, forward of the battery and repeated on a plate attached to the driver's sun visor.

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