Sep 17, 2018 - Explore Mel's board "British Cars of the 1940s - 60s", followed by 262 people on Pinterest. Re-registered ...Low mileage British roadster with a V8 soundtrack to die for,Recent invoices at SL Shop totalling £7,000,Content © 2020, Car And Classic Ltd. All Rights Reserved,1941 Military Indian 741B - matching numbers,1949 Bentley Mk 6 Sports Saloon. This Page: Volume 2 1940s Classic Cars There are now well over 450+ classic car photographs in this photo archive, so if you're looking for classic car picture or truck photos, have a browse in the list of car photographs below .. more old car pictures added regularly. 1956 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Austin Motor Company of Birmingham, UK - and this double spread (see other image) showed the range of Austin's cars over that fifty years.Austin were in the 'big league' then, churning out cars from their Longbridge plant in Birmingham for both home and export markets. Sad end to it all.The Javelin and Minor interest me greatly, both conceived independently by guys who formerly worked together.If the Javelin been built by a large manufacturer would it have been a better seller than the minor?I also believe the Javelin’s chassis was advanced enough that (had the funds been available) it could have been successfully re-bodied to suit 50’s fashions, and kept the car competitive into the 60’s.‘The problem is magnified a hundred fold when start to design your own engine and gearbox from scratch’.

If you are a competent mechanic or car specialist, you could look out for a classic car restoration project. Incidentally, those who decry long stroke engines miss the point that they were almost all very torquey for obvious reasons of leverage.The Standard nine is a lovely and elegant little car. for sale nice , BSA WM 20 1946 . Never ever hiccupped and cruised at less than 4000 rpm at 60 mph, far less, thus journeys were a far less frenzied affair than buzzing down the road in an Austin.So, when the Japanese actually started building cars better suited to our conditions that also actually worked most of the time (Toyota Corona in 1966), the sale of Vauxhalls gradually declined.Generally, the non Ford and GM British cars tended to fail the basic test: for a car to be acceptable, it must first actually work. The following decade saw considerable changes in styling and body construction, with the monocoque design becoming the ‘norm’. Austin A90… Triumph Mayflower… Standard Vanguard I, Austin A70, etc etc. You can clearly see the transition auto manufacturers went through to get from the 30s to the 50s.

I remember the seats being supremely soft and comfortable. I think it was the cylinder head and camshaft drive which caused most problems – there was nothing wrong with the reliability of the side valve unit.With regard to Wolseley engines – the greatest sadness was when the original Wolseley OHC engine was abandoned – the engine that is fitted to my 1934 Nine but also produced in other sizes pre Morris and badge engineering!Interestingly concerning old long stroke engines we seem to be returning to this era, for good reason, in that my Jaguar XF diesel is so equipped.Enter your username or email to reset your password.AROnline © Keith Adams 2001-2020 - please refer to the 'Terms of use' pages.MGLive!, the biggest event in the MG calendar, takes place at the Silverstone Circuit from the 10th to 12th July, 2009 and four members of XPart’s MG and Rover specialist network will be flying the,British Motor Holdings – the joining of BMC and Jaguar,The Great Motor Men : Part Five – Vincenzo Lancia,The Great Motor Men : Part Four – Lawrie Bond,The Great Motor Men : Part Three – Sir Michael Edwardes.XPart : Network gives strong track and trade support to MGLive!The cars : Vauxhall Cavalier Mk3 development story.

Bodywork ...AJS M16 1945 4.25 litre, The banks are missing, otherwise complete Take a look under the hood of different 1940s classic cars. Ian ledger was restoring this bike for the late owner but ...Very light little Chopper 350cc (i'm 6.4 and its a comfortable ride but ideal for someone young/lightweight or a female maybe?) Those were the days!Getting back to the 1940s: victory in 1945 was followed by a lot of disappointment for a lot of people – and a lot of new ideas and exciting projects for many others.

Then we got Cortinas, the less said about them, the better.The Minis/1100s and the Landcrabs really ended BMC in Canada. Ford was there too with the upright Pops – amazing to think they soldiered on in some form until the mid-1950s, alongside the manufacturer’s own ‘flat’ models.Hillman produced a good car too with the Minx – arguably more stylish than some opposition and bearing some resemblance to big brothers ‘stateside’ while Morris had the ‘E’ in various forms. For sale is my AJS, I'm the 2nd owner from new, the bike has done just over 12k miles, everything works as it should, could do with a new battery & front brake cable as it's stretched, ...Beautifull very nice driver. The 1946 model had a roller blind on the back window operated by a ‘finger pull’ and cord from the driver’s seat.Compared with modern machines, one tended to sit a lot lower in older designs and the Vauxhall was no exception. Why did anyone think a rancher in Rhodesia would want a 4-cyl undersquare engine. The windscreen wiper was driven off the engine – it was a filthy rainy dark night and the engine was not running! Gas cable broken and kickstart spring is broken . 1956 marked the fiftieth anniversary of the Austin Motor Company of Birmingham, UK - and this double spread (see other image) showed the range of Austin's cars over that fifty years.Austin were in the 'big league' then, churning out cars from their Longbridge plant in …