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Craner Classics

Ruddington Nottinghamshire

1959 Austin A30 Seven SOLD

Our latest offering is a very rare Austin A30 Seven, which were made for only one year. Consequently, very few of these have survived. The car is in superb order, and as such it's a very attractive little car.

First Registered:  16. 07. 1955

VIN Chassis No.: AS4140546

This Austin A30 Seven is powered by an 1100cc engine and smooth-changing 4-speed gearbox. The car also features such quaint classic touches as semaphore indicators and its charmingly functional dashboard, as well as boasting freshly-fitted new carpets and headlining.

The Austin A30 family were successful in saloon car racing in the 1950s; to quote Wikipedia:

The car's newly designed A-Series straight four-cylinder engine was state of the art for the time and returned an average fuel consumption of 42 mpg. With spirited driving the A30 was able to attain a top speed of 70 mph... Performance data need to be seen in the context of fuel availability. Early in the Second World War "branded fuel" disappeared from sale in the UK, and the nationally available fuel available at the beginning of 1952 had an octane rating of just 70, which enforced relatively low compression ratios: this reduced the performance available from all cars, especially small ones. In 1952 branded fuels returned to the forecourts, available octane ratings began to increase, and compression ratios were progressively improved along with the performance figures of cars such as the Austin A30... Braking was effected by a hybrid system, with Lockheed fully hydraulic drum brakes at the front and a body-mounted single cylinder operating rods to the rear wheels, which despite being heavily criticised as archaic and old-fashioned, were reported to be quite acceptable.

Many people say that these are virtually identical to an Austin A30 or Austin A35, but side by side the differences stand out.

Despite being more than sixty years old the engine runs marvellously and the car really is great fun to drive.

Any questions, please call on the details below for a no-obligation friendly chat as we don't get to answer all our emails.
 
We can also arrange delivery to your door.

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