022 Austin A40 Farina Mk.1 (1958) 726 COH

Austin A40 Farina Mk.1 (1958-61) Engine 948cc S4 OHV BMC A series Production 169,612 Mk1s plus 172,550 MkII and IIIs.
Registration number 726 COH (Birmingham)
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Designed by Pininfarina and launched at the 1958 Earls Court London Motor Show. the A40 Farina was intended to replace the Austin A35, from which it inherited much of its running gear, and was a capacious thoroughly modern small car, with a brand new distinctive 'two box' shape and headroom in the back seat. It was a saloon, the lower rear panel dropped like a then conventional bootlid, the rear window remaining fixed. The Countryman hatchback appeared exactly a year later in October 1959, and differed from the saloon in that the rear window was marginally smaller, to allow for a frame that could be lifted up, with its own support, while the lower panel was now flush with the floor and its hinges had been strengthened. It was a very small estate car with a horizontally split tailgate having a top-hinged upper door and bottom-hinged lower door. .

At launch the car shared the 948 cc A-Series straight-4 used in other Austins including its A35 predecessor. The suspension was independent at the front using coil springs with a live axle and semi elliptic leaf springs at the rear. The drum brakes were a hybrid (hydromech) arrangement, hydraulically operated at the front but cable actuated at the rear. The front drums at 8 in (200 mm) were slightly larger than the 7 in (180 mm) rears. Cam and peg steering was fitted.

The Mark II version appeared in 1961, built with a longer wheelbase increasing the rear passenger area and the front grille and dash were redesigned. The Mark II had more power from its 948cc engine, 37bhp, with the SU carburettor replaced with a Zenith but was otherwise mechanically identical other than the addition of a front anti-roll bar

In Autumn 1962 the 948cc BMC A Series was replaced with a 1098cc version with an output of 48bhp shared with the rear wheel drive Morris Minor and front wheel drive Morris 1100 which was to be joined by an Austin version the following year. Although this increased performance with a new top speed of 75.2 the car was now looking cramped and dated against the Morris-Austin 1100. Sales slowed but the MarkIII A40 remained on sale until 1967

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