AUSTIN AS3
ASJ 887
HERITAGE CERTIFICATE
CURRENT MOT UNTIL JANUARY 2019
TAX AND MOT EXEMPT
GREAT OVERALL CONDITION
READY TO BE SHOWN AND USED REGULARLY
This is a much loved Rare Classic AS3 that has been very well looked after,
With Thousands of pounds being spent throughout its life on it. It was lovingly owned by a Doctor Since 2008 in which he bought this very rare example from a huge classic car collector where it had been for most of it's life.
It had been driven very little and was in Excellent original condition as the time of his purchase.
From 2008 until 2018 it was enjoyed over the past 10 years for pleasure and it had been a complete delight.
ASJ 887 Was regularly serviced by one of the UK's best known Austin Specialists Alderton Garage in Gloucestershire,
The owner of Alderton Garage, Mark - was very familiar with the car and is very well respected within the Austin Community.
The car had a regular M.O.T carried out each year even though it was exempt from the compulsory Tests.
This Fantastic Example of the super Rare AUSTIN AS3 - A30 is in great overall condition.
It happily zips comfortably along the roads at 60mph. It really stands out amongst the crowd and gets a lot of attention.
It is often being waved and admired by passers by when out on the UK Roads.
This is a wonderful car that is a great joy to drive and travel in.
It is extremely original and everything works exactly as it should.
It has recently had the breaks serviced and has also had Halogen front headlamps Fitted.
Also flashing bulbs have added to the trafficators to keep up to date with modern traffic.
Other than these tasteful improvements the car is as standard.
It still retains it's original extra winged badge (above the grille)
The Original Interior / Door cards and Round Central Speedometer.
Petrol tank/cap fitted to the rear passenger wing of the car and also the extra chrome boot lock cover latch (pictured)
The Engine, Gears and breaks are as good as they come.
It really does drive superbly and is a real delight on the road.
The car is very Solid throughout and is more than ready to be continually used and is ready to be shown
(it will most likely be the only AS3 on show!)
All in all if your after a head turning, reliable and stunning British Classic at a very attractive price then look no further.
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ADDITIONAL AS3 INFORMATION BELOW
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 sunvisor.
