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ABANDONED For 43 Years! Can This Austin A40 Complete A 200 Mile Road Trip? (Final Part)

Tasty Classics

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First we have to finish the engine install, renew the brakes, fuel tank etc and only then can we take her for a grueling 200 mile welsh mountain shake down!

Link to part 1 - ABANDONED 1958 Austin A40 Farina Can I Mak...

Link to part 2 - I Completely Rebuilt This Abandoned 65 Yea...

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20 Comments

@liamjackson6930 1 month ago

I think we should all give Ben and team a big thumbs up for saving this little beauty 👍

@thomaspenman4101 4 weeks ago

Hi Ben. I'm Toms son. He is currently on end of life but loved watching your videos. Thank you for making these amazing videos you have given him so much joy. ❤️

@stevieboyNI 4 weeks ago (edited)

Thanks so much for this series Ben. Watching you pootling through the gorgeous Welsh countryside in a British classic with little Sunny beside you is genuinely quite heartwarming. Top work as always my friend.

@micky_dibbs 4 weeks ago

This is one of the most wholesome videos I’ve seen for a while. Proper goosebumps when you were saying your thank yous and watching Sunny chilling out. Thanks Ben. 👌😊

@AstroMikeMerri 3 weeks ago

Thank you that — was feeling shitty, and this cheered my day no end.

@JoeBlowUK 8 days ago

"Have you got a dynamo for an Austin A40?"
"No, but I have the next best thing, a Volkswagen Vento, which is basically the same thing."

@Zit46 1 month ago

Thanks for the memories Ben. I passed my driving test on my uncles Austin A40 Farina when I was 17 in 1963. Absolutely loved that car. Fantastic job bringing this one back to life. :-)

@philw4053 3 weeks ago

I've been watching since the early days of the old, cold unit. The videos just get better and better and you have me looking forward to the weekend mostly because of the next TC installment! Loved this particular restoration a lot. Please keep them coming....

@rickyjones8448 4 weeks ago

I think it’s funny every time sunny keeps looking out the rear window it looks like he is trying to say why are we leaving matti behind in this lovely old car

@liamjackson6930 1 month ago (edited)

Sunny has really become a main character on your channel now, always brings a smile, one of the things we used to do to seal the joint to the down pipe was to use some exhaust paste and then clamp it tight, even back years ago they never sat correctly

@nickbeeuk 3 weeks ago (edited)

Can I just say - absolutely loving Tasty Classics 2026. It's like version 2.0 of the channel. You guys feel like a little family now, all working together to bring us fantastic content week after week. It's always great seeing Joe & Alice beavering away in the background shipping our merch purchases, and Matty is a brilliant addition to the technical side, I really enjoy watching you two working together. Oh and the big man himself - Sonny! Cheers guys

@davidsewell3745 4 weeks ago

Well done Ben and team for saving this old girl, she is a little beauty

@mikestephenson8900 3 weeks ago

A man and his best friend on the open road, quality! What a Brilliant resurrection

@bear1245 1 month ago

Absolutely loved the series Ben. Well done to you all getting this baby back on the road x ❤

@alanthomas8753 13 days ago

My father owned a Austin A40 in the early 1960's when I was a young boy. He looked after it very well it was always washed and polished every weekend. Brought back so many memories from those days of long ago.👍

@NotMarkKnopfler 1 month ago

My dad had a blue one in about 1974/75. Woke up one morning to find mum and dad not in the house. They were in the car, mum in the driving seat pumping the throttle and choke, dad hand cranking the thing with a starting handle!

@paultinker1963 1 month ago

Greetings from a VERY VERY WARM ITALY.I m staying in PAVIA while the car I brought down for display at the F1 weekend at Monza does its sales pitch.The car is the Ford GT MkIV that did 6:15.977 at the Nurburgring earlier in the year. My retreat has no air con and no TV so my only source of entertainment is YouTube,so you are a welcome addition to my weekend.
Ta very much. Don’t break down.
Ciao

@yoki9743 2 weeks ago

One of your best projects Ben, you and the crew have saved yet "another one"... its a perfect car for a young classic owner as its simple to work on and all the hard work has been done.. Have to say that Matty has been an absolute star Ben and you have a pal for life in that lad... Roll on the next one eh... chapeau to you for such a entertaining series.... Yoki..