You wouldn't know where i could get a back window bezel for one of these, would you?

Great credit to you and all those involved in the restoration. Another important piece of auto history brought back to life. Thanks a lot for the video.

Arise Sir Devon. For tireless devotion to automobile preservation.

the work on this car is amazing, I my self own a 48 a40 Devon and a 53 a40 pickup both as a long-term project car's my Devon is in quite similar shape as yours (not as much poke through rust tho) so its good to see people out there still caring for the Classics car's all these years from then

Well done....😂😂😂😂😎🇨🇬🇧🇬🇧

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One of the very best full restoration video's i've ever seen.....cost no object I presume.....What a superb result.....motoring heritage preserved.

This was great fun to watch. My dad had a '49 that he bought at Falvey Imported Cars in Detroit. It was two years old, and had been owned by the wife of a wealthy businessman. She'd had it painted chartreuse, and then evidently grown tired of it and bought a new toy. My dad was over the moon proud of that car and he religiously cleaned it and washed it weekly. He named her Betsie. In '52 we moved west from Michigan to Arizona and we made the trip - dad and mom in the front seat, and my brother, sister, and me in the back. I was but a wee lad of three so I have no recollection of the trip, but I do recall going camping in the mountains outside of Phoenix all piled in our chartreuse Betsie. In '55 we moved back to Michigan and alas, while while having our dinner in a restaurant in Hereford, Texas, Betsie was rear ended by a careless teenage driver, and was a total wreck. Insurance paid for a nice '48 Chevy, which we used to complete the move. Back in Michigan, Dad acquired a couple more A40s. I recall a black one and a grey one, but he never treated those cars like he treated Betsie. Then he bought a '52 green Morris Minor in '57, a much smaller car, which he used as his daily driver, but by then it was too small to be the family car. You did an awesome job on Jinxy - you should be proud.

One of favourite cars .

Excellent restoration, but the A40 Devon was never a looker. The Pinin Farina A40 was streets ahead in looks.

Quiet, comfortable cars, with lovely interior - specially DASHBOARDS from that era! We used to have one, and went comfortably, (but slowly!) From London to Devon, on holiday! Enjoy yours!

I got a 1951 with left hand drive, my dad bought it for $25 in 1969. Drove it for 4 years in high school and delivered newspapers 7 days a week. did a minor valve repair and a new headliner, but other than that it went everywhere and never broke down. When I left for college we sold it for $50 in 1963. Was running well when I said goodbye.

Terrific rebuild, another one saved, your panel making is brilliant. Had a Devon about 30 years ago, paid £50 for it, green in colour and local registration to us. ( Eastbourne) ended up exporting it to Holland, along with quite a few A30s and 35s some excellent repair panels for these little cars now come from the Dutch, have used some of them on my current rebuild of an A35. Hope you are still enjoying the Devon, of course the real rare one is the 2 door Dorset.

Our families’ first car. We live in British Columbia and in the years after the war they many thousands across Canada 🇨🇦. We drove “Nellie Belle” through out the province and some western states.

Grandpa had one of these, new, I think, in sage green? his favourite colour and his last car, v much an Austin man throughout his life

Full credit to you for your skills & perseverance, but, .... WTF. A four door model? Surely there has been an open top convertible or two door model to be had somewhere. & in the end, after all this effort & expense what do you have? A four door A40 that has no real value in the marketplace. Even when new, these were regarded as a death trap with the steering box bolted ahead of just about everything except the bumper, & with its attached spearing column [yeah, that's what we called them even in the 1950's] ready to impale the driver in even low speed impacts. Yes, I was working on these back in the late '50's Anyway, that's enough bagging your car. Great job, it looks new, but perhaps next time you might choose a car that is worth your obviously high skills & talent.

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Well done, great job work you've put into this car.

I have a lot of questions about a Austin I have if you have time. Would love to talk to you!

We had one of these when i was a toddler in Ireland. Twin tone horn,blue upholstery, semaphore indicators and it pulled a heavy caravan! Amazing car

That is an amazing restoration, she looks great! Your metal fabrication is excellent. My 1st car was a 1949 black Devon with original valve radio! Bought for £20 did nearly 100K miles in it and sold it for £400! At 3.04, that crescent shaped device is what balances the mechanical rear brakes with the hydraulic fronts (did any other car have this?). It was awkward to adjust but when done gave great braking. The handbrake also applied the rear brakes through the crescent and if adjusted right, would partially apply the front brakes too. I once had to explain this to an MOT tester who was about to fail it because "the front brakes were rubbing"!! Thanks for sharing this video.

The dreaded lurgi called Rust which never sleeps! A labour of love. Anyone ANYONE who has done this sort is going to swear at some point regardless who they are!!!! Well done, i would think it is in better condition now than when it left the factory new. It has had far more TLC and attention to detail than any car factory would get anywhere near!

What patience and persistence - and given that this was done in England, great fortitude to be outside presumably in all weathers. Well done.

my fist car

Fantastic. First car I ever drove after passing my test at 17 was my dad's black 1949 A40 Devon. In the early 1990s it attracted some looks when I drove it to school!

WOW U Guys certainly did a GREAT job RESTORING that A40 Devon Pat yourselves on the back and a BIG one from me >GRAEME from New Zealand

Looks fantastic, does it smell good inside.

Beautiful restoration. My father had an A40 utility when we lived in the country. I was about 9 or 10 when we moved to the city and he decide to convert it to a sedan. I helped him and at the same time we rebuilt the engine and gearbox and had the diff reconditioned. I learned car mechanics on that car and it was the best thing ever. I have kept cars going way beyond the time most people would normally replace them. One 1963 Holden I kept for nearly 500,000 miles until someone pranged a Landcruiser into the back of it. These days with all the computers cars are a bit more complex but at least I can generally work out what a problem is before handing it over to a workshop.

Come to Sri lanka. Theese cars are still alive.

Thank you for saving a little bit of history 🤗

An A49 Devon was my first car! Cost £15 in 1966, Insurance was £13, and 15miles to the gallon...

Fantastic Job! All your hard work payed off and she looks beautiful! whatever you did, keep on doing it! Wish I had mine now. I loved to crank her over with the starting handle and get it on BoC, tell my GF to switch on the ignition and then fire her up (the car) she was always very impressed. Best wishes from Stewie and JOV 462

Was looking forward to seeing a video of it on the road....Disappointed

Beautiful, well done

My first car was a black 1949 A40. Drove it across Australia and back in 1968 when I was 18. Check the water and oil each day and never gave any trouble apart from both radiator hoses and a set of points. Plod along at 50-55 mph all day and run on the smell of an oily rag. I hope it still survives somewhere, great little car.

I always have one big issue with doing a restoration like this,how do you deal with corrosion inside the box section chassis ? Old cars that have been renovated look brilliant on the outside but its that box section that would always worry me.Love what you have done and total admire your dedication to this car.

What a great restoration. Looks gorgeous. Well done.

Well done had one of these fed up with replacing front shocks filled them up with Hypoid 90 diff oil, no more bouncing the waves,had a few bruised back hands with it jumping out of 3rd gear soon avoided that, make and mend do no money!

First car I ever drove was a beige A40 Devon pick up; I was about 11 years old helping out on the farm. Lovely 'tin-toy' looks.

Fantastic restoration job, my dad had one of these in grey when I was a child, mid sixties, I used to stand in the front with my little stick on steering wheel copying him as he drove around! My mum and sister had to sit in the back!

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I owned a 1950 A 40 fordor sedan;I got it for free fifty years ago in the spring of 1969 when I was a junior in high school.I was 18 at the time.The neighbour who gave it to me got his truck and we chained it up.He drove the truck and I drove the car.I ended up getting it running in a couple of days but had to replace one valve and do a complete valve job on it.As I've told people,it knocked it smoked,but it never died.It still had the original owner's manual to it plus the hand crank.The car came from Canada as I remember and the body was still sound even though the interior was completely shot.

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Thank you, most informative.

Fantastic result

Fabulous job, great little car, as soon as soon as i saw your car, i swear i could smell that old car smell. The father of a close friend had one, Long before any of us had a licence he took it for a drive,( without permission) and rolled backwards into a cop car whilst trying to start off uphill at the lights. Fun days. Tony Australia.

I bought one of these in 1964, from a friend whose father had bought it brand new, having been on a waiting list with the factory. I paid him just £12 and 10 shillings (£12.50). The car ran perfectly until hit by another car and written off in 1965.

Open the hood.. show restoration of the engine......Us guys need more power.. It's not about body work it's about mechanics and dirt and grease and oil and carburetters and exhaust smoke and noise and tappets and and etc etc...

Nice job or labour of love. Please no music, tell us what you did.

Reminds me of the Moggy MM (side valve) I found laid up in a barn for 16 years. Great job mate and in those conditions remarkable. Credit to you.