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Austin A30 Och A35 Var Longbridgefabrikens Utmanare Till Morris Minor SMÅTOPPEN Austin A30 och A35 var Longbridgefabrikens utmanare till Morris Minor. Med toppventilsmotor och självbärande kaross var den betydligt modernare än sina företrädare. Björn Green har ägt sin A35 i 38 år. TEXT & FOTO FREDRIK NYBLAD Björn Green från Hökerum i Väster- götland har totalt fyra Austin i garaget. 42 KLASSIKER 2/17 KLASSIKER 2/17 43 Samma motor satt nu också i koncernsyskonet Morris Minor. Björn Green har fastnat för kompakta britter. I det väl tilltagna garaget står två Austin A35 skåpbi- lar, en Austin A55 pickup och en Mini 1000. Den här A35:an har han ägt sedan 1979 då han bytte till sig den mot en Mercedes 190. – Huvudbromscylindern som kom från en Amazon gick sönder och jag höll på att köra ihjäl mig. Jag tog isär den och sedan blev bilen stående i tolv år. Då ville jag köpa en Mustang, men min sambo sa åt mig att jag skulle skruva ihop det jag hade först, säger Björn Green. Det blev ingen Mustang, istället satte Björn igång med att renovera sin A35. Karossen lack- erades om och Björn tog hjälp av en yrkesskola som renoverade motorn med nya vevlager, ram- lager, ringar och packningar. Hela kabelstam- men byttes mot en nytillverkad. Inredningen behövde inte åtgärdas alls förutom att Björn I april 1959 började Austin bygga förserie- bytte till en ny matta. bilarna till nästa modell med namnet Seven – – Det var svårt att hitta delar innan jag lärde Hundkojan. Därmed var ödet för A35 beseglat, känna dem i branschen, säger Björn. Men så fick sedanmodellen lades ned samtidigt som nya Aus- jag tips om en före detta återförsäljare i Falkö- tin Seven och Morris Mini-Minor presenterades i ping. Där mötte jag en man som hade händerna augusti 1959. Men BMC köpte samma år Fischer nerkörda i fickorna. Han frågade mig om jag var & Ludlow och hos dem fortsatte tillverkningen IDAG UPPLEVS INTE AUSTIN A30 SOM EN BUDGETBIL MED SINA intresserad av Austin och när jag svarat jakande av herrgårdsvagnen och skåpbilen. fiskade han upp inte mindre än tre kylaremblem Fram till 1963 tillverkades ett litet antal Coun- SIRLIGA KROMDETALJER MEN GOD BRÄNSLEEKONOMI OCH SMÅ ur fickan som jag fick köpa för tjugo kronor tryman. Men efterfrågan av skåpbilsversionen styck. fanns kvar och modellen fortsatte att utvecklas. YTTERMÅTT VAR VIKTIGA FAKTORER NÄR BILEN KONSTRUERADES Den ovanligaste versionen av Austin A35 var Från 1962 fick den en större motor på 1 098 ku- Ett stort mätarhus med flera funktioner den pickup som tillverkades 1956–57. Enligt bik och året därpå tillkom en 848-kubikare som mitt i bilen – det fungerade både 1957 och i Longbridefabrikens register byggdes 498 karos- alternativ. 1968 byggdes sista exemplaret av A35 Mini 2017. et är både ljust och fräscht i kupén på mentpanelen i naken plåt och under den finns portören Ostermans förutsåg att kunden kanske ser, men troligen blev bara 475 exemplar färdig- van. Då hade totalt 577 000 Austin A30 och A35 Björn Greens Austin A35 1957. Dörrsi- ett stort förvaringsutrymme. köpte sin första bil: ”Den ger er, bland mycket ställda. tillverkats. dorna, den mjuka golvmattan och den De små friliggande parkeringsljusen uppe på annat, tjusningen av att vara oberoende av alla Fakta läderliknande vinylklädseln går i rött. framskärmarna behövs knappast för att mar- tidtabeller och befriar er från trängsel och irrita- AUSTIN A35 1957 DDen gräddvita karosskulören som Austin kallade kera var bilen tar slut, men är om inte annat tion på allmänna kommunikationsmedel”, stod Nypris: 6 910 kr. Court Grey ramar förtjänstfullt in allt det röda. dekorativa. det i broschyren från 1955. Idag upplevs den inte Björn sitter i passagersätet och jag är placerad Ettans växel är osynkad så det är med tungan som en budgetbil med sina sirliga kromdetaljer, Värde idag: 40 000 – 50 000 kronor*. bakom den tunna stora ratten. Det känns inte rätt i mun som jag växlar ner inför en korsning. men de nätta yttermåtten och god bränsleekono- Motor: Fyrcylindrig med stötstänger, två ventiler per mi var viktiga faktorer när modellen togs fram. trångt i kupén tack vare att vi sitter i höjd med Att avbländningen gjordes med hjälp av en spak cylinder. Förgasare. Vattenkylning. Volym 948 cm3. B-stolpen och har gott om utrymme framför vid ratten var något som betonades i den svenska Utseendemässigt anknöt A30 till de större Max effekt 34 hk vid 4 750 r/min. oss. Men A35 var med sina 1,4 m i bredd en av de broschyren för A30 1955. Det var modernt, men Austinsyskonen A70 Hereford och A40 Somerset. smalaste bilarna som byggdes i Storbritannien lösningen för blinkersen är svårare att ta till sig. Den fyrcylindriga toppventilsmotorn med stöt- Kraftöverföring: Längsmonterad, motor fram, bak- hjulsdrift. Fyrväxlad manuell låda. Golvspak. på 1950-talet, samtidigt är den nästan en halv- Långt från både ratt och instrumentering finns stänger var på 803 kubik och gav 28 hästkrafter. meter längre än efterträdaren Mini. I likhet med reglaget och jag lyckas inte blinka åt rätt håll Hjulupphängningen bestod av dubbla tvärlän- Mått: Axelavstånd 202 cm. Längd/bredd/höjd den finns mätarna centrerade i mitten på instru- någon gång, tur att trafiken i Hökerum är lugn. kar fram och stel axel med bladfjädrar bak. Trots 346/140/155 cm. Spårvidd fram/bak 115/114 cm. de kompakta måtten hade Austin A30 fyra dör- Tjänstevikt 790 kg. Tank 26 liter. Det var på London Motor Show i oktober 1951 som rar, 1953 kom en version med två lite längre dör- Fjädring/hjulställ: Fram skruvfjädrar, individuell Austin A30 Seven presenterades. Den sista delen rar. Ett lyckat tilltag – tvådörrarsmodellen stod upphängning. Bak stel axel, bladfjädrar. i namnet anknöt till Austins framgångsrika mel- snart för drygt hälften av produktionen. Med Styrning: Snäcka. Vändcirkel 10,67 m. lankrigsmodell, för nu skulle man ha något att utgångspunkt från den karossen kunde karosse- sätta mot konkurrenten Morris Minor. Till skill- rifirman Briggs 1954 ta fram en skåpbilsversion. Hjul: Stålfälgar, däckdimension 5,20X13. nad från den hade A30 toppventilsmotor och den Produktionen av den togs snart över av kaross­ var också den första Austin med självbärande tillverkaren Fischer & Ludlow. Ur A30 Van ut- Elsystem: 12 volt. kaross. vecklades till 1955 års modell herrgårdsvagnen Bromsar: Trummor fram och bak. Året därpå bildades British Motor Corpora- Countryman med skjutbara sidorutor. tion, BMC. Austin och Morris hade nu samma Till årsmodell 1956 skedde så stora föränd- Fartresurser: Toppfart ca 120 km/h. ägare men i praktiken fortsatte de båda biltill- ringar att modellen bytte namn till A35. På ut- Förbrukning: 0,56 l/mil vid körning i 80 km/h. verkarna i stor utsträckning att arbeta var och sidan syntes att bakrutan förstorats och fått en för sig. rundad form, grillen var nu lackerad istället för Källor: Stora Bilboken 1957. I ett läge där Europas ekonomier var på väg kromad och körriktningspilarna var ersatta av Stora Bilboken konstaterade att bagageutrymmet på Austin A35 var ”... *Bil i väl fungerande bruksskick, original eller reno- Visst klarar den här bron en Austin att resa sig efter Andra världskriget och massbi- blinkers på skärmarna. Motorstorleken ökade tämligen gott i förhållande till vagnens storlek, men som långfärdsvagn åt verad men ändå med vissa mindre defekter. A35, den väger bara 790 kg! lismen kom var Austin A30 rätt bil i rätt tid. Im- till 948 kubik vilket gav sex hästkrafter mer. fyra personer är både det och bilen i övrigt för liten”. 44 KLASSIKER 2/17 KLASSIKER 2/17 45.
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