ASKING £4950 PRICE ENGINE 948cc/4-cyl/OHV POWER 34bhp@4750rpm TORQUE ...

This charming Austin promises restored usability without the hefty outlay. Alan Anderson decides whether it succeeds

The classics you love, drive and restore

Year of manufacture 1965 Recorded mileage 18,217 Asking price £79,000 Vendor Rawles Motorsport, Alton, Hampshire; 01420 23212; rawlesmotorsport.co.uk WHEN IT WAS NEW Price £1106 Max power 148bhp Max t

PERRY SHAW WEST YORKSHIRE

The year 1953 was when life in Britain began finally to bleed from monochrome to colour. Not everywhere, and not for everybody, but, slowly, there was a palpable sense that brighter days were just bey