1951 Austin A40 Devon [GS2]

1951 Austin A40 Devon [GS2] in Heartbeat, TV Series, 1992-2009 Ep. 3.09

Class: Cars, Sedan — Model origin:

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Author	Message
rpcm ◊ 2008-09-02 20:08	1948+
chris40 ◊ 2008-09-02 20:15	Actually 1948 only, I think; it seems to have the slightly smaller headlight and no separate sidelights, unlike my Dad's 1949 model.
HartyBeats ◊ 2023-09-25 00:07	Please can someone confirm either way whether or not the background grey car outside the front of the green shop at 00:02:11 of 04.01 is a similarly-aged Austin A40 Devon? More views at www.youube.com/watch?v=lNk05DtYNkE#t=125 or in better quality at www.itv.com/watch/heartbeat/Ya0757/Ya0757a0031
dsl ◊ 2023-09-25 00:41	Could well be the same one. To age early ones exactly you need to check if sidelights and quarterlights absent - if so a 48, if either or both present it's a mid 49+.
Lateef ◊ 2023-09-26 17:20	Ep. 2.08 Ep. 3.09 Ep. 3.10 LXV 996 Vehicle make AUSTIN Date of first registration July 1951 Year of manufacture 1951 Cylinder capacity 1200 cc Vehicle status SORN Vehicle colour GREY Date of last V5C (logbook) issued 2 October 2013 -- Last edit: 2023-10-03 16:54:30