1. A Standard Flying 8.
A number of Standard cars now feature on oldclassiccar, including my own 50s '10', plus earlier examples of the marque shown elsewhere within the vintage photo pages. Shown below is a cracking old photo, showing a Standard 8 with its owners. Judging by the bonnet trim, I think this could be a pre-war example of the Flying 8, a range that came out in the mid 1930s and continued in production for a short time after the war. FLE 587 looks in pretty good order, although the chrome bumper no longer looks very special. Note the rear-hinged suicide-type doors. This example also has an AA badge screwed to the grille, and an extra Butler lamp fitted.
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2. Standard Flying 8 Reg. no. HPL 233
This old photograph, again featuring a Standard Flying 8, I believe dates to the late 1930s and shows a smart couple with their eight hp car. A close look reveals an AA badge on the grille, and a radio aerial mounted on the offside scuttle. This car was registered in the Surrey area.
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3. Standard Flying 8 Reg. no. FKA 504.
FKA 504 was first registered in the Liverpool area. Unlike the other cars that sport Automobile Association badges, the owner of this car has entrusted his breakdown cover to the R.A.C. judging by the badge affixed to the front bumper.
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4. Side view of a Flying 8.
This side-on photograph shown below came in the same batch as the pic of FKA 504, so could well show the same car, this time with a gathering of people stood alongside in suitably 30s clothing.
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5. Standard Tourer.
These two photographs also turned up recently, and would seem to show a tourer/drophead version of a similarly aged Standard car - can anyone confirm the model of car shown below? A Jersey-registered bus or lorry (Albion?) is parked in the background.
Update Peter adds that the car shown is probably a 1939 8HP Flying Standard Drop Head Coupe (DHC) - thanks for the info!
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Other old photos showing Standards can be seen on oldclassiccar, including several of this 1940s Flying 8hp tourer. A screensaver featuring lots of classic Standards can also be found on this page, and a free-to-use parts noticeboard is over here.
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