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[Ray White]

Rick you are right. The A30 had pull down windows. The lever I was thinking of was the door handle which would lock the windows if pushed up.

[pigtin]

I passed my test in a Standard 8 back in winter 1958. It really seemed state of the art at that time and quite a few driving schools used them. Compared to my 1934 Standard Big 9 it really was the bees knees.
I had put off taking the test for months because it was the time of the Suez crisis. Tests were suspended and learners could drive unaccompanied however much damage they were likely to do.

The lessons were seventeen shillings and six pence an hour. That's 82.5p in todays money. I passed the test on my second attempt in Folkestone. The seat base fastening's having failed on the first. It plunged me backwards during the hill-start, my feet leaving the pedals and scaring the examiner witless as the car slipped backwards down Grace Hill.

In spite of this disaster, nostalgia is a powerful force and forty years later I bought a restored early model from a friend. The smooth modern car I had driven in the fifties was a bitter disappointment by modern standards. It was with some relief I waved it goodbye after a few months, and returned to using my 1932 Austin Ten.
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Due to the onset of my mid eighties I'm no longer sprightly and rarely seen in my Austin special. I have written a book though. https://amzn.eu/d/7rwRRqL

[Rick]

More outings today (New Year's Day), first to a VSCC meet - I parked well away from the proper old motors - then later a drive over to my folks' place. The roads were quite flooded in places but the plucky Standard took them all in its stride.



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[alanb]

I purchased my second car a 1955 standard 8 in 1964, it had 56,000 miles on the clock, I used it to travel 25 miles a day back and forth to work and about another 20 miles a day running around and to visit my girlfriend, I fitted a gearbox and clutch at 68,000 and a replacement engine at 75,000 miles, the main issue I had was the front lower wishbone bearings wearing out after about 10 months (due mainly to lack of maintenance they needed greasing every 500 miles) I sold it in 1970 just after marrying the girlfriend, it had then covered 143,000 miles and was badly needing another new engine. I had covered 87,000 in 5 and a half years and apart from the engine and gearbox I also replaced the rear axle as I had chipped a tooth on the crown wheel trying to do racing starts. Considering the high mileages it covered each week it was remarkably reliable.
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old tourer


Morris 8 two seater

[Rick]

From time to time I search google images for car registration numbers to see what comes up. I've found a few photos of the 4CV going back to the 1970s, and this evening stumbled across several of the Standard from 2013 to 2019. Always worth giving it a try, just put the reg. no. within quotes if giving it a go.

This one was at Brooklands in 2013, long before we bought it and in somewhat better condition.



As was this, New Year's Day 2013....



Amberley Museum, also in 2013....



This on the London to Brighton in 2019....



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[Rick]

We drove over to Oulton Park the other day to spectate at a test day, I've been meaning to photograph something old in these locations for ages.







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[alastairq]

Do you ever regret disposing of the Companion? [Or was it a Pennant?]
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Dellow Mk2, 1951 built, reg 1952.
Fiat 126 BIS
Cannon special [1996 registered. Built in 1950's]
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Ford Pop chassis, Ashley 1172 bodyshell, in pieces.

[Ray White]

I wonder how many people fail to recognise that the K6 now has INFORMATION in place of TELEPHONE. ?

[Penman]

You could take it up to Mere Corner to visit AA Box 372.

https://goo.gl/maps/fXfquvaqAAAwES2s7
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Bristols should always come in pairs.

Any 2 from:-
Straight 6
V8 V10

[Rick]

[Rick]