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1938 Standard Flying Twelve [12BL] Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2008-02-09 17:11 |
On the right, the Austin is listed separately.![[Image: cap301fs0.5146.jpg]](http://pics.imcdb.org/0is515/cap301fs0.5146.jpg) Details for GPU 92 are: Date of Liability 01 03 2008 Date of First Registration 12 07 1938 Year of Manufacture 1938 Cylinder Capacity (cc) 1479CC Vehicle Colour BLACK -- Last edit: 2008-02-09 17:12:25 |
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◊ 2008-02-09 17:23 |
The car is a model from the Standard "Flying" range of the later 1930s. All these cars had the fastback styling you see in the thumbnail. There is no engine of that capacity listed, the nearest we can get is a 1608cc Flying Twelve. |
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◊ 2008-02-09 17:24 |
Probably a 1938 Flying Twelve. The grille in the main picture looks like a post-war one, but that may be a trick of the light  |
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◊ 2008-02-09 17:28 |
The size of the engine was causing me problems but Flying Twelve looks right. .gif ":)") |
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◊ 2008-02-09 21:48 |
As a very rough rule of thumb I'd say that anything in the late 30s with a capacity around 1500-1600 cc would be RAC rated as 12 h.p.; my Rover Twelve was 1496 c.c., Austin 12/4s 1525 c.c. |
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◊ 2008-02-10 11:36 |
The waterfall grille appeared on the Flying Standards in 1938. It carried on after WW2 on the 12 and 14 models, which did not have the fastback styling, and were not referred to as "Flying" but had a more conventional bustle boot and single rear window. These cars were dropped in 1949 to make way for the Vanguard, a superb engine looking for a decent car to power! (It eventually found one in the TR2 to TR4 Triumphs) |
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◊ 2020-09-21 14:53 |
Confirmed as having a '12' badge on the front |
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