Feature on a
rare 1932/3
Avon Standard 16 Sports Tourer
Gulp!
Just how many Avon Standard 16's
are there in India? I thought that they were extinct, but here is
the second one! This one appears to be in good order and certainly road legal.
Deven Dilip Dhariwal
writes from India:
She is one of the most
well design, beautiful car i have come across in recent time. The
lines are impeccable, looks like a far more expensive car and has a
style which is all time classic. There are a few things which in my
view are not correct like: The doors are hinged in the front, should
not they be at the rear ? Are the head lights of correct shape and
size? They look odd. The meters in the dash appears to be wrong. The
present owner has changed them and says had square meters, are those
correct? I request you to kindly put down all that is not correct
with her so that i may estimate these as the owner wants UKP 5000.
as it is. She has Six Cylinder engine.
Awaiting your valuable reply.
Thanks & Regards
Deven Dilip Dhariwal
Hi Deven,
It is a 1932/33 Avon
Standard 16Hp. The only other one I have ever seen is also in India
and I featured it on these pages last year. The headlights and
sidelights should be chrome plated and the headlights appear to be
the wrong shape. I think that the sidelights are the correct
shape. I am not sure that the dashboard is correct The
doors on the other one appear to open the same way as this. Neither
car has outside door handles.
You can see the other
Indian 16Hp under restoration here
How many more Avons
await to be discovered in India?
Phil Homer
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