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Estate Conversion on the Standard 8!
Standard 8
Woodie by Whiteacres of Stoke on Trent
My thanks are due to Colin Peak
of the Woodie Car Club for the following input:
"When going through the
archives of Whitacres of Stoke-on-Trent I came across a shot of
Standard 10 Woodie, which the former MD tells me they built for
Standard. Apparently Standard liked the design but decided
to build the Companion in steel and the rest is history.
These gems keep turning up all the
time as there were so many small coachbuilders knocking out
Woodies in those early post war years that just when you think
you've got the big picture some new piece of info or photo turns
up. I've seen a couple of photos of Vanguard Woodies, but they
were both poor quality and, as yet, I've no idea who built them.
The Woodie Car Club was formed in
2000 for the purpose of sharing information on the restoration
and preservation of wooden-bodied shooting brake, estate cars
and station wagons. The Club is also actively researching many
of the former coachbuilding firms that built Woodies and
has been able to share much, otherwise unknown, information with
many one make car clubs.
Membership is open to anybody with
an interest in Woodies and unlike many one make Clubs, the WCC
caters for wide range of vehicles from British, European and
American through to classic, phantom and modified Woodies. For
more information visit www.woodiecarclub.com"
Regards
Colin
Hi Colin,
Looking closely at the picture of what
you believe is a Standard 10, it is in fact almost
certainly an "8" of 803cc. Only early 8's (1953)
had sliding windows and trafficators (you can see the
slot in the B post) Hence, this is a very early car and
an early conversion, Standard didn't get round to building the
Companion until June 1955 by which time it was a 10Hp
(948cc) and had wind-up windows and flashing indicators.
In fact Standard never built an 8 Companion. The chrome side
trim is also an addition, as are the rear lights (as the
originals have been lost in the conversion) All very
interesting of course.
Do you know where the shot was taken? It
appears to be a Standard Dealer somewhere as there is
advertising material in the showroom!
Many thanks for the input
Phil Homer, Webmaster
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