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Estate Conversion on the Standard 8!
Standard 8
Woodie by Jennings of Sandbach
My thanks are due to Colin Peak
of the Woodie Car Club for another Woodie that I have never seen
before:
"
We do a lot of research into
former commercial coachbuilder companies, as they built
hundreds of Woodies, most of which have long since been turned
into woodworm food. However, we often come across interesting
photos.
I came across the attached shot
of a Standard 9 Woodie in a pile of Woodie photos from
Jennings of Sandbach, looks a nicely proportioned car!
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
Webmaster's comment:
As this is a postwar car, as
evidenced by the flat bonnet sides, this estate is based on
the "8" as there was no postwar "9". The factory
was building its own Woodie at the time, I think it was
produced by Mulliners, though I await someone to confirm that. The principal differences are
that this one has a higher roofline and two rear side windows.
The rear of this estate also looks interesting - it looks to
me like the rear doors open 2/3rds and 1/3rd as the
"centre" pillar is not in the centre. That
will be an interesting configuration if I am correct, so does
anyone have a picture of the rear view?
Many thanks for the input,
Colin, and I hope that someone might be able to come up with
evidence of another?
Phil Homer, Webmaster
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