Rare
Standard 10 Van conversion
Hi Phil,
At last. The photo! I remember send it. Very rust Standard Van.
Scrapyard, Finland. Near Mäntsälä about 50 km north to Helsinki.
Have you any material (photo, book, brochure or etc.)for Standrive
semi-automatic gearbox? I have very interested to make some story
from that system to our club maqazine.
Do you know what is standrive operating principle? I think anyhow
centrifugal clutch?
I own vw beetle semiautomatic (saxomat)too. Thats clutch works to
vacuum servo.
Regards, Jorma Kölhi
Triumph Club Finland
Hi Jorma,
The car you describe is without doubt a Standard 10 Van and it was
factory built. This one has a side window conversion that I have not
seen before.
Many thousands were made but these Vans had a very hard life and
were not looked after. As a consequence, they are quite rare things
to find today, there are perhaps four or five on the road still
today in England.
I will run a feature
on the Standrive system on the website at some point in the future,
or perhaps someone would like to write one for me? Don't be shy,
dear readers!
Kind regards,
Phil
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