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Accident in a Standard 8
Kenneth Runciman Annand recalls a lucky escape from an accident
in a postwar Standard 8
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Kenneth's
father and mother both photographed with the 8 before the
terrible crash. Click on either photop to see an
enlargement |
Which Standard is this one and
what year please? Is it a Flying 8?? FVC 758, with my
parents. I think this is the one in which I was riding as a
small boy when I wanted a pee and my Mother stopped the car on a
deserted Watford Way just on the outskirts of London and as I was
being lifted back into the car a mad driver smashed into the back
of us and it was amazing that we escaped with our lives. We
ended up in my Aunt's hospital of which she was Matron, The
National Temperence in Euston Road in the next room to my Great
Aunt whom we had been visiting. The back seat ended up under
the windscreen and I remember lying on my back in an adjacent
field and seeing the windscreen fly over my head. I was 4
and it was 1958! Amazingly enough the car was a write-off!!
We were saved by the fact that I had broken the leather door strap
by dancing on it, much to my father's annoyance, the week before
and consequently the door was able to fly back rather than carry
carry us down the road with the car!
Hi
Michael,
It's a Standard 8
Woody estate and was made from 1945 -1948. Its the fifth variant
of the Model, there were also 2 door saloons, a Drophead Coupe, a
Tourer and I have a brochure for a 4 door saloon, though I have
never seen one and don't know if one exists or was ever made?
Certainly, the Woody
Estate was also a rare vehicle, even in its day, it was made
because there was a shortage of affordable steel just after the
war. I don't know who made it or whether it was authorised by the
factory, as I have never seen a brochure. Like yours, I think that
the majority were used as farm implements for driving across
ploughed fields, so its not surprising that so few survive. In
fact I am only aware of one and that belongs to club committee
member, David Groom. I picture that below:
As I mentioned above, I
now have a brochure for the 4 door "8" saloon, so look out
for a feature on that soon...................
I am aware that there
are other cars and information that could be added to this site to make it more
comprehensive, so if you have material and photographs, please let me know. Please
send me, Phil Homer, a message at: Phil
Homer
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