1936 Standard Flying 10. Model A10S

This was the smallest of the second range of Flying Standards introduced in March 1936 and only current only until that year's Motorshow. This, the first Flying 10, shared the new small bodied replacement for the earlier Flying 12 Saloon, being 13" shorter and 4 1/2" narrower than the 1935 Flying 12

The 1343cc engine was essentially carried over from the 34/35 "upright" 10, with the addition of a waterpump, and  produced 35bhp. 

The car had a "beetle-back" with a split rear screen and the spare wheel was enclosed in a second compartment below the boot. It had flat spring steel bumper blades. The specification included sliding roof, adjustable steering column, chrome lamps and radiator surround, twin external horns, and twin scuttle mounted wipers. The brakes were Bendix Cowdray rod type. 

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The price was £199 ex works.

An almost identical car was catalogued with the 1608cc engine as the Flying Light 12 (model AL12S) for just £6 more.

Introduced at the 1936 Motorshow, as part of a new range for 1937, alongside a new Flying 9,  the 10 now got its own, smaller body and chassis The engine capacity was reduced to 1267cc and 33bhp by reducing the stroke of the 1343cc engine

This model was a 4 door version of the 2 door Flying 9, also introduced at the same time. With a slightly longer wheelbase than the Flying 9, it was still shorter and narrower than the A10S and was 2 cwt lighter. This was an all new chassis and the rear end styling was changed to give a single rear window. The spare was  now mounted outside at the rear of the car, but the double windscreen wipers mounted on the bonnet were replaced by a single wiper above the drivers side of the windscreen The water pump was dispensed with and a single horn was mounted under the bonnet on the non-adjustable steering column. 

The brakes were now Bendix Duo-servo cable operated on all 4 wheels by foot or hand. These changes  allowed the price to be reduced to £169

In addition, the de-luxe model had a clock, chrome lamps, spare wheel cover, sun visor, roof light, ash tray and an external folding luggage carrier, which raised the price by £10

The car gained a bolder front by putting on a chrome plated  waterfall type grille and the wipers became tandem above the screen  The engine remains at 1267cc

Prices remained unchanged from 1937.

Bigger changes were still to come...........

The body was slightly wider than previous models and the spare wheel went  back into a  separate compartment below the boot. 

This 10 also picked up changes first introduced in the  Flying 8, these are

• independent front suspension
• round profile pressed bumpers
• no running boards. 
• it is a Touring Saloon, i.e. it has
• a notch back rear end and regains a boot lid.  
• moulded rubber mudflaps behind the front wheels
• a painted radiator grille surround
• The 8 saloon and 10 share instrument panels
• the wipers have been moved again and are now mounted on the scuttle

Other equipment changes were a foot operated dip switch, "umbrella" hand brake mounted under dash and separate clock mounted in the instrument panel. 

In addition, the waterfall grille has become narrower, having been reduced from 24 to 18 slats, same as the 8. Indeed the 1939 parts list states that the same chromium grille was fitted to the 8, 9 and 10, although cowl pressings differed.

The price ex-works was raised to £185.

The previous 1938 models were carried over to 1939 and designated the Saloon and Saloon de-luxe. Prices for these cars were unaltered. Does anyone know if these were newly manufactured cars or left-over 1938 stock?