Unique
body on a 1933 Standard Big 12
This is probably a
coachbuilt car, but it is included in the post-vintage section
until we determine who the coachbuilder was.
I live near Perth, West Australia.
I'm helping a friend restore his 1933 Standard Big 12 Roadster.
We have not been able to find a picture of an existing one and
we believe that this may be a chassis, imported from GB
with an Aussie roadster body on it. Mechanically it's not bad
and we have nearly completed the chassis.
The bodywork is quite rusty and
there will be quite a bit of woodwork for us too.
John Maxwell told us some time ago
that you may have a number of the parts that we need to restore
the car. We understand that
we have to join the club to get access to its spare parts
program. We don't mind that at all if that is a way to
obtain the parts we need. I have supplied a list. Can you
please let me know if any of these spares are available and the
approximate cost?
I attach a few photos of the
roadster. Unfortunately we do not have the hood frame and boot
lid. It would be nice to find out what it actually looked like.
Maybe you can help? You may have some pictures of a similar aged
roadster. There aren't too many pictures in the web-site for
those years, unfortunately.
Arthur
Rosenwald
Mt Helena, West Australia
The Big 12 was built with its own
chassis and small 6 cylinder engine of just 1497cc. It was
essentially a six cylinder version of the Little 9 rather than the
Big 9, though many components are shared.
The club is able to supply a number
of the parts that the owner needs to restore this car, despite the
fact it is 75 years old and the Big 12 was only produced for just
one year. The body does appear to be different to anything that was
produced by the factory, so is probably coachbuilt locally. I am not
aware of any surviving Big 12 Roadsters in the UK ( write and tell
me I am wrong ) so I am forced to include this brochure shot of a
Big 9 two-seater Roadster of the same period:
Phil Homer
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