The two
children are Alain & Bernard Géronnez the
picture date from 55 or 56.
The Géronnez
family Vanguard as a cake!
Hello Didier,
The Standard Motor Company bought the Triumph Company in December 1945 for £75,000.
This consisted of the goodwill and the name only. All Triumph cars thereafter
were designed and built by the Standard Motor Company at their Canley, Coventry
factory. Therefore the only "Triumph" component on a Herald is the
badge.
Depending on the age of your
Herald, the commission plate will say that it was built by the Standard Motor
Company, Or by Standard-Triumph, or by Triumph or later by British Leyland when ST was taken
over by Leyland. It is just different names for the same company and workforce.
Hence the similarity of the badges as both cars were built by the same company.
Your father's Vanguard was a quite early model. It may be 1948-49 when almost
all of them were built for export. Later cars used separate sidelights.
I will use the pictures of the Vanguard on the site, so it would be useful to
know who the children are and the reason that the cake was made?
Regards,
Phil Homer
Hi Phil,
The cake was made to inaugurate his new car in the year 49 or 50. He was
very proud of it.
The two children are my brothers Alain & Bernard Géronnez the picture
date from 55 or 56.
The Bakery was "Pâtisserie Joye" rue de Savoie 107
Saint-Gilles Bruxelles
I send you an another picture from their bakery's car I found
today (unidentified car ... do you have an idea ?)
regards
Didier
Hi Didier,
It was quite difficult to track
down the maker of your van, and in fact I can't find another anywhere. Its quite
distinctive as the front wings extend right back behind the doors. I have
no doubt though that it is based on this Hillman Estate Car of 1949, though I
have no idea who did the van conversion, or where. Hillman commercials were
called Commers, but I suspect this one retained its Hillman badges.
Regards, Phil
