Standard Motor Products, Madras and other Indian Standards

Indian built Pennant, known and badged as the Standard 10

This new minisite  brings together all the material I have published about Indian built Standards over the last few months. It is dedicated to early Standard cars in India and also to the later cars produced by Standard Motor Products of Madras in India from roughly 1948 to 1987. For the later cars I am indebted to Karl Bhote and Shyam Krishnămachary, THE Standard enthusiasts in the sub-continent, for the majority of this content and their continued efforts to seek out Standard cars and aid their preservation. By increasing knowledge of the marque, through these pages, we hope that more owners will understand their heritage and help to rescue these cars. As will be seen, not all the cars are in the condition of the Pennant above, much of the stock is in poor or very poor condition and we hope that more people will adopt a car now, before it is too late, and restore it over time.

Because Standard production in India continued until 1987, I am abandoning the usual 1963 cut-off associated with our cars.

This section of the site contains the following areas:

• History of the Standard Motor Products, Madras

• Featured Cars in India, including restorations.

The Cars:

• Vanguards

• Standard 8s, 10s and Pennants

• 10 Companions

• Standard Herald Mk 1's

• Standard Herald Mk 2's

• Standard Herald Companions

• Standard Herald Mk 3's

• Standard Gazel's

• The Standard 20. can do plenty!

• Standard 2000

Archives:

     Contains Brochures for the:

• Standard 20

• Standard Herald Mark 3

• Standard Gazel

Events:

• Event Reports (coming shortly)

Save a Car:

• Standards for Sale

I realise that this area  of the site is in its infancy and there is much more material out there to publish. If you have any input whatsoever please send it to me, Phil Homer, or tell us about Standard in India on our newly created thread on the Standard Forum.