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Puzzles, Games and Name That Car => Solved AutoPuzzles => 2011 => Topic started by: barrett on March 01, 2011, 07:17:11 PM

Title: barrett's #145 - Solved - Standard Eight with razoredge body by Mulliners
Post by: barrett on March 01, 2011, 07:17:11 PM

Apologies for the bad picture... who can tell me what this car is? Make, model, coachbuilder and year for a point please

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: barrett on March 18, 2011, 12:54:36 PM

Clearing my puzzles before I leave, so this goes straight to the pros...

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: Carnut on March 18, 2011, 01:07:53 PM

Anything to do with the Triumph Mayflower?

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: barrett on March 18, 2011, 01:15:29 PM

There is, but the car is not a Triumph.... I'm sure you can find the connection!

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: Carnut on March 18, 2011, 04:54:57 PM

Mulliner bodywork designed by Leslie Moore?

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: woodinsight on March 19, 2011, 07:40:07 AM

This looks like a Lanchester LD10, probably 1947/48 with bodywork by Mulliners of Birmingham (as Carnut has suggested)

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: max on March 20, 2011, 11:48:03 AM

Maybe Mulliners bodywork on Sunbeam Talbot 10, 1947/8.

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: barrett on March 20, 2011, 02:45:05 PM

The body was built by Mulliners, but not designed by Leslie Moore.

The chassis is not Lanchester or Sunbeam

1947/8 is not the year either...

I wont lock it as all three answers are on the right track, let's see who can find it first..

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: woodinsight on March 20, 2011, 11:44:02 PM

My Lanchester guess was way off the mark - don't know how I came to that conclusion.  :-[

I wonder if this is a Standard 8 bodied by Mulliners c.1945?

Title: Re: barrett's #145
Post by: barrett on March 24, 2011, 08:54:15 AM

Correct!
The Standard Eight was designed in 1945/6 by James 'Jimmy' Wignall and built by William 'Bill' Thompson who was works manager at the mulliners factory.
The body was made from balsawood sandwhiched between two layers of plywood, following aircraft practice, with aluminium wings and steel bonnet. the car was shown to Sir John Black and influenced the design of the Renown/ Mayflower range.