barrett's #145 - Solved - Standard Eight with razoredge body by Mulliners

[barrett]

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

[barrett]

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

[Carnut]

Anything to do with the Triumph Mayflower?

[barrett]

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

[Carnut]

Mulliner bodywork designed by Leslie Moore?

[woodinsight]

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

[max]

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

[barrett]

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..

[woodinsight]

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?

[barrett]

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.