Author Topic: Solved - NEH 4860: Standard 8HP Tourer by unknown French coach-builder - 1946/7  (Read 673 times)

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #1 on: September 22, 2016, 04:59:04 AM »
Experts?
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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #2 on: September 22, 2016, 05:21:18 AM »
Fiat Topollino base?

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #3 on: September 22, 2016, 06:00:30 AM »
Fiat Topollino base?

No, it's not a Fiat...
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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #4 on: September 24, 2016, 08:48:07 PM »
French Ford base?

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #5 on: September 26, 2016, 03:14:05 AM »
Standard?

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #6 on: September 26, 2016, 04:49:09 AM »
French Ford base?

No, but there is a French connection..

Standard?

Yes!
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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #7 on: September 30, 2016, 05:23:31 PM »
French coachbuilder?

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #8 on: October 03, 2016, 04:12:21 AM »
French coachbuilder?

Yes, but it doesn't seem to be known which one..
All that remains now is to say what Standard model it is, so it's locked for you to complete.
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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #9 on: October 03, 2016, 10:30:56 AM »
1933 Standard 10?

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #10 on: October 03, 2016, 11:42:44 AM »
1933 Standard 10?

Actually Richard this is locked for targhediferro, since he got both the Standard and French coachbuilder answers..
Anyway, it's not a Standard 10 and not from 1933!
Locked for targhediferro again..
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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #11 on: October 05, 2016, 04:23:53 AM »
Flying Eight, about 1939?

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #12 on: October 05, 2016, 05:01:31 AM »
Flying Eight, about 1939?

I understand it to be post-war..
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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #13 on: October 10, 2016, 04:01:21 AM »
standard 8 Tourer 1947?

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Re: NEH 4860
« Reply #14 on: October 10, 2016, 04:08:28 AM »
standard 8 Tourer 1947?

That's it, although I have it as 1946 but you're near enough and might be right anyway knowing Internet facts..
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Interesting wheels for a Standard of that period!
Standard is one of the more difficult names to search for - and always has been, even before the internet!
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Interesting wheels for a Standard of that period!
Standard is one of the more difficult names to search for - and always has been, even before the internet!

Yes, it's definitely a Standard though, as can be seen by that little Union Jack on top of the grille where it meets the bonnet, which I would have edited out if I'd spotted it at the time of posting!  The wheels look very French of course.
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