TR3driver said:
Be fun to find the guy he bought it from and see how much he's trying to make on the car ...
The seller has had the for several years. I know, 'cause it's been listed on my Database page for several years! If I were to speculate, I'd suggest that he's not trying to make money; it's at least as likely that he'd like to recoup a portion of his investment. But I'd rather not speculate. /bcforum/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif
As an early version of the Standard 8, it's a pretty rare car. Note, for example, that the doors have sliding glass (ala TR3A side curtains) and there is no boot lid (again, spare tire door ala TR2/3). Originally, even the passenger side wiper was an option. Very bare-bones cars, enough so that thoughts of marketing them in the US (as the
Standard Vanguard Cadet ) were quickly squelched! And I'm reasonably sure that it is one of, if not THE, only running Standard 8s in the US (yeah, I'm the one who planted that idea in the current owner's head; I've only ever even heard of one other, which I believe was a slightly later one).
Oh, and yeah, I wouldn't mind having it at all, but it's not to be right now.