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Triumph sedan...for a brave dude!

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The stuff dreams are made of. I'm not sure I buy the hand crank starting though. It wasn't unusual for cars to have a place for the crank as a seldom used back up.
 
Dale said:
I'm not sure I buy the hand crank starting though. It wasn't unusual for cars to have a place for the crank as a seldom used back up.
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And you would be absolutely right! I suppose someone might have pirated the starter before the seller got the car, but rest assured it did have one originally! (Wondered how long it would take someone to pick up on that detail; congratulations, Dale! :thumbsup: )
 
Someone who very need old car will buy it.
 
70herald said:
Stuff a 1500cc Spit engine in, paint it with primer and it will be a great little rat rod.
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Funny you should mention that. Just such modifications seem to have become somewhat popular in England, so much so that the Standard Motor Club has set up not only a "Sub-Standard" section on their Forum but also the same class for shows! Some folks have done some pretty interesting things with their little Standard 8s and 10s!

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Reputed to have a supercharged V-6...
 
"a few small trim peices missing and a couple door panels"

I'm sure you could just pick these up at your FLAPS!

Looks like it would be a fun car, if you had the time, money, and patience to get her running again.
 
Our very first saloon car was a 1955 Standard 10, so these cars do bring back memories - some of being cold and wet and trying to get the bl@@dy thing to start with the handle, being too poor to afford a decent battery that would hold a charge overnight!
40 pounds I paid for it, and 50 I got for it 6 months later on trade-in for a 59 Hillman Minx, so it didn't owe me much!
 
I'm stuffing a 2.3 liter Ford into a 56 Hillman Husky at the moment. It has a provision for the hand crank as well. So far the fab work is going pretty easy. Did the engine and tranny test fit this weekend and made the new engine mounts and clearance the fire wall. Working on the new frame rails now. No floor in it to slow me down. Once the rails are done, then I get to fit the Dana Posi rear diff sourced from a postal Jeep. Then it's on to fabricating floors.
 
Hope i can get a TR10 estate someday.
 
A number of years ago when I had a street '76 Spitfire I joined a club in Springfield Ma and one of the officers had a TR10 for his daily driver ! (His wife had a more conventional ride.) That TR10 was one slow stone with the tired, puny stock engine. Different it was and sometimes that's all it takes. Bob
 
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