Was standard sports a class of racing or a model name? The term standard sports seems to come up in relation to several breeds of cars around that period. If it was a class, what were the specifications for that type of racing?
Malcolm Parker
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
The 'Standard Sports' was the first factory built sports Austin 7. It was essentially a chummy with pointed tail, raked windscreen and wings and a lowered seating position. Later examples used standard chummy wings. OL166 is the factory supported trials car, usually campaigned by Wallace Milton who I believe was a London dentist. The number plate OL166 was originally on one of the 'Boulogne' fabric bodied Austin 7 racers, pictures of which are on this super website.
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Was standard sports a class of racing or a model name? The term standard sports seems to come up in relation to several breeds of cars around that period. If it was a class, what were the specifications for that type of racing?
The 'Standard Sports' was the first factory built sports Austin 7. It was essentially a chummy with pointed tail, raked windscreen and wings and a lowered seating position. Later examples used standard chummy wings. OL166 is the factory supported trials car, usually campaigned by Wallace Milton who I believe was a London dentist. The number plate OL166 was originally on one of the 'Boulogne' fabric bodied Austin 7 racers, pictures of which are on this super website.