1939 Standard Flying Eight Drophead Coupé [8A]

1939 Standard Flying Eight Drophead Coupé [8A] in Harry Birrell Presents Films of Love and War, Documentary, 2019

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

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Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2020-03-21 03:41	Glasgow 1940. Standard Flying Something-Small-DHC??
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-03-21 08:52	Eight.
dsl ◊ 2020-03-22 00:03	Not a floppy roof like the Tourer, so Drophead Coupé; confirmed by straight door when running clip again but no capture because the bloke in the hat blocks it almost completely by wandering left and then back again. Possibility now apparent that some of these "1940" sequences were postwar, so a 1947+ non-Flying Eight also in the mix.
johnfromstaffs ◊ 2020-03-22 10:02	I had the vain hope that the more modern looking tram might have proved the image to be post war, thus grounding the Flying Eight option. No such luck, it’s a Coronation type, deliveries of which commenced in 1937.
dsl ◊ 2021-08-17 23:10	Hood irons slightly clearer here to confirm DHC.