BRITAINS FORGOTTEN CLASSIC CAR! - RARE 1950'S STANDARD 10 SALOON! 

my father had one and we went down to spain for our holidays in his in 1960, no motorways then, great times

Wow, it's in great condition. A very nice find. All the best, Mart.

She is indeed a beauty Alex. Proof that little tucked away pockets of gold still exist out there!

Nice Little Car!!! CHEERS from Westcoast Canada! P.S. It should be called STAN the Standard!!!

what a great purchase of a 100% original Standard 10. Well bought.

That looks like a very good buy, Excellent history and the engine sounded good. Well done. Bob

You found a great original! There are great products out there to bring back old paint now days! It looks in good condition with some rejuvenation products!

My very first car. I bought an 8 year old in 1964 for the princely sum of £124. Really loved it. In 1965 I was a trainee manager with Littlewoods Stores and travelled from my home in Angus to Glasgow, Carlisle, Gateshead and Basildon stores. Great to drive and reliable. Sadly on my return north from Basildon i encountered torrential rain and near Grantshouse just over the Scottish border, skidded at a sharp bend, lost control and demolished several yards of metal fencing. I was unharmed but the car was a write off. It was 3rd party only insured. I got £7 scrap value or it.

nice t cut should bring that paint back alex

I owned a 1957 Eight Goldstar until last year,thats the one with the boot lid! Lovely classic!

Well done! Looks like an absolute gem! Looking forward to seeing what it’s like to live with.

A cool addition to your fleet. A great story behind it too. 🚙

Surprisingly, the 1958 and 1959 Standard 10 was imported into the USA as the Triumph 10. I bought a 1959 model in the early 1970s. It was sound, and I drove it for two years. Very few were sold after being imported, so it was a very rare car. Rare does not mean valuable, however. I paid $100 for it. It was, however, unique, and very interesting for those who saw it. Young women at the time thought it was "cute," which worked to my advantage as a young lad. In fact, I met my wife by offering a her ride in "Mabel." Sadly, spares were scarce and an engine problem put paid to my ownership. I gave it to another young fellow, who transplanted the engine and transmission from a later year Herald and drove on for quite some time, Thank you for the look back into my past.

That’s a nice looking car,like the colour inside and out and hopefully will polish up well. Looking forward to more videos on this one

That was my first car when I learnt to drive in about 1966! It was a great little car and we did many miles together. I used to take two or three mates up into the Highlands for fishing weekends. Oh happy days; I wish you all the best with that one and I'll be watching out to see how you get on with it.

They are sweet little cars -you can see Nissan was impressed too with its Figarro.

WOW! The advert said you can reverse the front seats, fold down the REAR seat, and sleep in the car! Every other car that claimed you could fold down seats and "sleep" there, seems to have been lying - because they didn't fold evenly, and would have been uncomfortable. But the couple in the advert REALLY do look comfortable! Wish WE knew had had fold down seats!

lovely car Alex. I do like these.

Nice motor!! Very clean!!! I've had my 1970 Morris Minor 1000 Deluxe Saloon for 26 years. So glad I found your channel!!

My brother had one of these. Rock solid. I remember once it had a puncture, so four of us just rolled it onto it's roof on the grass bank, while he changed the wheel, then rolled it back up again. No damage. When cars were made of steel, not tin foil.

Loved the Australian TV Ad , Australian Actor Leonard Teale doing the Voice over . the Australian local model had a Different instrument binnacle i noted. , very rare here nowadays

Also, congratulations on finding that lovely Standard 10! It looks to be in fabulous condition. I have a 1955 Standard 8 I bought in 2021 as a "barn find" project which I was excited to get stuck in to, but unfortunately for 'reasons', I may now have to sell it.

What an absolute gem Alex! Extremely low mileage! As for Sparky, see if you can find someone who is willing to take it on as a project, one that can be saved. As for the name, I'm thinking either Stanley or Lawrence; Stanley Standard or Lawrence after the LCL 28 original number plate. A good wash inside and out a well as clay bar will bring back the Standard. I also agree a full service is needed, not only to make it road worthy but also it is needed for standing so long. A daily drive it definitely needs! A complement to George as well!

Must be find of the year. Good luck to you. Just love it.

What a beautiful car! I can't wait till you drive her... Cheers.

Very nice! Love all the 40's and 50's standard's always have, they're like mini gangster cars 🤘

Cracking car, what a buy!

looks like you bought well - underrated so to your advantage, well done!

My first car in 1969, $40 in Oz, came with a decent tool kit worth more than the car. It did struggle up some of the hills in Melbourne 😂

Looks an excellent purchase, engine sounds excellent. The exhaust downpipe in the boot is a Triumph Herald 3 bolt type. If you want to use the car you should change the top hose for the correct bellows type hose, the non bellows hose will after a while cause the solder on the radiator to break. The original bellow type is designed to absorb the rocking motion of the engine.

Looks like a great score

Hi Alex. What a fantastic little Standard. I used to own a series 1 Vanguard. I love this kind of car, a real gem of a find. After watching a few of your videos I have subscribed and I'm looking forward to upcoming episodes.

Alex, call her Sadie! My late father’s first car was a Standard 8 back in the 1950s

Recognised the soundtrack from our Herald which we had in the 80's. If there is no filter then best to use a low detergent oil (eg Morris heritage range) and the dirt drops into the sump. Drop and clean the sump every couple of years. I do this with my Austin 8

it has to be stan, or even name it after the old boy who owned it in his memory might be more fitting :)

They must have been well built, I remember seeing them on the roads well into the 70s

I was in the UK last summer and followed one of those and had not a clue what it was...thank you... should be a great build. And watch it, I am also almost 66 years old and not a single spot of rust, a lot of wear, but no rust...

The Standard 10 was an extremely popular car in its day and for the era was a great ltlle car. I owned a few my last one in the 1980s was a Standard 10 Companion (Estate car) it was fab, really miss it and she is still going strong. The 998 cc Gold Seal engine was a peppy soul and formed the base for the Triumph Spitfire. Enjoy your find, she will give lots of miles of fun and as cheap as chip to run.

Sir Stirling Moss had one. While still at school I had a Girl Friend * who had one but hers was a little pick up truck, one side of the car was bright yellow and the other side was bright red..😁😁. The advert is Australian with a Kiwi doing the voice over .Note the Victorian rego plate and windshield sticker .And the 1954 Ford Customline at the end of the clip. * We got our drivers license at 15 in New Zealand back then.

My Dad had a 1955 10 and I passed my test in the car in 1977. It was RNC 679 but there is no record of it today which is sad. My Dad had a lot of time for the car and always did his own maintenance and repairs.

Passed my driving test in Canterbury, Kent, in Dec.1958 aged 17yrs 2 month in a Standard 10. Soon after that I bought an Austin A30 2 Door, progressed to a Wolseley 1500 (Great Car) but I nearly wrote it off coming off the M 2 and not slowing down enough. Lost money there and I bought ..... a Standard 8 with no boot, luggage etc behind the rear passenger seat, Great fun in that going to watch Stock Car Racing with 4 Adults and 4 (small) Kids. Sat the Kids on the Roof and Bonnet so they could see better. Bought it for £30 and sold it after about 2 years or so for £35. The Kids called it "Chuggaboo". Happy Days!! I'm 82 now and occasionally drive my ONLY car, a 1966 Singer Vogue. Not so much fun though.

What brilliant music this car comes with! I always think Pickles is a nice name. 🐈

It's charming! 🙂

They were very under rated in their time .my father had a standard 10.it had an alexander conversion basically a tuned engine with twkn carburettors it would hold its own with modern traffic if it still exists.

As farmers back in early sixties father bought a grey one and procceded to hand paint it pale blue bottom half and black top repeated years later on a austin somerset...mini van ...a austin 3liter truck a bedford tk truck me thinks he liked that colour scheme... as a young un i dont remember being in it much my fave car he bought new in 1962 a vw beetle...😂

This car (internally the 8 and 10 were referred to as "SC" for small car.) was replaced by the Herald in 1959 although the two sold alongside one another for a few months and it varied in some export markets a local CKD assembly could be behind domestic production schedules. The Herald is on a chassis because BMC had bought Fisher&Ludlow who built the SC bodies, and declined to supply the replacement product. The Herald's chassis allowed Standard to buy the Herald body in small sections from different suppliers. The Ten did not replace the Eight but sat above it in the range with a higher price point justified by the opening boot, twin wipers etc as well as the larger engine.

On the subject of conditioning vinyl, I found washing vinyl with a solution of LEMON washing up , not only CLEANS, but DOES condition, as well!

It’s gone to a good home, you will look after it properly.

This was first car I can remember my family owning around 1958/9 - my father was a rep and drove all over southern England in it, and it was used a couple of times for family trips up to Cheshire, which included a run up the then-new M1 motorway to Rugby. I remember my dad quite liking the car, but it was a company vehicle, and they replaced it by a Hillman Minx around 1962 which he liked rather more.

Love it looks a real tidy little motor enjoy.

Great video & superb project, incredibly original. As a kid in the 1970’s, Gran’s neighbour, Mr Dove, had an immaculate ‘very shiny beige’ Standard 8 with spot lamps & windscreen sunshade, seemed a very old car, even then. My Gran used to say, Mr Dove was so tight, his car didn’t even have an opening boot, her mini clubman did. YT ‘ Old Classic Car’ Rick has a Black Standard 10 on his channel

We own a 1955 Standard 10 identical to this one. We have owned it for 27 years. It's a great little car and easy to keep on the road. Your car looks in great condition. Good luck with it.

Wouldn't pull the skin off a rice pudding! 😀😀😀

Lovely car Alex. It's in really good overall condition too. Congratulations 🎉

In ‘66 I had a yellow 8 which was a lovely little car for first time driver.

You haven't given up on your Allegro have you? This Standard is a dear little car! It looks really nice.

Stunning looking car. Engine sounds sweet

I can't wait until you tell Fox you have found the ideal vehicle to ' cut cost's on your next holiday.

I've one of them. Goodluck with a fun little motor

Looks half decent, service, jump in and go!

Amazing.

I concour with many others- Stanley.

That's in really good nick!

That's a beautiful honest old car you have. Looking forward to seeing more videos.

a lovely addition to the fleet

Good old cars.ive got an 8 and a super 10.

Not my thing as I have no link in my memory to that age of car from parents or grandparents, I’ve always fancied an Austin Cambridge A60 but that’s late 60’s. How many weeks are you planning on keeping this one? 😂

A brilliant car well done

A little car like this is all ya need. Nice 4 cylinder engine, good on gas and easy on tires, basic transportation. What more would ya need? Only thing though, not sure I can get use to driving it because of the steering wheel is on the right side instead of the left side. On second thought, don't even think this engine isn't a 4 cylinder. Still a nice little car to save gas with though.

LCL 82 is on all the reg plates selling places. but its not cheap

XWB-a good old Sheffield registration that.

alex, wipers and heater might just be contacts on the fuses?

Looks like a Stanley to me! Odd that the plates were changed ... maybe LCL82 meant something to someone... According to the UK registration number page on Wikipedia (which I happened to have open - how sad!), CL is a Norwich plate and WB is a Sheffield plate. Initially local authorities issued 1 or 2 letters followed by 1 to 9999 ... most then went to 3 letters followed by numbers before flipping to numbers followed by letters (although some authorities had different ideas ...) It's quite possible LCL82 was an older plate used as a cherished number added to the car in the 80s before it was sold and the original number returned - certainly LCL82 number plate's style looks like it was made more recently than the plates it now wears ... quite a curious story there! As you say, a good looking car in great shape! Although it's a little sad to see Sparky becoming a reserve car, it's probably better for your blood pressure to keep him under wraps and take on a more rewarding challenge! Looking forward to seeing how the paint looks after some tlc! Good luck!

To honor her original number plate, maybe Lucille would be a good name?

The Fiat is going 😭 it's probably the best daily car you have, it's also tiny so you can't say it eats up room. I think you will get bored pottering along in this 10....

Stan is the name.

I’m an Allegro fan😮…let us know what you do with yours. 🤔

Id call his Stan or Stella

After T-Cutting the paint, to a proper shine, you should finish the job - by going on the internet (you will have to nowadays, to get it), and buy some some polish that's called POLYMER SEALANT. I used to work in car accessory shops, and this superior polish was all the rage! WHEN THEY WERE ADVERTISING IT! But the public were a bit ignorant, and some people carried on - even today - just buying WAX polish! (Isn't that rubbish just for wooden furniture). POLYMER SEALANT is called that, because the POLYMER means plastic, and the SEALANT is called that because that's exactly what it does. It IS a sealant, that seals the paint so air doesn't get to it, and fade it again. Just as silver tarnishes because of exposure to air! AND, different colours of paint are MORE prone to fading, in this way. BECAUSE different colours are PHYSICALY different - because the pigment for some colours is more prone to fade. Which colours are most prone to fading? Try remembering the colours of the Union Jack - red, white, and , indeed, BLUE!

I don't know what they go fore on that side of the pond . But about 10000.00 canadian on this side. Cheers

You should name him stanley.

If you pump Graphite based grease into all the nipples, and replace the engine oil with graphited lubricant, that car will out-live you.! Only the ordinary things like brakes and the clutch-plate , now and again the points needed cleaning, ever went wrong with those old motors. Then if they did, you could usually fix them yourself.!

I passed my driving test in 1956 in a Standard 8 {no separate boot lid on the 8} from BSM.

Gorgeous old car!!