The Standard Flying Nine was a small family car built by the Standard Motor Company from July 1936 to 1940, the smallest of the streamlined Flying Standard range that began with the Flying Twelve, Sixteen and Twenty in October 1935. Its 1,131 cc side-valve engine used a long 100 mm stroke to make the most of the 9 HP tax class, giving 30 bhp at launch and 33 bhp by 1939, with an aluminium head, a single Zenith carburettor and a four-speed gearbox with synchromesh on the top three gears. The all-steel two-door body had a sliding sunroof, a spare wheel mounted outside and no outside access to the boot. The DeLuxe had leather upholstery.
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The Flying Nine was a small family car produced by the British Standard Motor Company between July 1936 and 1940.
Models
While the DeLuxe received leather upholstery, the base Saloon had to make do with something called "leather cloth".
Design
Behind the stylish rearward sloping radiator grille was a 1,131 cc side-valve engine, with a relatively long 100 mm (3.9 in) stroke and a 60 mm (2.4 in) bore.
Design, power
Maximum output was 30 bhp (22 kW) at the time of introduction.
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The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay.
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