The Standard Flying V-Eight, listed by Grace's Guide as the Flying V8, was the top of the pre-war Flying Standard range announced at the 1935 Motor Show, which carried semi-streamlined bodies and a waterfall grille topped by the Union Jack badge. Where the Flying Nine, Ten, Twelve and Fourteen had four-cylinder engines and the Flying Sixteen and Twenty had six-cylinders, the V-Eight used a 20 RAC hp side-valve 90 degree V8 engine and had a top speed of more than 80 mph. It was a rare model: only 250 were made, in 1936 and 1937, and it was offered for sale from 1936 to 1938, the initial price of 349 pounds being lowered to 325 pounds in the last year to clear inventory. It was built by the Standard Motor Company of Coventry, England.
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Engine20 RAC hp side-valve 90 degree V8 1 Connections
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History 1919-1939, Flying V-Eight production
250 Flying V-Eights were made from 1936 to 1937; they were offered for sale from 1936 to 1938 with the initial price of £349 lowered to £325 in the last year to clear inventory.
History 1919-1939, Flying V-Eight sale years
250 Flying V-Eights were made from 1936 to 1937; they were offered for sale from 1936 to 1938 with the initial price of £349 lowered to £325 in the last year to clear inventory.
History 1919-1939, Flying V-Eight engine
At the top of the range was the Standard Flying V-Eight, with a 20 RAC hp side-valve 90 degree V8 engine and a top speed of more than 80 mph (130 km/h).
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At the top of the range was the Standard Flying V-Eight, with a 20 RAC hp side-valve 90 degree V8 engine and a top speed of more than 80 mph (130 km/h).
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The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay.
In Group: Sedans, History 1919-1939, Flying Standards bodies
At the 1935 Motor Show the new range of Flying Standards was announced with (semi) streamlined bodies.
Exemplifies: Automobile Transport, History 1919-1939, Flying Standards
At the 1935 Motor Show the new range of Flying Standards was announced with (semi) streamlined bodies.
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