Description From a deceased estate; was in regular use up until 2012; brakes require attention; rare model, one of only around 5 known to survive Sir John Black joined Standard as Managing Director from Hillman in 1929 and came in with a new broom, increasing sales dramatically.

One of his ideas was to offer the full running chassis to coachbuilders, a plan which met with considerable success.

William Lyons was perhaps his most famous customer, with Swallow Coachworks in Coventry producing the SS Jaguar built on a lowered Standard chassis.

Another beneficiary of this new policy was Avon Coachworks of Warwick who produced a most attractive range of Standard Avon Specials, initially based on the excellent Standard 9hp chassis.

Based on the more powerful Standard Ten, the Standard Avon Sports was a dashing 4-seater with full running boards and a high compression engine.

Fitted with a 4-speed gearbox and taller back axle ratio, it offered a fair turn of speed in exchange for modest fu...