[arun1100]

Have been seeing this Standard Herald since few weeks on an elevated parking in Cunningham Road, Bangalore.

[///RMan]

A Standard Herald MKIII(?) seen in Mumbai by Viren Parikh

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by ///RMan

A Standard Herald MKIII(?) seen in Mumbai by Viren Parikh

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Yes, it's a mk3 with a modified rear suspension, fitted with a rigid/beam axle, most probably from a Standard 10, and twin leaf springs. Quite a few Heralds here in the south were modified thus.
the wheels on this car are of Fiat though.

[///RMan]

Standard with some non-Standard company

[singer_1948]

Way back in 1973 we were in Madras shopping for my uncle's approaching wedding. When we were shopping at Spencer's in Mount Road I remember seeing 4 ladies coming in a chocolate red Herald, so obviously it was a 4 seater Herald and not a coupe, can't remember whether Standard or Triumph. They parked their car in front of Spencer's which had a huge parking area in the front in those days and I could watch the car from the Spencer's. Till then I have seen only the Herald sedans and convertibles. This car had a different top; it was matt finish black and looked as if made from a rubber compound; maybe it was fibreglass. The car top did not have rear side windows and the rear windscreen was smaller, just like the convertibles. The top was rounded or had a rather smoothened edge above the rear windscreen, unlike the sedan which has a sharp well defined edge and more like the coupe.
I was wondering whether any of the old timers have seen this car in Madras. Did Triumph at any time make the coupe type tops for the 4 seaters also?

[the mole]

Originally Posted by singer_1948

I was wondering whether any of the old timers have seen this car in Madras. Did Triumph at any time make the coupe type tops for the 4 seaters also?

Triumph had a 4 seater coupe with a more rounded top. I think it was made of fibreglass. I know this because I arranged to buy this top for a friends triumph herald from England. Unfortunately he lost interest or did not want to spend money. But yes your description fits the bill, it must have been a triumph 4 seater coupe probably imported with the racing top!

[Anwesh]

Seen in Navi Mumbai. Looks like a runner.

Regards,

[Ajit Kanbur]

Does anyone know, where is the chassis number imprinted on the chassis of Herald cars?
Mine has a plate that mentions the engine and chassis number, but the RTO wants the imprint on the chassis frame.
Any leads would help.
Regards.

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by Ajit Kanbur

Does anyone know, where is the chassis number imprinted on the chassis of Herald cars?
Mine has a plate that mentions the engine and chassis number, but the RTO wants the imprint on the chassis frame.
Any leads would help.
Regards.

The commission no. and engine number on that riveted plate are the correct numbers for the RTO. For Heralds they were not stamped on the body/chassis. There is a number stamped on the front cross member of the frame, but that is a different number altogether and will not match. Unfortunately the only thing to do is try and reason with them.

[travancore]

courtesy: Madras Local History Group.



A nice "commercial" Herald . Seems to be MSV-x059.

[Stanher]

Originally Posted by singer_1948

Way back in 1973 we were in Madras shopping for my uncle's approaching wedding. When we were shopping at Spencer's in Mount Road I remember seeing 4 ladies coming in a chocolate red Herald, so obviously it was a 4 seater Herald and not a coupe, can't remember whether Standard or Triumph.
Till then I have seen only the Herald sedans and convertibles.

Firstly, all Heralds in India were 4 seaters, only difference was in the doors (2-door and later 4-door)
The coupe version was never available in India and it had a different looking roof altogether:

https://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=137613&country=au

Also, there were never any convertible versions of the Standard Herald (Indian) either. The so-called convertibles you'd seen here were all owner or dealer-modified cars. Standard Motor Products (Madras) also did a few such conversions for a brief period on customer's order (obviously at a price) but they were simply fitted with a soft top, which stood out grossely like a rickshaw top, as seen on most of these converted cars.

Originally Posted by the mole

Triumph had a 4 seater coupe with a more rounded top. I think it was made of fibreglass. I know this because I arranged to buy this top for a friends triumph herald from England. Unfortunately he lost interest or did not want to spend money. But yes your description fits the bill, it must have been a triumph 4 seater coupe probably imported with the racing top!

Or a modified Standard Herald.
The Triumph Herald coupe came with only a metal roof though and looked like this:

https://car-from-uk.com/sale.php?id=137613&country=au

Originally Posted by Anwesh

Seen in Navi Mumbai. Looks like a runner.

Regards,

Seen pics. of this car when was freshly done up, taken at kalina by kasli years ago!

Originally Posted by travancore

A nice "commercial" Herald . Seems to be MSV-x059.

Thanks for making out the number for me!
Could be a conversion or even a Herald front end unit that was a driveway chassis offered (though apparently not for too long) by Standard Motor Products:

[KPS]

This 1937 Standard Flying 12 have rediscovered in Bangalore

Seems to be a complete car with a fast back body

The crank cover shows 12











Cheers

KPS

[singer_1948]

In the late sixties, I used to see a Left Hand Drive Standard 8 convertible usually parked at a hotel (Casino Hotel, if my memory is correct) in Wellington Island, Kochi (Cochin, Kerala). If I remember correctly, it was a Standard 8 and not the Super 10. As far as I know Standard 8 never had a convertible model. Has anyone seen this car or could anyone please enlighten me on the possibility of a tourer version of Standard 8.

[josejoseph]

Please watch this episode of Barn Find Hunter -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-RozE99z6w

Shot in rural England, this episode features a lot of Standard Triumph cars and Atlas vans and other British cars. I'm sure Stanher will find this very interesting.

[KartikeyaL]

Somewhere in Bhopal