With no boot and sliding windows that’ll be a very early Eight, looks tidy too!
Used to have a 1955 Standard 10 many moons ago, sold it in 1987 to fund a trip to the USA. Dropped a 1298 Spitfire engine and box into it – if I remember rightly the engine bolted in okay but we needed to fabricate a new gearbox mounting. The Spitfire diff fits the Standard back axle so that sorted that end out. Very early Spitfire discs are a bolt on swap, if you can find some! Ideally you’ll need the entire set-up including the steering arms from the Spitfire. The car was Dove Grey and ran stock front steels and 6J steel rears all painted red with caps and rings
My good mate JH used to have an early 8 – known as The Raven due to its colour (see below, behind the subtle yellow ’32) – that ran a well-tuned 1298 Spitfire lump and matching box. It got two-doored (and painted Fiat Baby Blue) and the front hubs got machined to take a Ford 4x108 stud pattern, the rear axle being changed for a Ford 105E item, it ran 14-inch diameter slots all round.
Another shots of a black 8/10 from Google…
Rich-G
Used to have a 1955 Standard 10 many moons ago, sold it in 1987 to fund a trip to the USA. Dropped a 1298 Spitfire engine and box into it – if I remember rightly the engine bolted in okay but we needed to fabricate a new gearbox mounting. The Spitfire diff fits the Standard back axle so that sorted that end out. Very early Spitfire discs are a bolt on swap, if you can find some! Ideally you’ll need the entire set-up including the steering arms from the Spitfire. The car was Dove Grey and ran stock front steels and 6J steel rears all painted red with caps and rings
My good mate JH used to have an early 8 – known as The Raven due to its colour (see below, behind the subtle yellow ’32) – that ran a well-tuned 1298 Spitfire lump and matching box. It got two-doored (and painted Fiat Baby Blue) and the front hubs got machined to take a Ford 4x108 stud pattern, the rear axle being changed for a Ford 105E item, it ran 14-inch diameter slots all round.
Another shots of a black 8/10 from Google…
Rich-G
