The Union Jack Mystery (Lots of Updates: Standard, but 1921, 1923 or 1925?)

The Standard is a 1921 model SLO, 11.6 H.P. tourer, with the 4 cylinder, overhead valve, 1598 cc engine. Yes, the majority of cars built on this chassis were of the two seater and dickey type, however, a four seater tourer was also offered. The SLO model was built between 1920 - 1922 and was superseeded in 1922 by the 1944 cc SLO4 model which remained in production until 1926.

I believe this is an SLO- 4. This larger SLO was introduced in February 1922 and discontinued in 1924. The '4' had a 9ft 8in chassis and earlier SLO's only 9ft- the car shown almost certainly has the long wheelbase. Also photos I have seen of earlier SLO's show only 3 bonnet (hood) louvres, and when R J Davy wrote his book on the marque (long ago, in 1967) all known early SLO survivors were 2 seaters. However by 1924 the bonnet line was 'flatter' than this one and loop- type handles had generally been replaced by straight ones, so this is probably a 1922 model- possibly a 1923. The 4 cylinder engine was 1,944cc, 75 x 90mm, (13.9hp) and had overhead valves. Given that 'common' also means 'popular' you would be right, since 4,000 were made in 1923, which was a lot for Britain at that time. The four seat tourer was known as the 'Warwick' and it cost £450.

Ziet er uit als een circa 1921 Standard SLO. zie: http://www.standardmotorclub.org.uk/cars/cargallery.htm
met vriendelijke groet,

Henri Arriëns

It's a Standard, the marque adopted Union Jack as a part of it's identity in 1908. The car in the picture is from about 1923.

The clue could indeed be the union flag. Is it a Standard? Graham

Standard

standards used to have a union jack on their rads and they were also that squished bottle shape too

Car is a Standard.

I'm sure it's a Standard, made in Coventry, I don't know the year or trhe model though.

The car is a Standard, possibly 9.5 HP. Despite the antiquated door handle, it is probably immediately post WWI (say, 1919 or 1920). The Union Flag was a well-known feature of radiators of this make.

Think this is a Standard 13.9HP of around 1923 or maybe a year or two later. It states in Georgano's Encyclopedia Of Motorcars that from 1923 thes cars carried the emblem of the 9th Roman Legion on the radiator. Looking at the photograph the car appears to have one of these fitted. Just my guess.

Dave
Philippines

A approx 1921 Standard SLO 4 seater.

It's a Standard.about '25 I would guess.