Standard Nine

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Standard Nine
Production period: 1928-1940
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , limousine

The Standard Nine was a small car, which the Standard Motor Company in Coventry from 1928 built up 1940th

The name first appeared in 1928 and referred to the small car 9 hp, which had a side-controlled four-cylinder engine. In the same year the car was renamed the Big 9 and manufactured in this form until 1933. In that year the slightly smaller Little 9 appeared, which was replaced by the Flying 9 in pseudo-streamlined form in 1937. It was the smallest standard until production was discontinued due to the war in 1940.

9 hp (1928)

9 hp
Standard Nine Selby touring car (1928)

Standard Nine Selby touring car (1928)
Production period: 1928
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , limousine
Engines: Petrol engine
1.2 liters (16 kW)
Length: 3454 mm
Width: 1448 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2324 mm
Empty weight : 787 kg

In 1928, the small car appeared 9 hp with different structures and langhubigem four-cylinder in-line engine having 1,159 cc displacement (bore x stroke = 60.3 mm x 101.6 mm) of the 22 hp (16 kW) at 3000 min -1 delivered. The 9 hp was the first car with seitengesteuertem engine, the standard after World War I built. It was smaller and simpler than the other available models, 14 hp and 18/36 . The little car reached a top speed of 80 km / h.

In the same year it was renamed Big 9.

Big 9 (1928-1933)

Big 9
Standard Big 9 Swallow Sedan (1930)

Standard Big 9 Swallow Sedan (1930)
Production period: 1928-1933
Body versions : Touring car , roadster , limousine
Engines: Otto engine :
1.3 liters (18.4 kW)
Length: 3708-3835 mm
Width: 1448-1537 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2515-2572 mm
Empty weight : 838-1093 kg

Only a few months after the 9 hp appeared, a slightly larger car was offered under the name Big 9 . Not only had the wheelbase grown by 7.5 ″ (190 mm), but also the engine. The four cylinder in-line aggregate had a displacement of 1287 cc and provided 25 bhp (18.4 kW) at 3200 min -1 . The top speed increased to 87 km / h.

During 1933, the Big 9 was discontinued in favor of the smaller Little 9.

Little 9 (1933-1936)

Little 9
Standard Little 9 Sedan (1935)

Standard Little 9 Sedan (1935)
Production period: 1933-1936
Body versions : Roadster , sedan
Engines:
Petrol engines : 1.0-1.05 liters
(16 kW)
Length: 3366 mm
Width: 1359 mm
Height:
Wheelbase : 2210-2311 mm
Empty weight : 813 kg

In 1933 the Little 9 replaced the Big 9. Its wheelbase was 10.25 ″ (260 mm) shorter and it had an engine with a displacement of just 1,006 cm³, which again delivered 22 bhp (16 kW). In the following year the displacement was increased to 1,052 cm³. The vehicles could go up to 93 km / h.

In 1937 the revised Flying 9 replaced this model.

Flying Nine (1937-1940)

Flying 9
Standard Flying 9 (1937)

Standard Flying 9 (1937)
Production period: 1937-1940
Body versions : Roadster , sedan
Engines: Petrol engine :
1.1 liters
Length:
Width:
Height:
Wheelbase : 2159 mm
Empty weight :

The Flying Nine had the smallest vehicle of the series, the pseudo power line of standard Flying line. Its side-controlled inline four-cylinder engine with 1,131 cm³ (bore × stroke = 60 mm × 100 mm) was completely redesigned. The engine power was transmitted to the rear wheels via a synchronized three-speed gearbox.

In 1940 production was stopped due to the war.

Web links

Commons : Standard Nine  - collection of images, videos, and audio files

source

Culshaw, David & Horrobin, Peter: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 , Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6