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1938 Standard Flying Twelve Drophead Coupé

1938 Standard Flying Twelve Drophead Coupé in They Met in the Dark, Movie, 1943

Class: Cars, Convertible — Model origin:

1938 Standard Flying Twelve Drophead Coupé

Vehicle used by a character or in a car chase

Comments about this vehicle

Author	Message
Alexander ◊ 2006-03-29 00:41	I think it is a Jowett 8 or 10, but I am not sure and so far cannot find any proof.
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-03-29 01:30	how about a dodge
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-03-29 01:37	I think its a BMW circa 1935.
Alexander ◊ 2006-03-29 01:42	Too small for a Dodge I thought about a Fraser-Nash-BMW, but could not match it. The film was made in 1943 in the UK. Taking a genuine BMW for the good guy would probably have been not such a good idea.
wrenchhead ◊ 2006-03-29 01:48	You are probably right and it seems a little small but that grill certainly looks like a 1935 BMW. Can't find anything else with that exact shape. Some Jowetts are close but the top of the grill is too angular. I also thought about Lancia but that probably wouldn't have been any more likely than BMW.
Junkman ◊ 2006-03-29 04:45	1939 Standard Flying Eight.
pilou ◊ 2006-03-29 09:56	Agree with Junkman , Standard Flying Eight 1939.
Alexander ◊ 2006-03-29 10:00	Junkman wrote 1939 Standard Flying Eight. Of course, silly me! Thanks, Junkman!
Sunbar ◊ 2007-01-24 11:46	Quite probably the make is 'Standard' but the 'Flying Eight' Tourer is a smaller car than this. The 'Flying Eight' Tourer had flexible side-screens in place of the glass side windows with the quarter-lite as shown in the movie vehicle. Not a 'Flying Eight' as here www.imcdb.org/vehicle.php?id=82102 -- Last edit: 2007-01-24 11:47:33
Sunbar ◊ 2007-01-24 12:00	1939 Flying Light Twelve Drophead Coupe as below. The following are for the 1937 model although by 1939 brochures for the Flying Twelve saloon show they use the later 'Water-fall' radiators. Link to "www.motorbase.com" -- Last edit: 2007-01-24 12:21:32
Sunbar ◊ 2019-11-06 21:34	The Flying Twelve Drophead Coupé was introduced in March 1937. Flying Twelve with waterfall grill from October 1937, model year 1938.

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