Description
This car is now sold... We will always buy your Standard , and pay the very best prices.. Please contact us
A nice tidy example of this rare car that was subject to an earlier, documented and photographed restoration. There are only a handful of these cars remaining .
A sensation when launched in 1947, the Vanguard was powered by an all-new overhead-valve ‘four’ of 2, 088cc that would later be employed to good effect in Triumph's TR sports cars.
The engine's excellent flexibility was claimed to make a four-speed gearbox unnecessary, an all-synchromesh column change three-speeder remaining the norm for many years. This engine/ transmission package was carried over to the unitary-construction Vanguard III introduced in 1955, the Sportsman version of which came with a 90bhp, twin-carburettor engine; overdrive as standard; front anti-roll bar; bigger brakes; two-tone paintwork; and an MG-style radiator grille.
901 examples were completed before production ceased in 1957.
Mechanically excellent, this excellent example runs and drives as it should.
Interior is in good order, with all guages working .
Chromework is excellent.
Happy to arrange delivery , and can P/ X with another classic car .
