Standard Flying Sixteen/Twenty: Difference between revisions

The Flying Sixteen/Twenty was commonly a four-door, five-seat saloon with a gently tapering body and a split rear [[windshield]], but other designs were also available. The Flying series used streamlined bodywork, with bodywork (from the a-pillar and back) shared between the [[Standard Flying Twelve|Flying Twelve]], Flying Sixteen, and Flying Twenty. The front end was different, and wheelbases differed to accommodate the various [[Engine|engines]].{{cite web | url = http://www.simoncars.co.uk/standard/flying20.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181214155007/http://www.simoncars.co.uk/standard/flying20.html | archive-date = 2018-12-14 | title = Standard Flying Twenty | work = Simon Cars | first = Simon | last = Geoghegan }} The Sixteen sat on a {{cvt|116|in|mm|sigfig=3}} [[wheelbase]], while Flying Twenty buyers could choose between {{cvt|117|and|123|in|mm|sigfig=3}} wheelbases.{{cite web | url = https://www.classicandsportscar.com/guides/classic-cars-a-to-z/standard-flying-sixteentwenty | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20211017122539/https://classicandsportscar.com/guides/classic-cars-a-to-z/standard-flying-sixteentwenty | archive-date = 2021-10-17 | title = Standard Flying Sixteen/Twenty | work = Classic & Sports Car: A-to-Z of Classics | publisher = Haymarket Media Group }}

The standard, fastback body was designed under direction of Arthur Ballard and was built by [[Briggs Manufacturing Company#Ford|Briggs Motor Bodies]]. Being of a somewhat bulbous appearance, the design is often called a “beetle-back.” In addition to this, [[Coachbuilder|coachbuilders]] [[New Avon (coachbuilder)|Avon]] also offered their “Waymaker” design – a more rakish, lower slung, four-door touring sedan – until their bankruptcy in late 1937.{{cite web | url = https://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/STANDARD_1937.html | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220116212428/http://www.classiccarcatalogue.com/STANDARD_1937.html | archive-date = 2022-01-16 | title = Standard 1937 | work = Classic Car Catalogue }} The conventional shield-shaped radiator casing was replaced by a chromed vertically-barred “fencer’s mask” grille late in 1937 for the 1938 model year. This also brought with it a model name change, becoming the Flying Twenty ”’20A”’. For the 1939 model year, the “torpedo” ([[fastback]]) design was changed to a notchback look, becoming the ”’20CA”’ in the process. While production reportedly ended in 1939, the Flying Twenty remained in price lists into 1940.