Barr Family Standards

BARR FAMILY STANDARD AND TRIUMPH OWNERSHIP 1923 – 2011

The two oldest cars in the current fleet Len's 1913 Rhyl and Stephen's 1924 Kenilworth.

Longstanding member of the Standard Motor Club, Len Barr has been delving into his family history and photograph albums. In doing so he has found that his family have owned no fewer than 23 Standards and Standard-built Triumphs at one time or another. Also, there have been Standards in the family continuously since 1923.

In many cases Len has been able to supply photographs of the cars, click on the model to go directly to the photograph:

YEAR	MODEL	REG. NO.	YEARS	COMMENTS
1921	SLO 11.6 H.P. 4 seater		1923 - 1938	lead photp
1935	Ten Saloon	BVW ---?	1935 - 1946	+
1939	Flying 14 Touring Saloon	HMG 230	1946 - 1951
1949	Vanguard Van		1949 - 1955	+
1951	Triumph Renown	THK 337	1951 - 1960	+
1950	Vanguard Phase 1	BGL 623	1953 - 1955
1955	Triumph TR2	927 DVW	1955 - 1957	+
1946	Eight Saloon	NNO 165	1960 - 1965
1947	Twelve Saloon	HAR 198	1964 - 1969
1968	Triumph 1300	NMR 756G	1968 - 1982	+
1970	Triumph 2000	FRW 641C	1974 - 1978
1924	V3 11.4 H.P. Kenilworth tourer	HE 2151	1972 - Present	*
1957	Vanguard Sportsman	11 BKX	1972 - 1975
1953	Vanguard Phase 2	KMR 469	1974 - 1982
1935	Ten Saloon	GL 2769	1975 - Present	*
1929	9.9 H.P. Teignmouth Saloon	UW 935	1977 - 1983	Re-bodied as a Van
1930	9.9 H.P. Teignmouth Saloon	VE 4023	1977 - 1981	Sold as rolling chassis
1950	Vanguard Phase 1	SEV 563	1975 - 1977
1955	Super Ten	SRU 337	1984 - 1990	*
1959	Vanguard Phase 3 Vignale Estate	525 JYA	1984 - 1992	Broken for spares
1959	Pennant	XAB 571	1987 - Present
1939	Flying 10	BTP 760	1990 - Present
1913	Model S 9.5 H.P. Rhyl 2 seater	BM 2877	1995 - Present

KEY

+ Purchased New

* Owned by Len Barr at some stage

Here are some of the cars listed:

Click on any of them to see an enlargement:

1952 Vanguard Phase 2 KMR 469 towing the trailer with the 1930 Teigmouth VE 4023. The Teigmouth was purchased from a Newmarket Garage in January 1977, after the Garage abandoned the idea to park the Teigmouth on the Garage Roof as a Garage sign.	Triumph TR2 purchased new in 1955 Taking part in the London Rally organised by the London Motor Club, 16th - 17th September 1955. My father driving with Chris Rowe as naviagator. Started at Norwich finished at Ascot. Early morning on 17th September, driving in the Welsh Mountains. Dented front wing caused by going into a ditch at 2 am, had to be pulled out by a local farmer with his tractor.
1950 Vanguard Phase 1 BGL 623, owned from 1953 - 1955	1950 Vanguard Phase 1 SEV 563 owned from 1975 - 1977
1949 Vanguard Van, purchased new for use by the family business. Kept until 1955	1929 Teignmouth, UW 935 as purchased in the January 1977 from David Hanson (Standard Motor Club founder). This is what the Van now owned by Richard Harvey started life as. Photo shows my mother, June, a youthful me aged 10, and our dog - Tinka.
1959 Vanguard Phase 3 Vignale Estate	1935 Standard 10 Saloon - Not the Barr family example but an identical car purchased on the same day. One morning in 1935, my Great Grandfather - William George Wells spent a whole morning at the local Clacton on Sea garage who were agents for both Standard and Austin. By the end of the morning he had purchased three new cars. Two 1935 Standard Ten's for his two children (my grandmother Marion Barr) and her brother William. He also purchased a 1935 Austin 20 limousine for his wife. This photo shows the 1935 Ten owned by my grandmother's brother.

If you have a history of "Standards" in your family, please write in and tell the Club all about them.

Write to Phil Homer

webmaster@standardmotorclub.org.uk

August 2011