Lonn, I believe your Thai friend is correct. Standard purchased the Triumph mark
in 1945/46. Standard was in turn purchased/assimilated into British Leyland,
which in turn dissolved into The Rover Group, which was ultimately purchased by
BMW. So, using my famed Southern California logic, this makes my TR-6 and his
Standard at minimum a close brothers, fellow LBCs, and, LHCs (Little Hun Cars)
by acquisition. BTW, does anyone in the U.K. have access to bricks from the
former Triumph factory? Best, Dave Stephenson
Lonn Howard wrote:
> My wife and I just returned from three weeks in Thailand. I suffered
> withdrawal symptoms the entire time; eyes always scanning the road ahead for
> an LBC, sneaking peaks at my parts catalogues which I secreted into my
> luggage, etc. One day we pull into an artist's refuge (very cool but
> another story) and in the driveway is sitting an ancient Standard motorcar.
> I of course gave it a thorough going over. The body was remarkably rust
> free but the passange seat was missing to make room for his belongings and
> the top frame was a strange mixture of original metal and more recent
> bamboo. It turns out that the artist, a Thai native named Pipop, had just
> recently driven it to Hua Hin (about 3 hour south of Bangkok) from Malaysia.
> That is something like an 18 hour trip in a car that he said is all but
> impossible for him to get parts for! Swear to God, they can fix anything in
> Thailand with bamboo, reeds, and scrap metal.
>
> Anyway, he told me that Standard was a precurser to British Leyland and
> therefore qualified as an LBC. I hate to admit my ignorance... Is he
> right?
>
> Lonn Howard
> '70 TR6 -mine
> '71 TR6 -in my garage, therefore it's mine (dad might disagree)
> '70 MGB GT -mine, mine... all mine
> '89 Saab Turbo Convertible -hers
>
> "We are but temporary custodians with an obligation of preservation."
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