[the mole]

she's a looker....what a beauty ....havent seen one in this condition for a long long time.....keep it up speedy ...you certainly made my day...

[karlosdeville]

Hell has frozen over...we have an estate Herald in India? Im quite stumped. Whats the story with this car, do tell. There is a distinct possibility that the car is a relatively recent import.

[speedy]

Originally Posted by farhan_kidwai

wow. speedy...a great find. havent seen such a complete and original herald before.....even a standard. and u've spotted a triumph ....a 1200!

guys the person in the pictures in the blue t-shirt is farhan the man responsible for me seeing the car. all details can be answered by him. my dear modest friend.

[speedy]

Originally Posted by karlosdeville

Hell has frozen over...we have an estate Herald in India? Im quite stumped. Whats the story with this car, do tell. There is a distinct possibility that the car is a relatively recent import.

the car has been with the gentleman from his fathers time and it is not a recent import. the guy has all the tools to repair the car and does it all himself. he had sent it once to have it done outside after that never.
the guy was nice enough to mention that the rubber or chrome strip that comes on the bumper was not available and he did not want to fabricate one so he had got it painted.

[esteem_lover]

Terrific car that. I have had the pleasure of driving these standard cars for some time before they became extinct. My father owned a pennant, my uncles owned heralds. gazels & what not & i never thought of them to be anything better than the padminis. LOL

[stampro]

Warning:
Standard lovers do not read after this. If you are still reading you may have trouble atleast for a week thinking about it.
Well, I warned you. I too feel that I should not be writing this but atleast this would save some Standard somewhere in the country lying uncared.
Now the photos which I received recently.
The car was gone long back to the scrap before I established contact.
I don't think it is restorable stuff but still.....

[egangsta]

Originally Posted by stampro

I don't think it is restorable stuff but still....

It looks in a bad state but then you find these cars in such condition. It all depends on the persons love for them and would not mind spending that much to restore it, provided he finds the car before it reaches the scrapyard. The story with my Landmaster is the same. I found it in a bad state and was bound to go to the scrapyard. Friends said are you mad to buy that, but I had this car in my head how could i miss an oppurtinuty to own 1 when i had the chance.Right now its in the garage for the tin work.

[Jay]

Originally Posted by speedy

TRIUMPH HERALD 1200

Hey nice find there Speedy, Never seen a Triumph Herald before... seen a few standards but not a Triumph.

[egangsta]

Gogi, Speedy, I dont know if you have seen it but in the early 90's i used to see a TRIUMP standing on Woodhouse Road in Coloba.Havent been to that part of town for years now so no idea what has happened to that car..It was well mantained..Guys anybody from South Mumbai seen this car ??

[stampro]

Speedy, the Triumph Herald looks awesome.How does it perform?

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by stampro

Warning:
Standard lovers do not read after this. If you are still reading you may have trouble atleast for a week thinking about it.
Well, I warned you. I too feel that I should not be writing this but atleast this would save some Standard somewhere in the country lying uncared.
Now the photos which I received recently.
The car was gone long back to the scrap before I established contact.
I don't think it is restorable stuff but still.....

Stampro I think the car is certainly restorable. So has it been scrapped or is it still around? Behram Dhabhar is looking for one desperately. Please find him one soon so he'll stop pestering me for my car

[JayD]

These are not abandoned(though they look like that!) and not for sale. The owner had plans for restoring them a long while back, but moved on to better cars i guess!! This is a MK1 Herald and a standard 10 i presume?

[karlosdeville]

Yup, thats a Mk1 and an early 10. The 10 seems to be in very nice shape. Note the Herald has trim around the taillights. If its original to this particular car, it could be an import, as this trim was introduced in India much later.

[Cyrus43]

isnt that a super 10..as far as my knowledge goes

[karlosdeville]

Originally Posted by CYRUS43

isnt that a super 10..as far as my knowledge goes

Nope, its an early regular 10.