Papers of the Standard Motor Company Ltd. 1903-1973

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Papers of the Standard Motor Company Ltd. 1903-1973

http://archiveshub.ac.uk/data/gb152-mss.226/st

1.032 cubic metres

eng,

Modern Records Centre

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SNAC Resource ID: 6283515

Related Entities

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Standard-Triumph International

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Triumph Motor Company

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Triumph Motor Company

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Standard Motor Company Ltd.

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The Standard Motor Company was founded in Coventry in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay. By 1924 the company had a share of the market comparable to Austin, but by the late 1920s profits had fallen dramatically due to heavy reinvestment, a failed export contract and poor sales of the larger cars. John Black joined the ailing company and by increasing productivity, masterminded the huge success of the company in the 1930s. Standard acquired Triumph in November 1944. The company was re...

Standard-Triumph Motor Company

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