Hi,
I am currently restoring the following Standard Beaverette.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1943-STANDARD-TRIUMPH-BEAVERETTE-EX-ARMOURED-CAR-VERY-RARE-RUNS-amp-DRIVES-LOOK-/201991551646?nma=true&si=Pxp8K33X%252BmXQTsfde5UsehZCvho%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
I am looking for photo’s of Standard Beaverette’s be they war time or post war, complete or cut down etc.
If anyone able to upload/post/send me the photos or information I would be very interested.
Seem’s they were popular to tow aircraft and gliders around post war once the body had been cut down.
Thanks
By: Malcolm McKay - 12th August 2017 at 10:46
This comes from the Wikipedia entry
Describing the vehicle in 1941, a correspondent for The Light Car magazine reported “touching the 60-mark [60 mph (97 km/h)]” while following one along a road. Restricted vision meant the Beaverette driver had to rely on an observer to relay information about other road traffic and also to consider situations well in advance, for example when making a turn, the driver had to base his steering on “observations made something like ten yards [30.00 ft (9.14 m)] back.”
Doesn’t exactly inspire confidence but then this was the nation that gave us the Saro Lerwick. 😀
By: TonyT - 12th August 2017 at 02:26
http://the.shadock.free.fr/Surviving_British_Rare_Armoured_Cars.pdf
By: J Boyle - 10th August 2017 at 23:36
I’ve never heard of it but it seems just the thing to tow one’s DHC Beaver.
By: Arabella-Cox - 10th August 2017 at 11:07
You can find a couple of photos of a cut down Berverette towing a glider in this thread.
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?142968-Christchurch-Aerodrome-1926-1970-pdf
By: DragonRapide - 10th August 2017 at 10:56
Crikey – that’s a bit different from the only other Beaverette I know – the armoured one at Duxford.
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