IDRIVEACLASSIC reviews: 1934 Standard 10 (pre war car review!)

[@tz6414]

The engine is so smooth, a credit to its owner. Such a quiet gear change too. Absolute gem.

[@eozcompany9856]

Wonderful car and a wonderful lady what more to say, great video as usual steph!

[@idriveaclassic]

Aw thanks x

[@Klottorp]

Great car and great test and presentation. Many thanks

[@gazzertrn]

Shes so cute .

[@promerops]

I find it very encouraging, Steph, that you are featuring a wide variety of vehicles and of all ages. This keeps your offerings attractive and interesting and also indicates that you are being increasingly taken very seriously as a motoring journalist. Thanks!

[@hotpuppy1]

NICE! Not an inexpensive vehicle when new. It was someone's pride and joy that was well cared for.

[@kayemcnab8045]

What a gorgeous little motor! ♥️👍

[@MrDaiseymay]

I was born when War broke out, and most people couldn't drive their cars 'cause petrol was rationed and hard to get, unless you had an important job, like Doctors. So, many Cars spent the war years off road, up on Bricks in the garage or with a sheet over it. After the war, out came all the prewar cars like this Standard, we had one for awhile, in fact we had many cars, for awhile, cause the old man sold 'em for a living. As he'd often say, post war 'you could sell anything with a wheel on it. Us kids played a game --name that Car, when out and about, and became very good at it.

[@DavidHall-ge6nn]

Lovely car, stunning interior -- all that swoopy wood and lux leather. Yum. Great video with loads of information about the car and the times. I have no doubt your infectious charm will convince Roger to step in front of the camera next time.

[@michaeltutty1540]

Very interesting as always, Steff. What a glorious old Lady she is. A true masterpiece. Keep up the great work

[@jkk244]

Another great video from Steph. Chock full of great videography and interesting details about this special car.

[@gryfandjane]

Wonderful, Steph! That’s a lovely little time capsule.

[@KTJohnsonkidThunder]

A crank to open the windshield of the car and flaps for turn signals...that is fascinating. I LOVE the horn sound. Greetings fron the USA.

[@Topshaman-pk2rx]

Thanks you for this wonderful video. A real treat on a Sunday morning.

[@idriveaclassic]

😊😊😊

[@rickshaw2779]

Love seeing these pre war cars on the road, unfortunately I can remember when there were still lots of them about during the 1950's. Looking forwards to seeing the Standard 9 now. Really excellent video. Strangely enough I have a Smiths clock like the one in this Standard Ten. It used to work, I've had it years and forget how I came by it now.

[@madrad999]

Well done Steph, you certainly know how to drive old classic cars, showing them off to their original potential; unlike a number of presenters I have watched recently, who have no idea how to drive them, thus showing them in a negative light. Keep them coming girl.

[@brianevans656]

"...a bit more oomph under the bonnet". Love it! The 1934 Standard 10 is indeed a superb example of British upper-middle-class automotive excellence, which is only surpassed by the quality of your outstanding review(s).

[@grayfool]

Excellent. Lovely car.Thanks Steph.

[@Exegiification]

Such a pleasure to see You again Steph! Awesome video! 😁

[@idriveaclassic]

Thank you x

[@MrModelworx]

What a beauty, enjoyed that Steph, nice to see some older stuff. Gary

[@law1008]

Very nostalgic. The foreman at my first job had a Standard Flying 10 which I always admired. Thanks for the trip!

[@simoncoss3321]

You made a really good job of presenting that. Really well done

[@seanhumfrey]

Another great choice Steph. You drive with wonderful smoothness and mechanical sympathy. No wonder owners are happy to lend you their cars👍

[@idriveaclassic]

Thank you for noting that. I take great pride in my approach

[@chuckkottke]

Plus it's fun! A Standard from 1934 was on par with a Chevrolet here in America? Our family had a 32' Buick that was much loved and used to haul rocks in the trunk to build the fireplaces in our farmhouses. 1930's cars really are beautiful!

[@michaeltreadwell777]

That was brilliant Steph, what a lovely car, and you drove it beautifully. You must have so much fun doing these videos - thank you for them :-) X X

[@racer6583]

What a lovely little car it seem like a perfect classic, looked to me you had a lot of fun with the standard 10 thanks a bunch for sharing this gem.

[@tedrobinson372]

Excellent retrospective. Thanks for posting this.

[@Spookieham]

I have to say that car was much nicer in the flesh and sounded quite pleasant to drive than I expected. Thanks for a great video again.

[@Roger.Coleman1949]

A lovely car and review Steph, you really looked the part !.It is obvious that this charming little car is beautifully maintained and has wonderful patination of age , especially the interior ,that cannot be beaten .

[@jamescrainjr1388]

glad you are becoming so eclectic in your choices. great review, and a very interesting car. lot of people think prewar cars don't exist. good job again from my favorite reviewer!

[@triviace]

My first car was a 1959 Triumph TR10 Wagon,this is in the US,which was a Standard 10 Estate in real terms.Standard was not sold in the US as a stand alone brand,hence -Triumph.It was far from new,as the 75$ price would ensure,but it had a 4 speed manual and I was 16.It was totally semi reliable,which was above average for British cars at the time,late 60's.Top speed was 65 downhill with wind a tailwind.Marvelous memories.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

The reason why is because there were over 200 automobile companies in America in the 1920's.

[@robertmacpherson9433]

Great drive .love this channel

[@idriveaclassic]

Thank you for watching Robert x

[@michaeljamesmacaulay1689]

As an 18 year old student, I was lucky to become the owner of a 1936 Austin 7, which taught me how to not only drive but also how to maintain "her" in good order. "She" became my first "love of the road".

[@drwho534]

Another fantastic find and rave review with Steph! What better way to spend a Sunday afternoon than going along for the ride through the English countryside in a 1934 Standard A!

[@brianmcelvogue3370]

Great choice and more pre war cars is a great way to enlarge your expanding channel good luck

[@edwardgwatterson1618]

great video Steph definitely one you wouldnt see too often a real golden oldie

[@anthonygregg862]

An absolutely lovely car. Steph an amazing well presented video. Good times

[@michaelhalsall5684]

The back seat is more like leather couch! Gorgeous old car!

[@NGiggles]

Yay nothing better than relaxing on Sunday enjoying listening to the coolest youtuber around! Keep up the amazing content steph!

[@davidconnolly292]

Brilliant Steph - that car is in great condition and some spec for that year.

[@johnjtm1097]

Another great video Steph. I think my Mum would be fascinated by this car, even though she is by no means a petrolhead like you and me. I really enjoyed this video and I'm so looking forward to the Standard 9 video when it comes.

[@poonmig]

A very stylish little car, and a great review Steph, with loads of interesting facts about this once huge company.

[@michaeljamesmacaulay1689]

I love this era of motor cars ~ it was a time when cars were cars (not computers) and we drivers learned how man and machine became one, and then driving was a pleasure ~ the good old days.

[@Le_Rennais]

Nice to see they already thought to fit car door pockets back then

[@drd6416]

I always had a soft spot for these real old timers, especially as my grandad had a Daimler of the same era, when my dad was little. Both sadly gone, but I have happy memories of many cars and years thanks to our lovely hostess.... Many thanks Steph! And I got me bum in gear and subbed!

[@brendanhurley8780]

Lovely little car beautiful sound from it. Great vid Steph... but did you really swing that starting handle? 😊

[@williamwade641]

What a delightful car and a credit to its owner.

[@crashbox7130]

Very modern in comparison with my 1932 Morris Minor Two-Seater, though the Minor was launched way back in 1928.

[@odietamo9376]

I’m in the US, and I am ashamed to say I never heard of Standard before, so I am glad to learn a little about them. What a beautiful car, a fantastically produced video (better than most about vintage cars), and a lovely presenter. Thank you.

[@fookdatchit4245]

Beautiful car and beautifully presented. Subb'd a couple of weeks ago. The channel is really growing on me. TYVM your doing great job.

[@DrumToTheBassWoop]

These cars are going to be approaching a 100 years old in the future, and they still moving, a testament to some good quality builds.

[@nlpnt]

Not only didn't Britain have motorways in 1934, neither did anyone else - the German Autobahns were under construction (actually started in the waning days of the Weimar Republic, Hitler claimed credit of course) and the Pennsylvania Turnpike and Arroyo Seco Parkway were still a few years away.

[@fruitychink]

Great video . Standard was always a quality product and in particular the engineering was advanced . Would love to drive this car !!!!!!

[@chrispenn715]

Well done Steph - pre war cars do need a different approach and you nailed it! This one is in lovely condition and sounded great. A credit to its owner. I had a 1936 Morris Eight a few years ago - great fun, but just too slow to use safely where I live unfortunately.

[@idriveaclassic]

Thank you Chris! I adored this car but it would be too slow for my life x

[@normanmunns4743]

Lovely car and a lovely lady She certainly knows her stuff Very well presented She should be on TV

[@thymekiller]

love your show. love the old cars. thanks

[@woofgbruk5947]

What a lovely car and tremendous legroom in the back.

[@petertuffley7475]

Standard was a prominent car on the British roads when I was a kid, so this brings back heaps of memories! Thank you Steph!

[@craigdickens791]

You are the best Steph'! 🖖

[@davefrench3608]

What a lovely car. EL is a Bournemouth reg.

[@chasstevens729]

What a wonderful video of a lovely old car. My dad had an old pre-war standard - don't know which model though. Thank you and the owner for this video!

[@DavidJones-dq7iu]

What an awsome car. Love trafficators.

[@dcarbs2979]

Very useful review for me as someone considering a cheap pre-war daily driver. A good alternative to the Austin 7. 1927 Austin 12 was one of my favourite drives ever. Look forward to hearing about the 9.

[@daveb1433]

Wow, what a wonderful car Steph. It’s so quiet and smooth and no whine from the engine. It’s quieter than some modern cars. Great video 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@philhomer5334]

Agree with you entirely Steph. I own one too! Ours keeps up with Traffic and takes us everywhere and very reliably too. Vastly underrated. If you own one you should belong to the Standard Motor Club which is a great source of Spare Parts and runs super events for the cars and their owners

[@jmurray01]

Pre-WW2 cars aren't really my era as such but wow what a classy car! And as always a classy video, looking forward to the next one already.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

You should look into American automobiles in the 1930's. I'll list a few examples: 1930 Dodge 1931 Plymouth 1932 Dodge 1933 Oldsmobile 1934 Reo flying cloud 1935 La'Salle 1936 Chrysler Airway 1937 Pontiac 1938 Buick 1939 Ford.

[@thomassmith5548]

Steph keep up the good work

[@allanmollison6971]

Thanks again Steph for another entertaining car review. From the thumbnail picture, I thought the car was a Morris. It looks similar to the Morris cars such as the 8, 10 series e etc, that was built in the same era.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

WOW what a find! Talk about left field. Standard Motor Company were huge but simply went under the radar. They had a plant here in Australia and there's even a Standard and Triumph Car Club here! These 30's British cars are like an Al Capone compact version. So luv what you come up with Steph. Where else would I see this? 😀

[@افلامأجنبيةنادرةوجديدةَ]

Thank you im Sohaib from algerie 😊

[@davidwarren1315]

A properly made car and another great video

[@geoffmower8729]

Excellent job as usual Steph and what a great little car very ahead of it's time and as you say very usable. From a time when people were not in such a hurry to go places as they are today.👍

[@myMotoring]

humans have been always in hurry we just don't have many options back then so we just lived with the limitations at the time and improved gradually.

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

Wrong. From an area where people were not in such a hurry to go places as they are today. In America, Almost everything was entirely different. England was about 10 years behind America at the time in almost everything except automobiles kind of. I mean, I know just from experience that none of you people have ever even seen another car from the 1930's, but somehow can still be the judge as to how advanced the era was that this car was 'ahead of its time' on. Cut to you saying "this car was ahead of its time", (not to mention sounding like some historian by your word placement) to every other car you ever see from the 1930's. That lady didn't know how right she was saying that these cars are unappreciated, she was more right than she ever knew.

[@geoffmower8729]

@@WitchKing-Of-Angmar OK keep your hair on sorry for having an opinion!

[@WitchKing-Of-Angmar]

@@geoffmower8729 subtle talking down of an era more than an opinion.

[@gatewayz75]

Thanks Stef what an amazing car for its age!

[@DaimlerSleeveValve]

You do need to change driving style when in an older car. It becomes a pleasure proceeding at a slower pace. I find that the journey becomes relaxing, just as it was when I first drove 40-odd years ago. I find myself able to look over the hedges and see the countryside, something certainly lost on Porsche drivers. It took only about 5 minutes to get used to the pedals being in a different order, but motorcyclists deal with worse - they usually change gear with a foot and operate the clutch with a hand. Double-declutching needed practise, but my Owner's Manual actually explains how to do it. It also tells you "Under favourable conditions, start in top and glide away silently", so changing UP is described after changing DOWN.

[@giovanni2668]

Brilliant video. I once owned a Standard 8 1958. Loved it but I’m now thinking of one of these. Very inspiring thank you👍

[@Mark_T]

I'd have one! As you mention, it certainly looks like a usable driver and I'm glad it's not a column shift too.

[@stephencartwright5046]

Very enjoyable review. I learnt to drive in the 1970's in a Standard Vanguard Six. My father had previously driven us around in a Standard Vanguard Beetle back. I have a soft spot for the marque. Thank you for sharing this.

[@micrashed]

Beautiful motor.

[@dennisrobinson7587]

As a young child in the fifties my father owned a 1935 Triumph. The only thing I remember about that car was my father painting the wire wheels and the windows were yellowing with age.

[@replevideo6096]

The windows were laminated glass which comprised a plastic sheet sandwiched between 2 layers of glass. It was the plastic which turned yellow with age.

[@DaimlerSleeveValve]

@@replevideo6096 The sheet in the centre of the Triplex sandwich was actually Celluloid, when can absorb water as well as discolour. It's the same stuff in ancient film stock, and highly flammable. In 1927, Daimler charged £6 extra for a Triplex Windscreen, and £43 to upgrade all a limousine's glass.

[@davemiller6893]

Great review. I'm looking forward to the Standard 9 experience. We had a 9 back in the fifties. For some reason we called it the flying 9.

[@davidjones332]

When Captain John Black took over as Standard's MD he relaunched the range so successfully that production went from 7000 cars in 1930 to 53,000 in 1939. He was a great patriot and from 1935 introduced the Union Jack bonnet motif which was the "Flying Standard" -a name that stuck to the prewar range of cars. There were Flying 8s, 9s, 10s, 12s, 14s and 20s.

[@PaulinesPastimes]

You do find the most interesting cars to drive. This was very enjoyable to see. 😊👍

[@paullacey2999]

Lovely old car.The owner is so lucky!

[@asa1973100]

Absolutely gorgeous car

[@TheMaccas12]

Great video Steph, love the car! Keep doing what you're doing.

[@russellnixon9981]

Far from standard quite a De Luxe. Excellent interior, synchromesh on 2nd 3rd and 4th at that time was amazing so much easier to drive. A lovely car thanks for bring it to our action. Excellent production look forward to seeing more.

[@Grahame59]

Amazing the quality of the instruments, very well equipped, even a trip mileometer. The interior is gorgeous. The word Standard is interesting as its meaning has changed since the car was new. Today, standard means ordinary, basic or normal. What the Americans might call 'regular' (though of course in English 'regular' means something entirely different). This car was anything but, and back then the company used the word to mean that the car was built to a [high] standard, would lead the way, like a Roman standard bearer perhaps. Great review, Steph.

[@vanpastel]

Great video! These are exactly my type of cars.

[@Hotrodngaz]

Another excellent video Steph. A good friend of mine has a 1935 Morris 8 which is a similar type of car and his also drives great. As you say, you do have to drive them with a little care as they are very old and a total world apart form even a 60's car.

[@vanceblosser2155]

Nice car, good video. I think at 6:08 where you said the car had 34.6 brake horsepower per pound you meant to say it had 34.6 pounds per horsepower. More than 1 horsepower per pound is well into race car territory! Keep up the good work.

[@highdownmartin]

You get some great stuff to drive Lovely motor!

[@brianparker663]

I can't help thinking that this marque suffered as the meaning of the word "standard" began to change. Once a proudly flown flag (as in the Royal Standard) it started to mean merely adequate - as in standard edition or, even worse, bog standard.

[@idriveaclassic]

Perhaps! It deserved better.

[@visionsofhere3745]

It's also a difficult marque to google!

[@jamesportrais3946]

Brian - I was hoping to find this comment or similar. I think unwittingly they must have thought in terms of a flag you would take into battle or hang from a vessel - a triangular shaped flag rather than meaning _ordinary or mundane._ I still don't quite get "General Motors" which for me has a similar connotation. I only have my late mothers word for it, but apparently many of the washing powder brands (or at least one) would advertise their merits against "Brand X" until some bright spark actually launched a product named such, apparently capitalising on the concept of "no such thing as bad publicity". Brian - I'd like to invite you to invest in my latest venture - a range of products prefixed with the term "Mediocre" - sure fire winner!

[@brianparker663]

@@jamesportrais3946 There used to be a "not terribly good club of Great Britain" for people who were...er!...not terribly good at things...:-)

[@jamesportrais3946]

@@brianparker663 Only in England - reminds me of Omid Djalili's sketch: Ameri"CAN" (fireworks) "CAN"adian - Engl _"ish..."_

[@decayingcorpses]

Great videos, love them. Lovely old car & your also lovely.

[@EA-58]

wow....love this Steph.

[@marklittler784]

Very nice, its the heater I would miss lol

[@philipeaton3102]

nice car my uncle had a standard vangard

[@Jackmorvin]

What a nice little car. It reminds me of an Austin 12!

[@jefferysmith3930]

Lovely car. Looks like a joy to drive.

[@graemew7001]

I would love to drive that car, it looks so simple and pleasant to drive and nothing like I would have imagined an nearly 90 year old car to be. I think I've been influenced too much by the Model T "rub your belly, pat your head" style of driving.

[@chubbyroyston3880]

They said on bangers and cash the prices for these oldies are low as there not sort after

[@michaelfuson4490]

It is a beautiful car and looks like it would be a pleasure to drive, especially on a nice Sunday morning through the country side.

[@misterpeppercorn3078]

Thanks for your posts. I love the vinatge British and Euro cars. I'm a former owner of a 1957 Morgan but it was way back in 1970! 👍

[@paulk97986]

Great video! I love the prewar cars, and have a 1931 Chevrolet Victoria Coupe, along with a Traveller, Healey 100, and Bugeye!🤗