Standard Motor Company
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The Standard Motor Company Limited was a motor vehicle manufacturer, founded in Coventry, England, in 1903 by Reginald Walter Maudslay. For many years, it manufactured Ferguson TE20 tractors powered b
Standard veteran car
Standard Motor Company Limited logo
Standard production line (1920)
1910 Thirty cabriolet with division
Banner Lane
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Banner Lane was the site of a wartime shadow factory in Coventry, England, run by Standard Motor Company and dedicated to making Bristol Hercules aero engines. The war-surplus plant was taken over by
Banner Lane office tower, circa 2009. The building has since been demolished.
Banner Lane plant
A Bristol Hercules bare engine cutaway display. The engine was 50 inches (1.3 m) in diameter.
Engine example on display at the Prague Aviation Museum, Kbely