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Chugging in eleventh, but safely, came the Aston-Martin with the English novices. Said Rob Lawrie, proudly: "We let the others pass and crash. We just kept on going. Back home, I am going to have a drophead hood [convertible top] put on, then I'll take Aunt Agatha out in it. This car has got to last the family a long time...
Slightly bigger than the Crosley, Standards have a 90-inch wheelbase, a four-cylinder, eight-horsepower engine (U.S. rating: 28 horsepower), will cruise at 50 m.p.h., get 35 to 40 miles on a gallon of gas. The Standards come in three models, "tourer," "saloon" (sedan) and "drophead coupe" (convertible coupe). Another shipment of 8 or 9 cars arrived in the U.S. last week...