The Flying Standard

The name of this Wetherspoon pub recalls the fondly remembered motor car, part of a range of models made in Coventry, from 1903 until the 1960s.

Standard's first car, the Motor Victoria, was built by Reginald Maudslay, in Much Park Street, in 1903. The 'Standard Nine' was launched in 1927. Inexpensive, at £198, its success saw Standard through the 'slump', and it was still going strong when, in 1936, the Flying Standard models made their debut.