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Articles | Biographies
Syd Artur Hurrell
The story of a great person who shape significantly the sporting evolution of Triumph. SAH is the acronym of his initials, and to this living myth goes our esteem and friendship.
Articles | Restorations
Courage to dare (second part)
The restoration work of Carlo’s red Sptifire is completed. Indeed this is not the end of an adventure that Carlo has shared with us, but the beginning of many others. As the Italian poet Gabriele d'Annunzio said: "memento audere semper" ("remind: dare, always")!
Articles | Travels
Flying on wheels
Early ’60s. While contrasting signals between war and peace cross the world, Michael Sullivan, a young USA Navy pilot based in the UK, drives his TR3A across our continent. His memories of those summers give us a fresco of the Europe that was.
Books | History
Trauma at Triumph
The Herald was a milestone in the hostory of Standard Triumph, both for the importance of the model itself and because it gave birth to the Spitfire and GT6 family. This book tells its exciting genesis, from the first meeting with Giovanni Michelotti to the company troubles of that era.
Models | 1300
1300 1300/1300TC
Designed by Giovanni Michelotti, the Triumph 1300 was presented at the London Motor Show in October 1965 but sales begun only in January 1966. Sold at 868 Pounds, the 1300 was available only with a four- door saloon body, with a line resembling the style of the larger 2000. The 1300 was the first front-wheel drive car in the Leyland group: she was equipped with the same 61 HP four cylinders engine installed on the Triumph Herald 13/60, installed longitudinally. The front suspensio...
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Documents | Sales brochures
Triumph Spitfire MkII (1966)
This nice brochure has a folding sheet which shows the MKII technical details. Sales was still managed by Ducati Meccanica.
