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Articles | Travels
From the Appennini to the Atlantic Ocean
He is Stefano and she is Spitty. He is a retired man with a passion for cars and motorbikes, she is a 1974 Triumph Spitfire MkIV. This is the story of their journey from the hills near Piacenza to the Atlantic coast in Portugal.
Articles | History and culture
Spitfire. The world of hardtops
A roadster is bought to travel in open air, and then it often ends up covered with an hard top. I do not know if this is a contradiction, but as a matter of fact among the accessories for Triumphs, hardtops are at the foreground, with a great variety of models produced by so many small enterprises. Andrea, with this first contribution, introduce us to this interesting topic.
Articles | History and culture
Simo Lampinen's TR7-V8
A short story of the TR7-V8, plate SJW 548S, that in 1978 and 1979 did well with drivers Simo Lampinen and Peter Eklund in some important international Rallies, including Scottish Rally, Welsh Rally, Tour de Corse and Lombard RAC Rally.
Books | Technical
Triumph Spitfire and GT6: A Guide to Originality
One good thing about the Spitfire is that you don't need to be a classic cars enthusiast to appreciate it but you just have to want to own and drive a fun, easy-to-manage roadster. But if you are an enthusiast or you became it thanks to her, maybe you'd like to know more about her and understand how much your car is close to originality. In this case no book will help you as much as the one by John Thomason would, so that almost everybody refers as it as "the bible".
Models | Vitesse
Vitesse 1600
Presentata nel maggio del 1962, la Vitesse ereditava il nome da un famoso modello anteguerra della Triumph Motor Company. Sulla carrozzeria della Herald, modificata nel frontale e qui disponibile solo nella versione berlina e cabriolet, era stato installato il 6 cilindri in linea della Standard Vanguard Six ridotto nella cilindrata a 1600 cc e che erogava 70 BHP. Nel luglio del 1965 l'adozione di una coppia di carburatori Stromberg CD150 permise un aumento della coppia a 110 lb.ft a 2800 rpm. ...
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Documents | Sales brochures
Triumph TR4 (1963)
Large format brochure for Canley's roadster, with an unusual staple on the left side.
