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Articles | History and culture
Captains Courageous: Salvatore Ruffino and his Italia
When in November 1944 Sir John Black bought the ruins of Triumph, he had a dream: he wanted to use the brand “Triumph” to compete with his friend William Lyons, the owner of SS Cars Ltd ( later to become Jaguar ) to whom the “Standard Motor Company” had been a long time engines supplier. In 1958 when Salvatore Ruffino decided to build his coupe, Edmonds, the representative of Standard in Italy, thought that the dream of Sir John Black (who had since left the Standard ) could find be fulfilled. H...
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Articles | History and culture
Two Mediterranean stories: the Israelian Triumphs
Surfing the Internet you may find information and websites dedicated to local and specific facts which wouldn't find any other space where to be told, nevertheless very interesting for an enthusiast. Looking for general infos about Triumphs, we came across a Country which we'd never had linked to the Canley based manufacturer and a website about the Israeli motor industry.
Articles | History and culture
Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1: TR4 and TR4A
If you replace a car’s body, a few years later replace its chassis, a few years after that replace the engine, and finally replace the body again, is it still the same car? In this article we begin our look at the curious evolution of the TR line, starting with the 1961-1967 Triumph TR4 and TR4A.
The English version of this article is available
here
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Books | Technical
Triumph Spitfire e GT6
If you're Italian, one problem when looking for Triumph literature is the difficulty to get any in your language. If you're not confident with English, there are really few books that may help you and this, written by Eros talking about the "sister" Spitfire and GT6, is one of them.
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
TR7 (1978)
Small leaflet of the TR7 coupè.