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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 | 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.
Articles | Travels
Three hundred lads, or my first RBRR
I knew about the Round Britain Reliability Run four years ago. It was 2014, I run into the Club Triumph forum and read every discussion about an upcoming event. The excitement was palpable and captured my curiosity, after some googling I found al the details and I had any doubts: I wanted to do it too.
Books | History
Giovanni Michelotti. Una matita libera
In the car world there are names that sound unknown to the most, even to enthusiasts, due to the expressed desire to remain on the sidelines, to enjoy the creative freedom given by anonymity. Giovanni Michelotti was one of the most ingenious exponents of Italian design and the discretion, in his case, was intentional: this book, born by the will of his son Edgardo, finally does him justice.
Models | Razor-edge style Saloon
Razor-edge style Saloon 1800 Town & Country Saloon
Presentata nel marzo del 1946 in contemporanea con la Roadster, con cui condivideva la meccanica, l’impostazione del telaio tubolare e delle sospensioni, la 1800 Salon ebbe una genesi particolarmente travagliata. Come da tradizione Standard, il disegno della automobile venne affidato al fornitore delle carrozzerie, in questo caso la Mulliners. I designer Leslie Moore e Jim Wignall seguirono i desideri di Sir John Black che desiderava una berlina che si rifacesse, quanto a linee, allo stile Razo...
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Documents | Press
Approfitta dell'incidente mortale e ruba 600 mila lire disseminate sull'asfalto (1966)
Articolo di cronaca uscito su l'Unità sabato 16 aprile 1966. Il conducente della Spitfire aveva appena ritirato un milione di lire in contanti dalla banca.
