Articles | Biographies
Walter Belgrove, the man with a magic pencil
Donald Healey said that he was “the first real British designer”. This would suffice to define Walter Belgrove. The Triumph myth owns much to the work, imagination and creativity of this artist and designer. Even today we remain captured by the lines of the Triumph that he shaped: suffice it to think of TR2 and TR3, not to say ofth e mythical “Flow-Free” of the ‘30s. Walter Belgrove is one of those figures that, as a Triumph enthusiast, I would like to have met once in my life, but unfortunately the time-machine is not invented yet. But we can luckily know him a bit more closer thanks to our friend Tom Robinson, that I wholeheartedly thanks, that tells us of his meeting with Walter, occurred in the 70s. In this article we tried to tell the works of this great British designer, even if we are fully aware that many aspects should be studied in more depth and clarified. We therefore thanks in advance all those that could provide us with more information on the life and works of Walter Belgrove.
You can find a list of the articles translated in English here.
Models: Roadster TRX / Roadster TR2 / Roadster TR3
Keywords: Canley / Walter Belgrove
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Keywords: Roadster TR2
Articles | History and culture
60 years of Triumph TR6
Just 60 years have passed since the first TR left the Triumph factory, starting a line of sport cars loved by enthusiasts all over the world. This article does not want to tell the whole story, but to provide a summary of the main essential elements of this history.
This document is written in Italian, you can have a hint about its content by using Google Translator and loading the PDF file.
If you'd like to have a proper translation in English write to redazione@triumphinitaly.it and we'll do our best to do it.
You can find a list of the articles translated in English here.
Models: Roadster 1800 e 2000 / Roadster TRX / Roadster TR2 / Roadster TR3 / Roadster TR4 / Roadster TR5 / Roadster TR6 / Roadster TR7 / Roadster TR7 Sprint / Roadster TR8
Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Kas Kastner / Peter Brock / Sabrina / TR250K
Articles | Technical and tuning
Shorrock supercharger, “feed the duck”
To run faster: many accessories developers tried to give answer to this desire of so many drivers. Among these developers, Shorrock proposed the supercharging using volumetric compressors, a solution made available also for Triumph cars. This article wants to remember this firm, describing its innovative and fascinating solutions.
This document is written in Italian, you can have a hint about its content by using Google Translator and loading the PDF file.
If you'd like to have a proper translation in English write to redazione@triumphinitaly.it and we'll do our best to do it.
You can find a list of the articles translated in English here.
Models: Herald 948 / Herald 1200 e 12/50 / Roadster TR2 / Roadster TR3 / Spitfire 4 / Spitfire MKII
Keywords: Accessories / Engine / Syd Hurrell
Articles | History and culture
On the failure of Triumph
In 1981 Pat Bedard, a popular US driver and journalist, wrote this article after the last Triumph sport car produced and talked about what "sport car" meant in its golden age (150s-1970s). His thoughts may explain the reason we're still fascinated by these cars.
The original included article was published in the September 1981 issue of "Car and Driver" which we thank for allowing us to translate it.
This document is written in Italian, you can have a hint about its content by using Google Translator and loading the PDF file.
If you'd like to have a proper translation in English write to redazione@triumphinitaly.it and we'll do our best to do it.
You can find a list of the articles translated in English here.
Models: Roadster TR2 / Roadster TR3 / Roadster TR4 / Roadster TR5 / Roadster TR6 / Roadster TR7 / Roadster TR7 Sprint / Roadster TR8
Keywords: Views