Articles | Travels

Paolo Riani: Uncharted territories

If you type "Paolo Riani" in Google or any other search engine, you will find hundreds of results: Paolo Riani is in fact among the most famous architects worldwide. Paolo kindly agreed to tell us his memories and some beautiful photographs of the journey to North Cape he did together with his father in the ‘60s, with his faithful Spitfire. A journey and an adventure that we trace in this article.

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Models: Spitfire 4

Keywords: Travels

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Articles | History and culture

Macao Spitfire

An unique car for an unique race. This "barchetta" Spitfire was made for the dramatic Macao race in 1965. The crazy ideas from the Triumph Competition Department.

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Models: Spitfire 4

Keywords: Canley / Fred Nicklin / Harry Webster / Kas Kastner / Le Mans / Macau / Sport

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Articles | Technical and tuning

SAH 8 porte 1.147cc

The short history of the birth of this small wonder that has written pages of the racing history of the small Spitfire. This article is just a small contribution to make the facts that have led to the birth of this head known, and to tell how Triumph could manage its limited economical resources to be able to compete in the motorsport world. A small object, but full of significance, that could give its lucky owners great satisfactions. Very rare, it has almost no market. We in "Triumph in Italy" are so lucky to have in our “dynamic museum” some of these heads and can witness its performances. Not just an aftermarket item, but a real piece of Triumph 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.
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Models: Herald 1200 e 12/50 / Spitfire 4 / Spitfire MKII

Keywords: Accessories / Harry Webster / Le Mans / Sport / Syd Hurrell / TriumphTune

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Articles | History and culture

When Turin was the automobile capital

Turin, Autumn 1962, 44° International Automobile Show. It is an important event for Triumph who has three bets to be win with three important news: the new distributor for Italy, Ducati Meccanica, the new Spitfire and the new Vitesse. In this article unpublished photographs of the Triumph stand in this event are given.

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Models: Herald 1200 e 12/50 / Spitfire 4 / Vitesse 1600

Keywords: Ducati Meccanica / Auto show

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