Articles | History and culture

Triumph Stag. Defeat snatched from the jaws of victory

The Triumph Stag development story is a tragic missed opportunity – it had everything: looks, power, a soundtrack to die for and a market niche all to itself. Yet it died after a short production run, and drove many of its first owners to distraction. The Stag was BL’s nearly car – it nearly had the armoury to take over the world, had it not been for that fragile engine.
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Models: 2000/2500 MK1 / Stag Mk1/Mk2

Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Harry Webster / Le Mans / Spen King

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Articles | History and culture

Triumph Fury, the prototype sports car inspired by the Jaguar E-type

The Triumph Fury was a little more than a motor show crowd pleaser – it was a hint at what Triumph could really achieve with its sports car range during the 1960s.
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Models: Roadster TR4 / Roadster TR5 / Roadster TR6 / Spitfire 4 / Stag Mk1/Mk2

Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Prototypes

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Articles | History and culture

Triumph SD2, everything you need to know about BL's Dolomite replacement

Keith Adams gives the Internet’s most detailed account of the Triumph SD2. What it should have looked like, what lay under the skin and, ultimately, why it was cancelled so late in its design programme.
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Models: Dolomite Sprint / Stag Mk1/Mk2

Keywords: Malcom Harbor / Prototypes / Spen King

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Articles | Technical and tuning

Building an hard top carrier

The beginning of Spring sees many roadsters coming out of the winter hibernation, but if yours has never stopped because it has a hard top then you have to face the problem of how to keep it when it is not in use. One of the possible solutions is to use a carrier, which provides adequate support to the hard top and allows you to move it where you prefer thanks to its four wheels. In this article we explain a simple and inexpensive way to build it yourself.

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: Roadster TR2 / Roadster TR3 / Roadster TR4 / Roadster TR5 / Roadster TR6 / Roadster TR7 / Roadster TR7 Sprint / Roadster TR8 / Spitfire 4 / Spitfire MKII / Spitfire MKIII / Spitfire MKIV / Spitfire 1500 / Stag Mk1/Mk2

Keywords: Accessories / DIY / Hardtop

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