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Articles | Travels
Tea for Two
July, 1991. Roberto, a Triumph enthusiast from Turin, owns the second Spitfire in his life and decide to attend, first Italian ever, to the ’”International Week End” organized every year by the T.S.S.C. (Triumph Sport Six Club), where Triumph enthusiasts from all the united Kingdom meet. In these pages he tells us the journey from Turin to Lubenham and back, only he and his Spitfire. A journey indeed towards the myths of Britain for who was a teenager in the ‘60s/’70s: the Beatles, Coventry, Cor...
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Articles | Technical and tuning
Steering rack: swaps and repairs
Whilst they may look the same, most Triumph steering racks cannot be successfully interchanged without some level of modification. In recent years, the most prevalent example has been using a late model T2000/2500 rack when converting a left-hand drive TR6. This article discusses the origins, repair, conversions and modifications for race use, and particularly shows why such conversions are usually done wrongly.
This original version of this article was written for the TSOAQ and is availa...
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Articles | History and culture
The birth of Triumph
If you drive a Triumph in a country other than the United Kingdom, you're used to hearing the weirdest questions about the origin of your car and, if the passerby has a bit of motoring culture, he will ask you for sure about the link with the homonymous and still existing motorcycle manufacturer. Sometimes the question also puzzled the enthusiasts because, if nearly everything is known about the sad end of the Triumph, it's not common to read something about its birth.
Books | Technical
Triumph Spitfire and GT6: A Guide to Originality
One good thing about the Spitfire is that you don't need to be a classic cars enthusiast to appreciate it but you just have to want to own and drive a fun, easy-to-manage roadster. But if you are an enthusiast or you became it thanks to her, maybe you'd like to know more about her and understand how much your car is close to originality. In this case no book will help you as much as the one by John Thomason would, so that almost everybody refers as it as "the bible".
Models | Vitesse
Vitesse 1600
Presentata nel maggio del 1962, la Vitesse ereditava il nome da un famoso modello anteguerra della Triumph Motor Company. Sulla carrozzeria della Herald, modificata nel frontale e qui disponibile solo nella versione berlina e cabriolet, era stato installato il 6 cilindri in linea della Standard Vanguard Six ridotto nella cilindrata a 1600 cc e che erogava 70 BHP. Nel luglio del 1965 l'adozione di una coppia di carburatori Stromberg CD150 permise un aumento della coppia a 110 lb.ft a 2800 rpm. ...
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Documents | Press
Triumph again! (1966)
Advertising space on the June 25th 1966 issue of Motor to celebrate the Spitfire's success in the Geneva Rally. Thanks to Andrea Bracca for sharing it.
