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Articles | History and culture
A long dream
"Hi everybody. My name is Ophelie and I am a car". Every motorhead knows that each car has a soul and a story to tell. The one told by Ophelie, an amazing Italia, is a rollercoaster of glory an decline with a proper and deserved happy ending.
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 unfortunatel...
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Articles | Events
32° Auto e Moto d'Epoca
This was a record edition for the most important classic car show in Italy. Triumph in Italy was there and tells you about it with words and pictures in this article.
Books | History
Trauma at Triumph
The Herald was a milestone in the hostory of Standard Triumph, both for the importance of the model itself and because it gave birth to the Spitfire and GT6 family. This book tells its exciting genesis, from the first meeting with Giovanni Michelotti to the company troubles of that era.
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 | Sales brochures
"Stage two" conversion for Triumph Spitfire (1965)
Brochure of the SAH conversion kit for Spitfire. Thanks to Andrea Bracca for sharing it.
