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Articles | Events
35° Auto e Moto d'Epoca
Short report from the 35th edition of the biggest classic cars exhibition in Italy.
Articles | History and culture
Captains Courageous: Salvatore Ruffino and his Italia
When in November 1944 Sir John Black bought the ruins of Triumph, he had a dream: he wanted to use the brand “Triumph” to compete with his friend William Lyons, the owner of SS Cars Ltd ( later to become Jaguar ) to whom the “Standard Motor Company” had been a long time engines supplier. In 1958 when Salvatore Ruffino decided to build his coupe, Edmonds, the representative of Standard in Italy, thought that the dream of Sir John Black (who had since left the Standard ) could find be fulfilled. H...
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Articles | Travels
A tour in Tuscany
Since a own a classic car, each time I drive my "modern" car on a beautiful road I think how it should be good to be there with my Spitfire. It happened a couple of years ago too, in Tuscany, and then I asked to myself if it would have been possible to make a trip on my Spit from Veneto, where I live. If you're reading these lines, you already know the answer.
Books | Technical
Triumph Spitfire e GT6
If you're Italian, one problem when looking for Triumph literature is the difficulty to get any in your language. If you're not confident with English, there are really few books that may help you and this, written by Eros talking about the "sister" Spitfire and GT6, is one of them.
Models | Roadster
Roadster 1800 e 2000
Dopo l’acquisizione della Triumph, ufficializzata il 9 Novembre del 1944, Sir John Black autorizzò l’avvio dei progetti per le nuove Standard e Triumph. Disegnata da Frank Callaby con la collaborazione di Arthur Ballard, la Roadster 1800 è stata la prima Triumph del dopoguerra e anche la prima prodotta dalla Standard Motor Company. L’obiettivo era di entrare in concorrenza con i modelli sportivi della SS (Swallow Sidecar Company , poi dal 1945 Jaguar Cars Ltd). La Roadster 1800 fu lanciata ...
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Documents | Press
La Ducati Meccanica S.p.A. comunica i nuovi prezzi delle autovetture Triumph (1963)
Pubblicità uscita su La Stampa mercoledì 30 ottobre 1963 e su Stampa Sera mercoledì 30 giovedì 31 ottobre 1963.
