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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.
Articles | Restorations
British Leyland House Badge positioning
The British Leyland badge on Spitfire and GT6 can be found in the most different positions, due to inaccurate restorations or simply because with the years the adhesive on the back of the badge loses its function, causing the badge to be lost on the road. This article gives the indications for the correct positioning of the badge.
Articles | History and culture
Triumph TRX, a challenge beyond the limits
There are cars for which pictures tell more than thousands of words. Triumph TRX is one of those. A line so perfect not to require any chrome embellishment. A car too much in advance for her times, too complex to build but that remains a demonstration of the capabilities of Standard and its chief designer, Walter Belgrove.
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 | Stag
Stag Mk1/Mk2
In 1965 Giovanni Michelotti asked to his friend Harry Webster, Standard-Triumph Director of Engineering & Development, to supply him a 2000 Mk1 to transform in a convertible to display at the forthcoming Turin Motor Show. Webster agreed on the understanding that he could keep this model-to-be for him. Michelotti's design was so appreciated that not only Triumph produced the convertible, but its styling affected the 2000 Mk2. Born to compete with Mercedes, the Stag suffered from overheating prob...
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Documents | Sales brochures
Triumph Herald 1200 (1962)
This brochure introduces the 1200 series of the whole Herald family and it's enriched by the stamp of the Ruffino dealer, a well-known name of the Triumph world.