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Articles | History and culture
Symbols, symbols, symbols and… dragons
Raise your hand if you’ve never wondered about the meaning of the Standard Triumph logo. In this article, the story and the evolution of the logo is told.
Articles | History and culture
Crayford Engineering TR7 Tracer: the sporting Triumph that failed to make the grade
Crayford Engineering sought to produce an interesting variation on the TR7 theme, and ended up hatching out this little beauty. Now restored and owned by Chris Turner, the Chairman of the TR Drivers Club, it made its show debut at the Practical Classics Restoration Show.
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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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 | Razor-edge style Saloon
Razor-edge style Saloon Mayflower
La Mayflower, che riprendeva il nome di una famosa nave inglese del XVII secolo, fece il suo debutto nell’ottobre del 1949 allo stand 125 dell’International Motor Show Earls Court di Londra per entrare però in produzione solo nella tarda primavera del 1950 al prezzo iniziale di 370 sterline, salito successivamente a 450 dal 1953. A tutti gli effetti la Mayflower può essere considerata una Standard e, nelle sue contraddizioni di stile e di meccanica, è una valida testimonianze di come non sempre ...
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Documents | Press
In Inghilterra la vettura sportiva è tipica dei signori di mezza età (1966)
Articolo uscito su La Stampa giovedì 1 settembre 1966.