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. However Coventry did not understand the project and its potential and lost the opportunity to have the most beautiful GT ever to carry the name “Triumph”: the Italia 2000. The Italia 2000 was also the dream of a man who was a very successful entrepreneur who lived a very intense life. Today we would like to remember this italian man, Salvatore Ruffino, who gave us a car in front of which our French cousins would use only one word: "Chapeau!"
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Models: Italia 2000 Italia 2000
Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Salvatore Ruffino
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2nd International Triumph Italia Meeting
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Models: Italia 2000 Italia 2000
Keywords: Alfredo Vignale / Giovanni Michelotti / Salvatore Ruffino / Travels
Articles | History and culture
60 years of Triumph TR6
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Models: Roadster 1800 e 2000 / Roadster TRX / Roadster TR2 / Roadster TR3 / Roadster TR4 / Roadster TR5 / Roadster TR6 / Roadster TR7 / Roadster TR7 Sprint / Roadster TR8
Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Kas Kastner / Peter Brock / Sabrina / TR250K
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Two Mediterranean stories: the Israelian Triumphs
Surfing the Internet you may find information and websites dedicated to local and specific facts which wouldn't find any other space where to be told, nevertheless very interesting for an enthusiast. Looking for general infos about Triumphs, we came acros
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Models: 1300 1300/1300TC / Herald 948 / Herald 1200 e 12/50
Keywords: Giovanni Michelotti / Commercial vehicles