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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 R

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Models: Roadster TR7 / Roadster TR7 Sprint / Roadster TR8

Keywords: Converters

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Was the Triumph Acclaim Japanese or British?

Chris Cowin delves into the history of building the Triumph Acclaim at Cowley, countering the myth it was simply a screwdriver operation unpacking and assembling Japanese kits. Such a belief is rather unfair to the people who worked there in the 1980s.

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Models: 1300 1300/1300TC / 1500 1500/1500TC / Acclaim Acclaim / Dolomite Sprint / Roadster TR7 / Roadster TR7 Sprint / Roadster TR8

Keywords: Canley / Views

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Panther Rio: the Triumph Dolomite that costs more than a Jaguar XJ

Bob Jankel of Panther had the great idea of building a luxury car based on the Triumph Dolomite. Was the Panther Rio the first premium-priced small car, or just an expensive folly?

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Models: Dolomite Sprint

Keywords: Converters

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Triumph Acclaim. Anglo-Japanese saloon was a hit, and a sad end too

It was a brave new world for BL – a Honda built in the UK but, in many ways, the Triumph Acclaim represented so much more. When launched in 1981, the Acclaim was heralded as the first of a long line of Honda/Rovers but, more importantly than that, it pro

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Models: Acclaim Acclaim

Keywords: Michael Edwardes

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