Triumph

Here are the photographs I took of some of the Triumphs at the Footman James Classic Car Show at EventCity, Manchester in September 2016.

This is a 1948 1,776cc straight-4 Triumph Roadster, produced from 1946 to 1948

This is a 1937 Triumph Dolomite Special, but the only information I can find about this car is the DVLA record that says it has a 1,750cc engine. The 1930s Triumph was produced with three different engine sizes, and the nearest I can find to this is the 1,767cc engine of the 14/60 and 14/65.

A  Michelotti bodied 1967 1,147cc straight-4 Triumph Herald 1200 Convertible, produced from 1961 to 1971.

A 1957 1,991cc straight-4 Triumph TR3. The original TR3 had a smaller central radiator grille and this version with the full width grille was unofficially known as a TR3A, but just badged as a TR3. This version was produced from 1957 to 1962.

Another Michelotti bodied car, a 1974 2,997cc V8 Triumph Stag. This is one of the  MkII cars that were produced between 1974 and 1977.

This is one of the original Triumph TR3 models, made in the last year of the 1955 to 1957 production run and has the smaller central grille. It shares the 1,991cc straight-4 engine of the later 'TR3A'.

This is the first production model of the TR series of cars, the Triumph TR2 that was produced from 1953 to 1955 and used the same 1.991cc straight-4 engine of the later TR3. There was one prototype model built which differed from the production car, mainly at the rear end, to such an extent that the production model was called the TR2 and the prototype retrospectively named the TR1.

This is a 1966 2,138cc straight-4 Triumph TR4A, produced from 1965 to 1967. The Michelotti bodied car was externally little different from the TR4, but it had independent rear suspension instead of the Hotchkiss drive system of the earlier car.

A 1974 2,498cc straight-6 Triumph TR6 with Lucas fuel-injection, produced between 1968 and 1976. The body basically followed the same lines as the TR4 and TR5, but was restyled by the German firm of Karmann.

This is a 1982 1,998cc straight-4 Triumph TR7 Drop-head Coupe, designed by the chief stylist at British Leyland, Harris Mann. The cars were produced between 1975 and 1982 and this one bears the double bulge bonnet of the later cars that was designed to clear the carburettors of the V8 engined TR8 which had an identical body to the TR7.

Triumph TR6

Our youngest son David, who lives in New Jersey, sometimes sends me photographs of interesting cars he's spotted. Here's one he sent to me recently of a car he saw on a parking lot close to where he works.

It's a Triumph TR6, which has an inline 6-cylinder engine with a capacity of 2,498cc (or 150 cu in). For the US market the engine was carburetted, but for the British market and the rest of the world it was fitted with fuel injection. The car above is presumably the carburettor version,

Triumph Cars at SSAFA Car Show

The Triumph Motor Company was represented by the cars pictured below at the SSAFA Car Show at Ewen Fields on 19 Oct 2014.

The Triumph Vitesse 6 was produced between 1962 and 1966 and was a 6-cylinder 1596cc version of the 4-cylinder Triumph Herald. The car pictured here is a convertible model from 1964.

The Triumph TR6 was a 6-cylinder fuel-injection engined sports car produced between 1969 and 1976, and here is a 1975 model.

The note in the windscreen says that this is a 1981 Triumph Dolomite with a capacity of 1854cc. The Dolomite was apparently only produced until 1980 and the 'W' on the number plate shows this one to have been registered between 1 Aug 1980 and 31 Jul 1981. If it's a late model with an 1854cc engine then it's a Dolomite 1850HL.

Another Triumph Vitesse, this one is the 1971 model with a 1998cc version of the 6-cylinder engine.

This is a 1967 Triumph Spitfire and the lettering on the rear of the car proclaims it to be a 'Spitfire 4 Mk2'. It appears that these are now generally regarded just as a Spitfire Mk2 to avoid confusion with the Mk4. The 'E' in the number plate denoting the date of registration had the shortest run of any of the age-designated plates. The letters 'A' to 'D' were used for the calendar years 1963 to 1966 but car manufacturers complained that because the letter identified the year of manufacture, instead of sales being spread throughout the year there was a concentrated demand for new cars in the very early part of the year. In 1967, therefore, the 'E' registration was only used from 1 January to 31 July, and thereafter the registration letter ran from 1 August to 31 July.