Alpine Rally - 1959
Standard Motor Cars filmed the 1959 Alpine Rally that featured their car, the Triumph, competing against representatives from Europe's other car companies, Healey, Jaguar, Porsche, Citroen, SAAB and others. They all race over a harrowing mountain course.
This is Triumph
Like many auto companies, Triumph started out making bicycles but like the others found a new life in the four wheel world.
Known mainly for its sports cars the company also produced family cars but it was the roadsters that got the attention.
Unfortunately, the company dissolved along with the rest of British Leyland and the brand's name is now owned by BMW.
Triumph Story
The Triumph Motor Company was a British car and motor manufacturing company. The Triumph marque (trade-name) is owned currently by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863--1951) of Nuremberg initiated S. Bettmann & Co and started importing bicycles from Europe and selling them with his own trade-name in London. The trade-name became "Triumph" the year next, and in 1887 Bettmann was joined by a partner, Moritz (Maurice) Schulte, also from Germany. Beginning in 1889 the businessmen started producing their own bicycles in Coventry, England.
In November 1944 what was left of the Triumph Motor Company and the Triumph trade-name were bought by the Standard Motor Company and a subsidiary "Triumph Motor Company (1945) Limited" was formed with production transferred to Standard's factory at Canley, on the outskirts of Coventry.
The pre-war Triumph models were not revived and in 1946 a new range of Triumphs was announced, starting with the Triumph Roadster. The Roadster had an aluminium body because steel was in short supply and surplus aluminium from aircraft production was plentiful.
In the early 1950s it was decided to use the Triumph name for sporting cars and the Standard name for saloons and in 1953 the Triumph TR2 was initiated, the first of a series that would be produced until 1981.
Triumph Spitfire - 1965 Le Mans 24hrs (19th June 1965)
Spitfires at Le Mans (1965)
June 19th 1965 From the Standard Triumph archives Commentary by Raymond Baxter
This is a promotional film produced by the Standard Triumph Motor Company of Coventry, England. The film documents the 1965 24hr of Le Mans and the 4 Triumph Spitfire racing prototypes entered by the company.Triumph never identified their cars other than Spitfire racing prototypes with 1.1 litre inline 4 cylinder engines and aerodynamic hard tops.
Custom Painted Triumph TR6
htttp://www.refinishnetwork.com - A major restoration on a Triumph TR6 is finally completed and painted. We apply a black stripe down the center and a green on the rest of the car. This Truiph TR6 was shown in a video previously when applying the primer.
testrit Triumph Trophy
Een eerste testrit met de Triumph Trophy, een potentiële opvolger voor mijn RT. De motor heeft dezelfde zitpositie, minstens even goede windbescherming en beweeglijkheid als de RT. Maar de driecilinder is veel soepeler, ook krachtiger, en heeft veel meer karakter dan de boxer. Ik kan eigenlijk geen enkele reden opgeven om een RT boven de Trophy te verkiezen. Het enige rationele argument zou de nabijheid van een BMW-dealer kunnen zijn.
1973 Triumph GT6 MkIII
The predecessor to my Lotus, a 1973 non-Rotoflex Triumph GT6 MkIII I owned between 1996 and 2003.
It was very original when I got it, like the tiny rubbers at the top of the door quarter lights, a rubber seal on the nearside sill and a radio speaker in the glove compartment on the passenger side. Anything that wasn't original was changed to be as close to original as possible (like the rev counter which had been changed by a previous owner to an earlier one with an orange needle). The only concessions to modernity were radial tyres (yes it had Goodyear cross plies on when I got it!), a full stainless steel Exhaust system and a Radiomobile car radio converted to FM.
Sadly the car is no longer registered in the UK, but was exported according to the DVLA website. I hope it's still being driven around and being enjoyed, wherever it has ended up.
Sadly the car is no longer registered in the UK, but was exported according to the DVLA website. I hope it's still being driven around and being enjoyed, wherever it has ended up.
