Chris Longhurst

This months MARonline article features a clockwork Triumph Herald plastic Police Car https://www.maronline.org.uk/clockwork-triumph-herald-police-car/ I've uploaded a couple of videos of the car going round our kitchen floor - not sure if they will play as they are AVI files from my 10 year old camcorder! The spring is weak so the car can only manage 3/4 of a circle. Clockwork Herald 1 - Chris Longhurst.AVI Clockwork Herald 2 - Chris Longhurst.AVI

I recall watching one of the many car restoration programmes on TV - maybe Salvage Hunters-Classic Cars - where some oxidised aluminium trim was taken to a a workshop. The expert put some sort of grease (from a stick of the stuff) on a 'linishing' wheel (I think that was the name!) & magic was performed. There may have been a number of grades of either wheel or 'grease'. Not sure if this is available to attach to a home drill set up. I would also add that, from memory (which these days can be a bit erratic), the items were not a corroded as yours! Chris I

Managed to find a pic. of the Autosculpt 1/87th GT6

Autosculpt did small scale (1/87th) models of Triumphs & Bonds (and many other marques) so this might be the one you have - thinking back some of these were available from the TSSC & I'm pretty sure I did purchase some from the club. Link to Autosculpt:- http://www.87thscale.info/autosculpt.htm In the introduction to the article in the link 1/20th scale models are also mentioned.

Not sure if this was one of the TSSC plaster models (see pic of a GT6 Mk3) Approx 1/20th scale (real car ~3785mm) Chris

This months MAR online article celebrates 60 years of the Corgi Toys Herald (948cc) Coupe - one for the rivet counters as well !! This is my favourite model of the Coupe - great detail & the bonnet lifts to reveal the engine. https://www.maronline.org.uk/corgi-toys-231-triumph-herald-coupe-is-60/ Chris 78/00350

A TV programme from 2020 called 'Vintage Voltage' features electric motor conversions of classic cars (& m'cycles) - it is frequently repeated on Quest Freeview (*) in the UK. Worth a watch if you are interested - some (all?) of the conversions were expensive; no doubt cheaper if you are DIYing! VV website is here - https://www.vintagevoltage.tv/ (*) probably also streamed.

Sunstar made their 1/18th scale GT6 MkIIIs in a wide range of colours (along with even more Spitfire MkIV models) - they took up a hell of a lot of space!! Chris Model Colour Manufacturer Mnfr. Code GT6 Mk3 Laurel green Sun Star H1055 GT6 Mk3 Red Sun Star H1056 GT6 Mk3 White Sun Star H1057 GT6 Mk3 Pimento red Sun Star H1058 GT6 Mk3 Mimosa yellow Sun Star H1059 GT6 Mk3 Emerald green Sun Star H1061 GT6 Mk3 Signal Red Sun Star H1062 GT6 Mk3 White Sun Star H1063

This month my contribution to MARonline (Model AutoReview) is the Telsalda Triumph GT6 (MkI):- https://www.maronline.org.uk/telsalda-triumph-gt6-where-is-the-bonnet-bulge/ As far as I know this is the only 'toy' GT6 produced; it is fairly rare compared with the Telsalda Triumph Spitfire I featured last month so I do not think it was a great seller. Chris Longhurst (78/00350)

Hi DVD3500 The metal kit was probably by Metal24; I never got round to building mine (pic attached). Western Models also made a nice model (I think in kit form) - I had a built example - this was one I was going to keep but realised that if I did I would start collecting Spitfires again (3 pics attached) so it had to go!! Both Spark & Vitesse made some 1/43rd MkIV/1500s - I might get round to covering those later next year! Chris

Link to an article I wrote for MARonline on the Telsalda Triumph Spitfire 'holiday' sets- they might be plastic but I think they would have been great play value for children (& adults) in the 1960s! https://www.maronline.org.uk/telsada-triumph-spitfire-lots-of-summer-fun/ Chris 78/00350

Attached link is to an article I wrote for MARonline (Model Auto Review) on replicas of the Dinky Toys 114 Triumph Spitfire:- https://www.maronline.org.uk/dinky-114-triumph-spitfire-replicas-and-replicars/ Chris 78/00350

Attached is a link to an article I wrote on the Dinky Toys 114 Triumph Spitfire 4 'variations' for MARonline (Model Auto Review) for those who might be interested. Try and collect them all if you have lots of spare cash!! https://www.maronline.org.uk/dinky-114-triumph-spitfire-model-and-box-variations/ Chris 78/00350

It might be worth dropping an email to the Bond Register Secretary (Guy Singleton - details in the Courier) as Bond did use some unique colours GT2+2 = Dover White GT4S 1147cc engine= Standard White GT4S 1296cc engine = White not that helpful & I am not sure if Standard White = Triumph White code 19 as Colin suggests! Chris

I hope you liked the picture of Stirling Moss with the Gazels !

Some of you may be interested in this article I wrote for MARonline (Model Auto Review) reviewing the Indian produced Nicky Toys 054 Standard Herald Mk II models:- link https://www.maronline.org.uk/nicky-toys-054-standard-herald-mk-ii-india/ An article will follow on the Four-Door Herald and Standard Gazel models in due course. Chris (78/00350)

Some of you may be interested in this article I wrote for MARonline (Model Auto Review) reviewing the UK and Indian produced Dinky 134 Triumph Vitesse models:- link https://www.maronline.org.uk/dinky-toys-triumph-vitesse-134-uk-and-india/ An article will follow on the Nicky Toys 054 Standard Herald Mk II in due course. Chris (78/00350)

There are a few more of these 'kits' listed on eBay if anyone is interested:- https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-Vitesse-Resin-Bodyshell-Slot-Car-Airfix-Conversion-Kit-1-32/174682850364?hash=item28abe8c43c:g:Cb0AAOSwM5JgA2ry Be warned that there is a lot of fettling/flash removal required & the back end is Herald derived (from the Airfix kit) but it is a good basis for a static model/slot car of the 2L MkII. The front lights are slightly over scale (just under 6" rather than the correct 5") if my scale measurements/calculations are correct! Chris 78/00350

Review of the Toledo Model on MAR Online (Model Auto Review) Link https://www.maronline.org.uk/silas-models-triumph-toledo/ Chris

For anyone interested there are some Triumph Toledo models - 1/43rd scale, resin) from Silas Models now available (in 4 colours) from British Heritage Models (link included). http://www.britishheritagemodels.co.uk/shop/search.php?q=toledo&searchbutton=Go! I don't recall any other models of the Toledo but am not really knowledgeable on that marque. Chris

Blimey - I don't remember writing that - & where did my hair go (although the moustache is still present)!! Chris 78/00350

Yes - that & it's alter ego CFH 217B seem to dominate Google searches. Another one that comes up is VAA 379H which is sometimes listed as a Belfast car. Any idea if it was a genuine N.Irish car? https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-triumph-herald-police-car-from-1959-59190578.html

Thanks John - that's the correct link. The letters could be FEO as EO was used in Barrow-in-Furness (ha - just thought of looking that up!) & F is a possible prefix in 1967 (when the F year letter was in use). Chris

I had an article published in the February 2021 Courier (#488 pp66-67) on Monmouthshire police cars ('panda cars'). After submission of the article to Bern. last year I found a link to another batch of Police Herald 1200s belonging to the Barrow-in-Furness Borough police force. They are similar to the Monmouthshire cars but with a slightly different shape to the roof boxes. I've been trying to figure our the registrations of the cars. The picture on the site only downloads as is only 9 kbs so detail is poor; looking at the picture on the website & enlarging the picture on my monitor the registration of the right hand-side car looks like a 'F' reg (may be FED 7?7F). I wonder if anyone with better eyes (or technology) can read them! https://british-police-history.uk/f/barrow-in-furness-borough Thanks - Chris (78/00350)

Mudflaps with Triumph Motif for Herald Range (page 3 of pdf.) Chris Triumph_Accessories.pdf