Period Photos of Triumphs

[Badwolf]

18 hours ago, Mike Costigan said:

No, I re-scanned the original!

Well done Mike. I like your style.

[Gary Flinn]

On 27/02/2022 at 11:21, Colin Lindsay said:

There's a striking similarity to other cars of the period, especially with that bar across the front grille.

 

That's a 1964 Alpine Series IV or Mk1 Tiger with out the Stainless side trim, the earlier Cars had multi-row Grilles?

There is no doubt both the Alpine and Herald for some part where heavily influenced in the styling department by the Ford Thunderbird from 1955.

Gary

[Casper]

and it left the factory as left hand drive.  Check out the Sunbeam lettering

C.

[Chris A]

27 minutes ago, Casper said:

and it left the factory as left hand drive.  Check out the Sunbeam lettering

C.

That's what I was drawing peoples attention to with my previous comment about Leonardo 🔁

[Colin Lindsay]

31 minutes ago, Chris A said:

That's what I was drawing peoples attention to with my previous comment about Leonardo 🔁

 

I know... I reversed the photo to get it into the same angle as the Herald, to make the similarity clearer. It wasn't spelt like that at the factory.

Right, Leonardo? 

[Works Spitfires]

23 hours ago, Mike Costigan said:

Leaving the rally stage for a bit of circuit racing in this post.

Here's ADU 2B and its 2000 tow-car in the square at Chatres-sur-le-Loire prior to the 1965 Le Mans race:

ADU 4B in the pits during the 1965 Sebring 24-hour Race:

and ADU 2B again, lifting a wheel during the 1966 Nurburgring 1000km Race:

No tuck under on 2B's lifted rear wheel. I'll ask Bill (Bill Bradley)when he next pops in to see progress, but I think by this time (1966 Nurburgring) it had its Chapman strut type rear suspension.

[Mike Costigan]

I think you are correct that the strut-type rear suspension was fitted by the time of this picture... although if you look at the relative angles of the right and left rear wheels, there's still a degree of tuck-under!

[Paul Amey]

Fantastic photo's Mike. Herald rally car, mmmmmm that's given me an idea!

[Mike Costigan]

Three privately-entered saloons in the 1961 RAC Rally this post; 

Number 70, WOY 180 is the Lichfield Green car of Leo Bertorelli:

I have no information on either number 150, 455 BPD, or number 125, 5745 SM (except to say I am sure it wasn't Stirling Moss!):

 

But note the personalised colour schemes; a non-standard side stripe on 455 BPD, and twin 'racing' stripes on the roof of 5745 SM!

[Mike Costigan]

Probably the toughest rally in the 1960s was the Marathon Rally, also known as the Liege Rally, but correctly as the Marathon de la Route. In 1963 it ran from Spa in Belgium, to Sophia in Bulgaria, then back to the finish at Liege, over 3,000 miles in four days with no overnight breaks - a real marathon!

The Triumph Works team consisted of three TR4s plus one Vitesse (6003 VC) fitted with a special 2-litre engine. Here are three shots of the team undergoing pre-rally fettling at Spa:

Number 47 is the Thuner and Gretener TR4, whilst 123 on the left is the private Belgian entry of Eddie Doseray and Roger Mundy:

 

Number 34 is the Vitesse of Vic Elford and Terry Hunter (insurance salesman Elford looking very dapper accompanied by Hunter:

Sadly none of the Triumphs survived the rally, the TR4s suffering broken gearboxes and blown clutches, whilst the Vitesse caught fire and burned out on the return leg whilst lying in third position overall:

 

[Mike Costigan]

On this rally the Vitesse was fitted with a TR clutch and gearbox.

[Gary Flinn]

Great Photo's again Mike😊

I've only ever seen the one Photo of the highly modified 2 Litre Vitesse used on the Liege Rally and that was in the Graham Robson book    

[Mike Costigan]

I have more, but I'll save them for another post...

[thescrapman]

Going back to lights, the layout on the front of6003VC is interesting.

[Works Spitfires]

[Works Spitfires]

[Colin Lindsay]

Oops... guess they didn't put a relay in the wiring loom when they added those spots....

I see someone's nicked the spotlamp already, must be West Belfast?

[Mike Costigan]

Ooooh! Thanks for that photo, I've not seen that one before. I have always understood that the fire was caused by a wiring failure, but looking at that pic the car has received a hefty whack on the left-hand headlamp, which could well have caused an electrical short.

[Pete Lewis]

and whats lurking under the heavily louvred bonnet   ??

Pete

[Mike Costigan]

A much taller radiator.

[thescrapman]

2 hours ago, Colin Lindsay said:

Oops... guess they didn't put a relay in the wiring loom when they added those spots....

I see someone's nicked the spotlamp already, must be West Belfast?

Somebody has nicked all the lights.

Or kicked them all in frustration.

 

[Gary Flinn]

3 hours ago, Mike Costigan said:

Ooooh! Thanks for that photo, I've not seen that one before. I have always understood that the fire was caused by a wiring failure, but looking at that pic the car has received a hefty whack on the left-hand headlamp, which could well have caused an electrical short.

Mike

According to the Robson Book it was leaking Fuel that started the fire?

Regards

Gary 

[Gary Flinn]

4 hours ago, Works Spitfires said:

Another one I've never seen, interesting Louvres on the bonnet top to let the heat out? 

[Gary Flinn]

3 hours ago, Pete Lewis said:

and whats lurking under the heavily louvred bonnet   ??

Pete

A modified Triumph 2000 Engine with Triple SU's and Extractor Exhaust manifold I would guess?

Although I've never seen any close up Under bonnet Photographs of 6003 VC in 2 Litre Guise.   

 

[Mike Costigan]

Three more colour shots for you today - these were all taken at the same location during the 1960 Tulip Rally.

First of all, we have the Geoff Mabbs / J H Flook coupe, 650 GHW, pulling in for a refuelling stop:

Already in the filling station is the Fisk / La Trobe coupe:

Whilst Tony Horne and Rob Pengelly in 2HP decide they don't need to fill up and drive past: