When you think of the name Triumph, you might picture a cool little TR2 or TR3. Maybe a TR4 or TR6 pops into your head–or even a Spitfire or GT6.
But did you know Triumph, as we know it, started in 1897 as a bicycle manufacturer and started building cars in 1921? Or that, at one point, the …
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Just thinking, when is the last time you saw a prewar Triumph? Been a minute for me.
wspohn
UltraDork
8/7/24 11:37 a.m.
Even the early post-war Triumphs are pretty scarce. I had a Triumph Mayflower - looks like a pocket sized Rolls Royce and used Vanguard suspension (the same as went into the TR2 etc.) and I had plans to install a hopped up TR4 drive-train, but then I detoured into regular sports car racing and never had the time to finish it.
In reply to wspohn :
"A pocket sized Rolls Royce" is definitely how I would describe that Mayflower pictured.
I'm sure the uprated TR4 bits would have made it way fun to drive.