Triumph Cars - The Complete Story
Veloce (Verlag)
978-1-78711-289-6 (ISBN)
Relating the story of Triumph cars is complex enough, but to include all the earlier events which persuaded Siegfried Bettman to begin car manufacture in 1923 is even more so.
The two authors, however - both of them experts in all things Triumph, the cars, and the political events surrounding them - have assembled and presented an enthralling story of the way the car-making side of the business came to prosper, was then afflicted by financial problems, and then rescued from oblivion by Standard in 1944.
Thereafter, Triumph once again became a prominent marque, eventually dominated Standard, and (from the 1960s onwards) became an important cast member in the melodramatic events which involved Leyland, BMC and eventually British Leyland.
This, however, is not merely a turbulent trawl through the historical record, for both authors were also successful in locating the important characters whose efforts made it possible for Triumph to excite the world. Along the way, the career of cars as famous as the Glorias and Dolomites of the 1930s, the Heralds, Spitfires and TRs of the post-war years, and the headline-grabbing exploits in racing and rallying build up a story which no fictional writer could have created.
Graham Robson studied Engineering at Oxford University and joined Jaguar Cars as a graduate trainee, where he was involved in design work. He became a rally co-driver, eventually joining the Sunbeam 'works' team in 1961. and rallying up to International level, until 1968. In 1961 he joined Standard-Triumph in Coventry as a Development Engineer, mainly on sports car projects. He ran the re-opened 'works' motorsport department from 1962-1965, this being the period of the birth of Spitfire Le Mans cars, TR4, Vitesse, Spitfire and 2000 rally car developments. After writing magazine rally reports and working for Autocar magazine from 1965-1969, Graham returned to the industry, running the Product Proving department at Rootes. He became a full time independent motoring writer in 1972. He has now published more than 160 books, and regularly appears as a keynote speaker and commentator at many notable automotive events. Richard Langworth (CBE) has been an automotive writer since 1969, when he joined Automobile Quarterly as an associate and later senior editor. In 1975 he left to freelance, and has since written or co-authored more than 50 books and 2000 articles on automotive history. Richard graduated from Wagner College and is a veteran of the US Coast Guard. He and his wife Barbara reside in Moultonborough, New Hampshire and Eleuthera, Bahamas. They have owned ten Triumphs from a 1938 Dolomite to an assortment of Mayflowers, Renowns and TRs. In 1975, he and several friends founded the Vintage Triumph Register, and in 1978 hosted the Triumph tour of Britain.
Foreword and acknowledgements
1. The Quality Light Car
2. The last word in the smallest class
3. From Scorpion to Southern Cross
4. The Smartest Cars in the Land
5. The big one that got away
6. Dolomite and demise
7. War and resurrection
8. Roadster and Renown
9. Mayflower: A second American invasion
10. The sports car America loved best
11. Hark the Herald angle
12. 'Bomb' and beyond ... the Spitfire story
13. 'Sabrina' and a new TR
14. Leyland takes over
15. Triumphs for the 1970s
16. TR7 and TR8
17. Acclaim- badge engineering for a sad end
TRIUMPH PREWAR PORTFOLIO
TRIUMPH POSTWAR PORTFOLIO
APPENDIX I Triumph derivations
APPENDIX II Production factories 1923-1984
APPENDIX III Technical specifications 1923-1984
APPENDIX IV Triumph and Standard body sources 1945-1984
APPENDIX V Triumph production totals 1923-1984
APPENDIX VI Triumph car clubs
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 21.11.2018 |
|---|---|
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Auto / Motorrad |
| ISBN-10 | 1-78711-289-6 / 1787112896 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-78711-289-6 / 9781787112896 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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