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The Triumph Dolomite was a car that first appeared in 1934 as a sports car and reused on a series of sporting saloons and open cars until at least 1939 when the Triumph Motor Company went into receivership. A number were still sold and registered in 1940, though it is uncertain whether the receiver or new owner turned out cars from spare parts, or sold off completed cars. All except the Straight 8 featured a "waterfall" grille styled by Walter Belgrove, versions of the saloons with conventional grilles were sold as Continental models.

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In the Thirties - which enjoyed a great era of motor sports just before World War II - Triumph cars introduced half a dozen different models called 'Triumph cars Gloria Southern Cross', between 1932 and 1935.

The name was in tribute to Triumph's success in the Australia and New Zealand export markets, where they had been winning trials since 1929 and where their 'stars' were certainly favorable.

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The best remembered Southern Cross is the 1934-1935 series which was offered as a two-seater sports car, which either 4-cylinder single carburetor or with the 6-cylinder twin carburetor engine (2-liter) option. The latter produced 100 bhp and in street trim could do 90 mph.

This particular car was taken to the USA by Rover Triumph Cars in 1973 to celebrate Triumph's 50 years. It was shown in the New York Auto Show at which it was much photographed along with Donald Healey and it was also shown at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit. The Southern Cross was popular for rallying and competition work in the thirties and the earlier model did especially well in the 1934/35 Monte Carlo and Alpine Rallies.

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On display at the NY Auto Show was the 4-cylinder version, complete with Rudge-Whitworth 'knock-off' wire wheels. Although somewhat 'boxy' in appearance, the Four was a very useful Triumph cars in the long distance reliability trials such as the London to Lands End and the London to Edinburgh. Two spare wheels were provided for 'competition' tires (equivalent to modern snow tires) used on the cross-country, trials hill routes and are mounted behind the exposed fuel tank. Other equipment includes fold-down windshield with aero screens, and large diameter speedometer with rev. counter.

The four-cylinder engine with overhead inlet and side exhaust valves, has a capacity of 75.15 cubic-inches 92.59 by 3.45 in bore/stroke), driving the rear wheels through a four-speed manual gearbox, with freewheel.

The Triumph Gloria Southern Cross roadster was quite a hit at the New York International Automobile Show. Fresh from a display at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit, it arrived at the New York Coliseum just in time for photos with Patrick McNee, famous for his role in 'The Avengers' on TV and now starring on Broadway in 'Sleuth.'

The designer of the Triumph cars was also on hand at the NY Auto Show. His name was Donald Healey. In the mid-1930s, Healey was Development Engineer for the Triumph Motor Company and designed and competed in the firm's famous rally cars.

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The name was changed in 1933 to the Super 8, the car had always technically fallen into the 8 hp taxation bracket, and all cars gained the Mk II chassis. The body range was further reduced to the two door saloon, pillarless saloon and four seat tourer. This was the last year for the car. Triumph had already launched the Super 9 in 1931 and this car was destined to be the replacement.

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In essence the Super Eight was a rebadged Super Seven with the addition of Magna wheels, the option of a 4-speed gearbox and bumpers fitted as standard. They can also be identified from Super Sevens by their wire mesh radiator grille and 'ribbon' style surround with a central vertical chrome strip. We estimate that just under 2,500 Super Eights were produced. We have recorded 41 with 24 surviving of which 14 retain their original style bodywork. 2 body styles were available;

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Body Styles

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A range of body styles were available, all made in house. The cheapest model was a two-door four seat tourer, followed by a de-luxe tourer with two coloured body, a two-seater with dickey seat, a two-door saloon, a fabric bodied saloon and at the top of the range, a coachbuilt saloon. Gordon England could also supply a special fabric bodied saloon with sliding roof. The chassis was also supplied to other coachbuilders for fitting their own bodies. Prices ranged from £113 for the chassis to £190 for the Gordon England saloon. On test the car could reach just over 50 mph (80 km/h) and return 40 miles per imperial gallon (7.1 L/100 km; 33 mpg).

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For 1929 a new body style was released called the Special Sports with pointed tail and there was also briefly a supercharged version with the engine capacity reduced to 747 cc and reputedly able to reach 80 mph (130 km/h) but they were expensive at £250 and few seem to have been sold. Also in 1929 Donald Healey entered a standard car in the Monte Carlo Rally, starting from Berlin but failing to finish, getting stuck repeatedly in the snow in France. Undetered he tried again in 1930 and was the first British car to finish and seventh overall, an amazing result in a car with a top speed of 50 mph (80 km/h).

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Even more body styles appeared in 1930 when a two-seat coupé, a de-luxe fabric saloon and amazingly, a landaulet appeared. Wire wheels became standard replacing the artillery type that had been used on some versions. The extensive range was simplified for 1931 with the deletion of the fabric saloons, landaulet, coupé and Special Sport but a Gnat sports tourer and Tickford bodied saloon were added.

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With the deteriorating economic climate a further rationalisation of the range was carried out in 1932 with the cars being designated Mark I for the tourers and Mark II for the saloons. A pillarless saloon joined the range. The car's track grew from 42 to 43.5 inches (1105 mm), the rear springs were changed from quarter to semi elliptic on the Mk II Saloons and the de-luxe models got a four speed gearbox.

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The Triumph Super 7 was a car manufactured from 1927 to 1934 by the Triumph Motor Company. It was produced as a response to the success of the Austin 7 and was Triumph's first car to be made in large numbers. In 1933 the name was changed to the Triumph Super 8.

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Development of the new car had started in 1925 when Arthur Sykes, who had been with Lea-Francis was given responsibility to design a new small car. Amongst those he recruited to help him was Stanley Edge, who had been the original draughtsman for the Austin 7. The car was launched in September 1927 and was 6 inches (150 mm) longer and 2 inches (50 mm) wider than the Austin. The new 832 cc 4 cylinder side valve engine, mainly designed by Harry Ricardo, had a stroke of 83 mm (3.3 in) and bore of 56.5 mm (2.2 in) and unlike the Austin had a three bearing crankshaft with pressure lubrication and monobloc crankcase made from cast iron. (The Austin 7 had a two-bearing crankshaft and the cylinder block and crankase were separate castings.) The car followed its Triumph predecessors by having Lockheed hydraulic brakes, but now they were internal expanding in 9.5 in (241.3 mm) drums and so less affected by water then the older external contracting type. The handbrake operated on the transmission.

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The chassis had a rigid front axle supported by half elliptic springs and a live rear axle with Austin 7-like quarter elliptics allowing the chassis side members to finish ahead of the rear axle. The three speed non-synchromesh gearbox was mounted in unit with the engine and transmitted power to the worm gear final drive via a torque tube. The electrical system was 6 volts.

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The Triumph 13/35 or 12.8 was a car manufactured from 1924 to 1926 by the Triumph Motor Company in the UK.

It was powered by a four cylinder 1872 cc engine of 72 mm bore and 115 mm stroke with single Zenith carburettor which produced 36 bhp.

It was the first British production car to be fitted with hydraulic brakes on all wheels. These were made by Lockhead and were of the external contracting type.

Approximately 2500 of this model and the parallel 15/50 models were made. It was generally priced at about £375-495.

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Pre War

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Model Name	Engine	Year
Triumph 10/20	1393 cc inline 4	(1923–1925)
Triumph 13/35 or 12.8	1872 cc inline 4	(1927–1927)
Triumph 15/50 or Fifteen	2169 cc inline 4	(1926–1930)
Triumph Super 7	832 cc inline 4	(1927-1932)
Triumph Super 8	832 cc inline 4	(1930)
Triumph 12-6 Scorpion	1203 cc inline 6	(1931-1933)
Triumph Super 9	1018 cc inline 4	(1932)
Triumph Ten	1122 cc inline 4	(1933-1934)
Triumph Southern Cross	1018/1122 cc inline 4	(1932-1934)
Triumph Gloria Four	1087/1232 cc inline 4	(1934-1937)
Triumph Gloria Six	1476/1991 cc inline 6	(1934–1937)
Triumph Gloria Southern Cross	1232/1991 cc inline 4/6	(1934-1937)
Triumph Gloria 14	1496/1767 cc inline 4	(1937-1938)
Triumph Dolomite 8	1990 cc inline 8	(1934-1935)
Triumph Dolomite Vitesse 14	1767/1991 cc inline 4/6	(1937-1938)
Triumph Dolomite 14/60	1767/1991 cc inline 4/6	(1937-1939)
Triumph Dolomite Roadster	1767/1991 cc inline 4/6	(1937-1939)
Triumph 12	1496 cc inline 4	(1939–1940)

Post War

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Model Name	Engine	Year
Triumph 1800 Saloon	1776 cc inline 4	(1946–1949)
Triumph 1800 Tourer	1776 cc inline 4	(1946–1948)
Triumph 2000 Saloon	2088 cc inline 4	(1949–1951)
Triumph 2000 Tourer	2088 cc inline 4	(1948–1949)
Triumph Renown	208 cc inline 4	(1949–1952)
Triumph Mayflower	1247 cc inline 4	(1949–1953)
Triumph TR1 / 20TS	208 cc inline 4	(1950)
Triumph TR2	1991 cc inline 4	(1953–1955)
Triumph TR3	1991 cc inline 4	(1956–1958)
Triumph TR3A	1991 cc inline 4	(1958–1962)
Triumph TR3B	2138 cc inline 4	(1962)
Triumph Italia	1991 cc inline 4	(1959–1963)
Triumph TR4	2138 cc inline 4	(1961–1965)
Triumph TR4A	2138 cc inline 4	(1965–1967)
Triumph TR5	2498 cc inline 6	(1967–1969)
Triumph TR250	2498 cc inline 6	(1967–1969)
Triumph GT6	1998 cc inline 6	(1967–1971)
Triumph Dove GTR4	2138 cc inline 4	1961-1964
Triumph TR6	2498 cc inline 6	(1969–1976)
Triumph TR7	1998 cc inline 4	(1974-1981)
Triumph TR8	3528 cc V8	(1979-1981)
Triumph Spitfire 4	1147 cc inline 4	(1962–1965)
Triumph Spitfire Mk.II	1147 cc inline 4	(1965–1967)
Triumph Spitfire Mk.III	1296 cc inline 4	(1967–1970)
Triumph Spitfire Mk.IV	1296 cc inline 4	(1970–1974)
Triumph Spitfire 1500	1493 cc inline 4	(1974–1980)
Triumph GT6	1998 cc inline 6	(1966–1973)
Triumph Herald 948	948 cc inline 4	(1959–1964)
Triumph Herald 1200	1147 cc inline 4	(1961–1970)
Triumph Herald 12/50	1147 cc inline 4	1963-1967
Triumph Herald 13/60	1296 cc inline 4	(1967–1971)
Triumph Vitesse 6	1596 cc inline 6	(1962–1966)
Triumph Sports 6 (US version of Vitesse 6)	1596 cc inline 6	(1962–1964)
Triumph Vitesse 2-litre, and Mk.2	1998 cc inline 6	(1966–1971)
Triumph 1300	1296 cc inline 4	(1965–1970)
Triumph 1500	1493 cc inline 4	(1970–1973)
Triumph Stag	2997 cc V8	(1971–1977)
Triumph Toledo	1296 cc inline 4	(1970–1978)
Triumph Dolomite 1850/HL	1850 cc inline 4	(1972–1981)
Triumph Dolomite Sprint	1998 cc inline 4	(1973–1981)
Triumph 2000	1998 cc inline 6	(1963–1975)
Triumph 2.5 PI	2498 cc inline 6	(1968–1977)
Triumph 2500TC/S	2498 cc inline 6	(1974–1977)
Triumph Acclaim	1335 cc inline 4	(1981–1984)

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Vale Special	(1932–1936) very low built two-seater based on Super 8 and Gloria
Swallow Doretti	(1954–1955)
Amphicar
Bond Equipe GT	(1964–1967)
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After the war, in 1945 what was left of the Triumph Motor Company and the Triumph brand name was bought by Standard Motor Company and a subsidiary "Triumph Motor Company (1945) Limited" was formed with production transferred to Standard's factory. The pre-war models were not revived and in 1946 a new range of Triumphs starting with the 1800 was announced. Because of steel shortages these were bodied in aluminium which was plentiful because of its use in aircraft production.

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In the early 1950s it was decided to use the Triumph name on sporting cars and the Standard name on saloons and in 1953 the Triumph TR2 was launched, the first of a series that would run through to 1981. Standard had been making a range of small saloons called the Standard Eight and Ten and had been working on a replacement for these. When this was launched in 1959 as the Herald it carried the Standard-Triumph badge and slowly the Standard name was dropped disappearing in 1963.

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In 1930 the company changed its name to the Triumph Motor Company. It was clear to Holbrook that there was no future in pursuing the mass manufacturers and so decided to take the company upmarket with the Southern Cross and Gloria ranges. At first these used engines made by Triumph but designed by Coventry Climax but from 1937 they started to make them to their own designs by Donald Healey who had become the company’s Experimental Manager in 1934.

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The company hit financial problems however and in 1936 the Triumph bicycle and motorcycle businesses were sold, the latter to Jack Sangster of Ariel to become Triumph Engineering Co. Ltd.. Healey purchased an Alfa 2.3 and developed an ambitious new car with an Alfa inspired Straight-8 engine called the Triumph Dolomite.

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In July 1939, the Triumph Motor Company went into receivership and the factory, equipment and goodwill were offered for sale. T.W. Ward purchased the company and placed Healey in charge as general manager, but the effects of World War II again stopped the production of cars and the Priory Street works was completely destroyed by bombing in 1940.

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The Triumph Motor Company is a defunct British motor manufacturer. The Triumph marque is currently owned by BMW. The marque had its origins in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann (1863-1951) and Moritz (Maurice) Schulte from Germany founded Bettmann & Co and started selling Triumph bicycles from premises in London and from 1889 started making their own machines in Coventry, England.

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From bicycles, the Triumph Cycle Co. Ltd., as the company was named in 1897, branched out in 1902 into making Triumph motor cycles at their works in Much Park Street. At first these used bought-in engines but the business took off and they soon started making their own and in 1907 expanded into a new factory in Priory Street taking over the premises of a spinning mill. Major orders for the 550 cc Model H came from the British Army during World War 1 and by 1918 they were Britain's largest motor cycle maker.

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In 1921, Bettmann was persuaded by his general manager Claude Holbrook (1886-1979), who had joined the company in 1919, to acquire the assets and Clay Lane premises of the Dawson Car Company and start producing a 1.4 litre model called the Triumph 10/20 which was actually designed for them by Lea-Francis to whom they paid a royalty for every car sold. Production of this car and its immediate successors was on a moderate scale but this changed with the introduction in 1927 of the Triumph Super 7 which sold in large numbers through to 1934.

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