TR2 Francorchamps
A Coupé on the base of
a TR2, 22 units were build between 1954 et 1955 by Imperia SA at Nessonvaux
(near de Liège in Belgique).The doors have been modofied (proper glass windows)
et the roof is fixed with a sunroof incorporated.
Italia
Coupé
Designed by Michellotti,
body build by Vignale and prioduced in Italy byr Ruffino S.P.A. at Naples.
Around 320 units will be build between 1958 and 1963. The base was the
TR3A with the 1991 cm3 engine. The selling price at that time was very
high (1440 £) compared to the TR3A (1140 £). For more information :
www.vtr.org/ and www.triumph-italia.de
Italia 
Swallow Doretti
Produced by Swallow Coachbuilding
Ltd à Waldall Staffordshire, the Swallow Doretti is the result of the work
of 3 persons: E. Sanders, director of one of the companies of the group
Tube Investments , Swallow is part of that group and E. Sanders is a friend
of Sir John Black (big boss of Standard Triumph) ; Frank Raimbow who
is the conceptor of the car andArthur Anderson, futur importator of
Triumph for the west coast of the USA. A. Anderson's daughter was called Dorothy
and the name was given to the car, with a slight modification for an italian
apparence. The chassis is much more modern than the one of the TR2 ( Molybdène
steel tubes), engine, gearrbox with OD, rear axle are provided by Triumph.Engine
and gearbox are mounted more at the back in order to have a better weight
reparttion and improve the raod handling. The body is in a aluminium (except
the doors!), interior is leather and the soft top handling is largely improved.
276 units were produced from end 1953 to beginning 1955, it was quite a succes
despite its price of 1100 £ against 844 £ for the TR2. The production was
stopped suddenly due to the fact that some;of the shareholders and large customers
of the Tube Investments Group had interest in similar products (Jaguar…) and
they did not accept the competition. Standard Triumph never complained. The
Savoye garage (237 Bd Pereire in Paris which is still importing the Morgan)
did mport 6 of them in France in 1954. For more information : http://www.doretti.co.uk/
Swallow DorettiPeerless GT and Warwick
GT
Bernie Rodger has designed
in 1957a coupé made in fiberglass on a chassis made of square steel tubes
with mecanical elements from the TR3. One of these cars has finished at the
16th place at the 1958 24H of Le Mans. Around 290 units were produced between
1957 and 1960 under thge name of Peerless and then 40 units were produced
beteen 1960 and 1962 for the Warwick, the name was changed due to the financial
problems of Peerless. For more i,nformation : http://www.peerless-gt.co.uk
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à gauche: une Warwick et à droite: une Peerless
Around 100 TR4 weretransformed, between 1963 and 1965, into a coupé with fiberglass roof (imilar to an MGB) by the caochbuilder Thomas Harrington and Co in the West Sussex. The name comes from the Triumph representant of Wimbledon near London (LF Dove and Co) who was distributing the Dove.
Roadster 1800
It's a Triumph Roadster, but not classified
as a TR, it was produce before the TRX or the "TR1".
Produced from 1946 till 1949, its original design is from Callaby.
Its main characterics are its "foldable" windscreen and its additional
back seat for "mother in law" (dickey seat). In 1948,
the roadster 1800 was equiped with the 2liters Standard Vanguard engine.
