irrational Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 (edited) I was given this amazing booklet by my club registrar today. Apologies for the many photos, but I found it interesting. It is a 1953 booklet about Standard and Triumph specifications that his dad was given in 1953, showing such for all current models in 1953 (Renown, Mayflower, Vanguard, Delivery Van and Pickup Truck) The TR2 is referenced as "Triumph Sports Car". Nothing about TR2. I think perhaps pre-production as it lists the power as 80bhp and not 90 and it has a stamped date 5 March 1953, while TS1 was made in July 1953. In any case. I think it may be quite a rare item and it has some interesting info, like that the carpets had a felt under layer. Unfortunately a mouse ate a crescent, but luckily not enough to damage the text! I also find it very interesting that measurements are given in both metric and imperial. Edited October 21, 2018 by irrational Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Marvellous - have never seen one of these before. Must be as rare as rocking horse droppings! You're right about the power - the prototype started at 80 BHP, and Harry Webster's engineering team, working with Ken Richardson, transformed the car from what would have been a disaster had it been launched in that form, into a winning machine. Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TR NIALL Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 Seems the Mouse enjoyed the Book also. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 What a great find. I don't suppose you would consider scanning the whole thing so we could all have a copy ! Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
foster461 Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 I agree with the mouse, a rare find well worth consuming. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dic Doretti Posted October 21, 2018 Report Share Posted October 21, 2018 I have a little red book also called Standard and Triumph Specifications 1953 but possibly an earlier edition. The "Specification of the Triumph Sports Car" shows the bhp as 75 and fuel consumption of 24 mpg, so not really sporting or economical. The spare wheel is mounted externally with the filler cap in the centre, the mythical TR1? Only available in ivory with vermilion leather trim. Cheers Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Graham Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 13 hours ago, Lebro said: What a great find. I don't suppose you would consider scanning the whole thing so we could all have a copy ! Bob. Yes, I am sure a number of us would be interested in a scanned copy of both booklets mentioned in this thread. Cheers, Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irrational Posted October 22, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 I'll happily scan the whole booklet. I think that this booklet might be specific to South Africa, but I'll do some more research to try and find out. I think both the UK and South Africa changed to metric only in the 1960s, so the inclusion of the metric measurements are interesting to me. Dirk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
j-eichert Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 (edited) An oil consumption is also given - as much as 1 l per 1.000km or 1 large droplet per km ! And we are concerned today about any droplet reaching the ground Regards, Johannes Edited October 22, 2018 by j-eichert Quote Link to post Share on other sites
vitessesteve Posted October 22, 2018 Report Share Posted October 22, 2018 I would be happy to host a copy on my website. http://vitessesteve.co.uk/ to compliment the other info I have about the early cars. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dic Doretti Posted October 23, 2018 Report Share Posted October 23, 2018 Specification of Triumph Sports Car hopefully attached. Note that the full range of colours available on Standard Triumph cars was 5! I spoke to Bill Piggott a number of years ago about this booklet and he said the Register archive has a copy. Cheers Richard Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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Mike Graham Posted October 24, 2018 Report Share Posted October 24, 2018 Thanks very much for sharing! Cheers, Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
irrational Posted October 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Here is a link to the entire scanned booklet. Its about a 14MB download as its high quality pdf. https://drive.google.com/file/d/1PIcIH_Su0McI1hWBsqzA3K8HL7kkPJxS/view?usp=sharing Dirk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lebro Posted October 25, 2018 Report Share Posted October 25, 2018 Thanks Dirk, downloaded. Bob. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mike Graham Posted October 27, 2018 Report Share Posted October 27, 2018 Many thanks for sharing. Cheers, Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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