The Car Challenge

[Billy Joe I]

I actually think that the block of cheese has more design flair

Aye, even the smelly soft french ones!

Couldn't agree more although my favourite was the TR5 which had the same 6 cylinder engine as the TR6 but for me, was better looking. How I would love one of them now

It's a nice looking car the TR5. I would imagine they are one of the most expensive to buy too.

[Dannie Boy]

I actually think that the block of cheese has more design flair

Aye, even the smelly soft french ones!

Couldn't agree more although my favourite was the TR5 which had the same 6 cylinder engine as the TR6 but for me, was better looking. How I would love one of them now

It's a nice looking car the TR5. I would imagine they are one of the most expensive to buy too.

Correct, I had a look on the net and they go for £30-50k depending on condition, which is crazy money really, but nice car all the same, although I guess that if I had that sort of money I would go for something like a Boxster. You can pick up a TR6 for about a third of the price of a TR5!!

[Terry]

I was always saddened that Triumph went the way they did. I guess though they weren't alone. They had some very good looking cars and I remember the 150bhp TR6 was no slouch! The TR7 was the one I blame for killing the company as anyone who thinks it's acceptable to design a successor to previous TR's after a block of cheese must be insane!

I actually think that the block of cheese has more design flair

Sad to admit that I had a TR7 in exactly the same colour as shown above.
It was a heap of shite - I spent more time & money maintaining it than driving it.

It was a shame - after a 1200 Herald Convertible, a Mk 3 Spitfire (my all time favourite car) and a brief spell with a TR5 PI.

It was the TR7 and the Acclaim (a rebadged Honda Ballard) that brought the demise of Triumph.

[Dannie Boy]

I was always saddened that Triumph went the way they did. I guess though they weren't alone. They had some very good looking cars and I remember the 150bhp TR6 was no slouch! The TR7 was the one I blame for killing the company as anyone who thinks it's acceptable to design a successor to previous TR's after a block of cheese must be insane!

I actually think that the block of cheese has more design flair

Sad to admit that I had a TR7 in exactly the same colour as shown above.
It was a heap of shite - I spent more time & money maintaining it than driving it.

It was a shame - after a 1200 Herald Convertible, a Mk 3 Spitfire (my all time favourite car) and a brief spell with a TR5 PI.

It was the TR7 and the Acclaim (a rebadged Honda Ballard) that brought the demise of Triumph.

Somebody I knew gave me a Triumph Dolomite 1850 automatic; it was nearing the end of its life but I got an MOT on it and drove it for a year. It was a really comfortable car to drive, but in the end it succumbed to the dreaded rust problem and was literally falling apart and had to be scrapped.

[PeteC]

Steve's flag post reminded me of the below. What is it? Pete

detail_image081.jpg (9.32 KiB) Viewed 439 times

[dtaai-maai]

, a Mk 3 Spitfire (my all time favourite car)

That was the first car I ever did a ton in. Sadly it wasn't mine and I wasn't driving. In fact, I was 16 and trying to wedge myself into what passed as a rear seat. In fact, now that I think of it I'm not even sure if it was a seat or a small space for hand luggage...

[Vital Spark]

Mk 3 Spitfire (my all time favourite car)

I'll raise you one on that score, T. My MkIV convertible was my first, cheapest (it cost 250 quid) and best car I've ever owned.

DM: You did a ton in a standard Mk3? Highly unlikely. I reckon your mate was telling porkies. I'm trying to picture you wedged onto the back shelf of the car. I guess you were a smidgen smaller than you are now?

VS

[Terry]

Ah BUT..........

Sorry VS - the max top speed of the Mk IV (90mph) was slower than the Mk III (95mph) - due to it's increase in weight.

It was only when they increased the engine size to the Spitfire 1500 that it became a true 100mph car.

They were all great little cars though.
Methinks that dm was told a porky for sure.
The squab seat in the back of a MkIII could fit an adult uncomfortably over the diff bulge, but I'm sure that the extra weight would have slowed it down.

I had my little gem for 8 years, did in excess of 250,000 miles in it, with 3 engines 2 gearboxes and lord knows how many clutches during it's time.

Sadly I don't have any photos of it, but it was in Triumph Conifer Green - like below

SpitfireMkIII.jpg (50.66 KiB) Viewed 419 times

I had a very useful luggage rack on the boot and wire wheels - otherwise it looked the same as above
Loved it

[dtaai-maai]

The squab seat in the back of a MkIII could fit an adult uncomfortably over the diff bulge, but I'm sure that the extra weight would have slowed it down.

Hey hey HEY! Steady with the weight comments already! I was 16 at the time, and if I'd had my eyes open I'm sure I would have seen the needle pass the 100 mark.

[Terry]

You were probably fooled by parallax when you were looking at the speedometer.

Ooops - I forgot - you're not an engineer.............

Check out Wkipedia...........Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines.[1][2] The term is derived from the Greek παράλλαξις (parallaxis), meaning "alteration". Nearby objects have a larger parallax than more distant objects when observed from different positions, so parallax can be used to determine distances.

When the needle was on 95 - you were viewing 100 from the squab seat

Either that or you were pi55ed.....................

[Nereus]

Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines.[1][2] The term is derived from the Greek παράλλαξις (parallaxis), meaning "alteration". Nearby objects have a larger parallax than more distant objects when observed from different positions, so parallax can be used to determine distances.

That`s interesting. Can you please write it again in English? Save me having to ask the
4,000 psi tank man. Thanks.

[STEVE G]

Steve's flag post reminded me of the below. What is it? Pete

detail_image081.jpg

That's the older version of the Corvette badge, I came across it when I was trying to find out the history of the Triumph crossed flag logo.

[PeteC]

Steve's flag post reminded me of the below. What is it? Pete

detail_image081.jpg

That's the older version of the Corvette badge, I came across it when I was trying to find out the history of the Triumph crossed flag logo.

Correct. Chevy also used it as a side badge for their other hot cars back in the 60's...like the 409 Impala etc. Pete

[Bristolian]

Parallax is a displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object viewed along two different lines of sight, and is measured by the angle or semi-angle of inclination between those two lines.[1][2] The term is derived from the Greek παράλλαξις (parallaxis), meaning "alteration". Nearby objects have a larger parallax than more distant objects when observed from different positions, so parallax can be used to determine distances.

That`s interesting. Can you please write it again in English? Save me having to ask the
4,000 psi tank man. Thanks.

Love it.... I was 100% sure I understood Parallax until these posts. Now I have gone cross eyed and maybe I was wrong for all these years.

[Terry]

........That`s interesting. Can you please write it again in English? Save me having to ask the
4,000 psi tank man. Thanks.

OK - especially for Antipodeans

For parallax - read optical illusion (almost)

When looking at a clock dial (or traditional speedometer) straight on - you will get the instrument's true reading.
Now look at it from slightly aside and the value will be slightly less if viewed from the right and slightly more when viewed from the left. This is parallax.

Not to be confused with ex-lax which is what you used to have to eat if you were constipated......................