You may not have the biggest audience yet but those who tune in are serious to learn about the Triumph brand. Keep up the good work. Thought I’d share this article snippet published by Hagarty this week. According to you: What’s the best “sleeper” car of all time? Sajeev Mehta 11 April 2023 In 1979 or 1980 I recall being a passenger in my best friend’s 1970 “worked” 350 Chevelle SS with a 4:10 rear end and both of us feeling pretty invincible should anyone decide to challenge us on the street that day. At a traffic light in Chicago, a Triumph TR7 pulled alongside of us and indicated that he was up for the challenge, at least we thought it was a TR7. Unfortunately, we were able to determine it was a TR8 by the callouts on the rear of the car as it drove past us in the short straightaway we had.
The paint and trim colours brochure is a fantastic find. The paint chips themselves age and degrade overtime, so the colours are not necessarily as they appeared decades ago.
It really was something I stumbled upon for the first time back in 2020, when there was more time than usual for searching for period documents and NOS parts and such. I got it from a US-based eBay seller. I didn't see another for a long time--but I think I recently saw one for sale in the UK. Your point about the paint chips makes sense to me.
You may not have the biggest audience yet but those who tune in are serious to learn about the Triumph brand. Keep up the good work. Thought I’d share this article snippet published by Hagarty this week.
According to you: What’s the best “sleeper” car of all time?
Sajeev Mehta
11 April 2023
In 1979 or 1980 I recall being a passenger in my best friend’s 1970 “worked” 350 Chevelle SS with a 4:10 rear end and both of us feeling pretty invincible should anyone decide to challenge us on the street that day. At a traffic light in Chicago, a Triumph TR7 pulled alongside of us and indicated that he was up for the challenge, at least we thought it was a TR7. Unfortunately, we were able to determine it was a TR8 by the callouts on the rear of the car as it drove past us in the short straightaway we had.
Thank you! And thanks for sharing!
The paint and trim colours brochure is a fantastic find. The paint chips themselves age and degrade overtime, so the colours are not necessarily as they appeared decades ago.
It really was something I stumbled upon for the first time back in 2020, when there was more time than usual for searching for period documents and NOS parts and such. I got it from a US-based eBay seller. I didn't see another for a long time--but I think I recently saw one for sale in the UK. Your point about the paint chips makes sense to me.