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In 1954 the company obtained Standard's permission to develop a coupé version of the TR2. The new model was designed by Impéria's Frans Pardon. The car, named for the Belgian Circuit de Spa-Francorchamps, debuted at the 1955 Brussels Motor Show. One year later, a Coupé Francorchamps appeared on Triumph's own stand at the same show. [13]
Triumph TR2, the first production car in the TR series. The Triumph TR range of cars was built between 1953 and 1981 by the Triumph Motor Company in the United Kingdom. Changes from the TR2 to the TR6 were mostly evolutionary, with a change from a live axle to independent rear suspension in 1965 and a change from a four-cylinder engine to a six ...
The Triumph 20TS was a prototype sports car shown by Standard-Triumph in October 1952 at the London Motor Show. Extensive development of the 20TS led to the introduction of the Triumph TR2 in March 1953 at the Geneva Motor Show, after which the 20TS was unofficially referred to as the Triumph TR1. Only one example of this car was ever made by ...
Keller TX looked a lot different in the early 1900s. We dug up these photos showing daily life, from prize hogs at the Keller Fair to a devastating fire in downtown. PHOTOS: Keller, Texas (1920s ...
The Standard-Triumph company was eventually bought in 1960 by Leyland Motors which paid £20 million and the last Standard, an Ensign Deluxe, was produced in the UK in May 1963, when the final Vanguard models were replaced by the Triumph 2000 model. Triumph continued when Leyland became British Leyland Motor Corporation (later BL) in 1968. The ...
At 0.1 miles (0.16 km), this FM 1974 was one of the shortest Farm to Market Roads. On October 26, 1954, the road was extended south 0.3 miles (0.48 km) to FM 2102. FM 1974 was cancelled on November 29, 1954, and became a portion of FM 513; at the same time, FM 2102 was cancelled and became a portion of FM 35. [126]
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The 1800 Roadster, model number 18TR, [1] was designed in the closing days of World War II. [5] Triumph had been bought by the Standard Motor Company in 1944, [5] and the managing director of Standard, Sir John Black, wanted a sports car to take on Jaguar, which had used Standard engines in the pre-war period.