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NeilsYard
Coventry
31 of 39  Mon 2nd Jun 2014 11:59pm  

Here’s something I never realised but the Triumph name lives on, albeit outside of the motor industry as Triumph-Adler. This comes from the fact the Mr Bettmann bought in to a German typewriting firm in 1909 and are still in business in slightly different areas.
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Triumph Motor Co
morgana
the secret garden
32 of 39  Thu 18th Sep 2014 1:54pm  

Triumph, not sure which factory site it is in the photo of the workers.
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Midland Red

33 of 39  Sun 7th Aug 2016 10:41am  

Another classic Coventry car, seen yesterday at the Great Bucks Steam & Country Fair - a 1935 Triumph Gloria Six Flow Free Thumbs up - or is it? Here's what I found out about it: This model was designed by Triumph's in-house stylist, Walter Belgrove, who in 1974 said "I designed this model around 1934-35 in what was a 'streamline' year with nearly all the manufacturers exhibiting at the Olympia Motor Show showing their versions of the ideal 'windcheater'. We gave the Triumph model the name 'Flow-Free' and I do remember that at speed it was remarkably free from wind roar. The British motoring public in those far off days were more conventional and conservative than they are today and few of the advanced exhibits got beyond the prototype stage. We at Triumph, however, were well received and we put the model into production." However of the 50 Flow-free cars sanctioned for production it is believed that only about half were built in 1935 since despite their undoubted good looks they failed to sell at £425. There are no survivors of the original production cars but this particular example is effectively the only re-creation of such a model and which also has a very interesting history. In the hungry '30s there was a thriving cottage industry of small companies fitting surplus bodies that had not previously been sold, to an alternative chassis. One of these fringe operators was Cooper Motor Bodies of Putney Bridge Road, London who specialised in buying end-of-the-run bodies inexpensively from major motor manufacturers. They decided to fit the body of this car onto a 1931 Bentley Four-Litre chassis. Photo above is of a Bentley with a Flow Free body. Apparently with a minimum of alteration the basic Triumph body tub was adapted to suit the Bentley chassis. But the rear end had to be extended downwards, as was the bodywork beneath the doors at the sides to accommodate the increased depth of the larger car's chassis. The rear wings were also considerably enlarged to cope with the bigger tyres and wheels. A new bonnet and front wings were constructed. In 1994 by good fortune, acknowledged pre-war Triumph expert and restorer Rob Green was able to purchase this original body when the then Bentley owner decided to re-body his car with Vanden Plas replica coachwork. At the same time Rob was also able to obtain a 1938 Triumph Vitesse saloon that was beyond practical restoration (the ultimate development of the Gloria model) and so with a great deal of work the Flow-Free body was grafted to a period Triumph chassis. In effect Rob had to reverse all the previous alterations made to the main body. It has the later two litre six cylinder ohv engine as fitted to the 1938 Vitesse car but overall it is as near as possible to an original 1935 Flow-Free model other than the later Vitesse radiator grille. The finished car is a real eye catcher and of course very unique in being the only surviving example of one. John Quiney
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Prof
Gloucester
34 of 39  Mon 3rd Jul 2017 9:49pm  

On 14th Dec 2012 1:30pm, NeilsYard said: "Siegfried Bettmann - Triumphs founder died at his home "Elm Bank", Stoke Park" - apparently. Anyone know where Siegfried was buried?
NeilsYard, I have discovered that he was buried in Canley Cemetery in 1951.
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Triumph Motor Co
NeilsYard
Coventry
35 of 39  Tue 6th Mar 2018 5:30am  

Another one that could have gone in several threads but as there's no dedicated Priory Street one - here is that street showing the final days of the Triumph works buildings amongst others as the New Cathedral foundations go in.
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Triumph Motor Co
Midland Red

36 of 39  Mon 11th Jun 2018 2:59pm  

Yesterday, I attended the Pre-1940 Triumph Motor Club Rally at Bosworth Hall in Market Bosworth Some fine vehicles on view, all Coventry-built! Here is a link to my photographs from the rally - enjoy Thumbs up
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NeilsYard
Coventry
37 of 39  Mon 28th Feb 2022 11:33am  

There is a whole set uploaded to Coventry Digital recently of these. I have to admit I had to lookup Dale Street.
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Triumph Motor Co
NeilsYard
Coventry
38 of 39  Mon 11th Jul 2022 3:30pm  

Some more Dale Street Triumph works images appearing on Coventry Digital. I'm not sure I would've stood in there with the state of that RSJ!
Coventry Cars and Motoring - Triumph Motor Co
Dreamtime
Perth Western Australia
39 of 39  Mon 11th Jul 2022 5:13pm  

Neil, hard hats required Roll eyes
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