Triumph Herald - might have beens.....

G Luxel

hatchback, original, recently restored.....



4 door saloon, either a prototype or Indian



4 door estate, probably same as the saloon,

and a pick-up............interesting.



and a Vitesse Estate 2 litre...........................

Whosbetter?

Good stuff!

The Triumph brand was really on the way up in those days, under Leyland ownership.:cool:

Awful pity this once great brand was dragged down by the '68 merger with the incompitantly 'managed' BMC.

God I hate all Austin 'cars'!

overdriver

Where did you see those? Lovely!!


I think that 4-door is a prototype. that would've been cool.

And I LOVE Austin cars.

carchaeologist

G Luxel wrote: »

hatchback, original, recently restored.....

This is in this months classics magazine,you should see the wreck he started with!!
Both sides have different profiles,you can just see it in the pic above.

MercMad

carchaeologist wrote: »

This is in this months classics magazine,you should see the wreck he started with!!
Both sides have different profiles,you can just see it in the pic above.

............you can just make out that the rear 1/4 windows are different shapes !

Blue850

Triumph also built a fastback 2000 MK1 mock up with 2 different sides.
I think 4 door Heralds were built in India under the Standard brand.

Tomebagel

carchaeologist wrote: »

This is in this months classics magazine,you should see the wreck he started with!!
Both sides have different profiles,you can just see it in the pic above.

i noticed,whys that?

carchaeologist

Tomebagel wrote: »

i noticed,whys that?

It was a styling excercise.

carchaeologist

http://www.jigsawracingservices.co.uk/Hatchback.htm

overdriver

Must pick up the mag tomorrow.

The herald has such great lines, it lends itself to a lot of body styles.

Here's mine:



I had decided to sell it but am in two minds now.

G Luxel

Blue850 wrote: »

Triumph also built a fastback 2000 MK1 mock up with 2 different sides.
I think 4 door Heralds were built in India under the Standard brand.

They also built a bigger Herald mock-up 4 door and a high-roof van, something along the lines of todays Ford Transit Connect. The Indian car was called the Standard Gazelle. The Fastback still exists.

Blue850

The bigger Herald 4 door mock up was a design proposal for the 2000!, they also had a go at making a Stag fastback, very gt6-ish

overdriver

Yeah, its very like a big GT6. Yum.

G Luxel

that car survives also. there was an article in classic and sportscar about it a few years ago. They made quite a lot of prototypes that came to nothing:(

overdriver

The Spitfire prototype ( Codenamed Bomb, I think) itself was covered in a sheet in a corner of the factory somewhere, all but forgotten. Til the new boss found it one day and insisted it was made.

that would've been a great shame.

Anybody got a picture of that Stag fastback as it appeared in the mag?

Dades

I saw a white convertible Herald driving in Monkstown last night about 7:45pm.

Don't think I'll be taking any more pics of cars while driving though since I don't have power steering anymore.

G Luxel

Anybody got a picture of that Stag fastback as it appeared in the mag?

Well not from the magazine, but I found this picture online.

overdriver

thats lovely, really.

thanks.

triumphs

Luv the photos.

I have a herald estate, the same colour as the Herald hatchback, and I hope to restore it soon. I will post a photo or two and maybe if any of you have any old photos of original Irish registered Triumphs, I would like to see them.

Regards,
Triumphs.

triumphs

Nice lookin Herald 1200, what yr is it and r u in Dublin area

overdriver wrote: »

Must pick up the mag tomorrow.

The herald has such great lines, it lends itself to a lot of body styles.

Here's mine:



I had decided to sell it but am in two minds now.

overdriver

Its 1969, and I'm in Cavan.

Paintworks in need of a freshen up - couple of water blooms and that kind of thing, but i always liked the patina of it.