Triumph Spitfire Cars - Triumph TR3 Parts 1

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The Triumph TR3 was a car built between 1955 and 1957 by Standard-Triumph in the United Kingdom, during which time 13,377 cars were produced, of which 1286 were sold within the UK while the rest were exported mainly to the USA. As of 2002 there were only 893 registered TR3/3a's on UK roads.

Although the car was usually supplied as an open two seater, an occasional rear seat and bolt on steel hard top were available as extras.

The car was powered by a 1991 cc straight-4 OHV engine which initially produced 95 bhp (71 kW; 96 PS) increasing to 100 bhp at 5000 rpm. The four speed manual transmission could be supplemented by an overdrive unit on the top three ratios electrically operated and controlled by a switch on the dash. In 1956 the front brakes changed from drum to disc becoming the first British series production car to be so fitted.

In 1957, it was replaced by an updated version, the TR3A.

Triumph TR3 fact file

* Production Period - October 1955 to Summer 1957
* Original price (basic model) - £950
* Suspension - Front: Independent by unequal length double wishbones, coil springs and telescopic dampers, Rear: Live axle, half elliptic springs lever arm dampers
* Brakes - First 4408 models (1955–56): 10 in (254 mm) Drums all around. Remaining 9000 (1956–57): Front Discs; Rear Drums
* Original Optional extras - Seatbelts, overdrive, wire wheels, glass-fibre hardtop, occasional rear seat, radio, heater, leather upholstery.

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The Triumph TR2 (Triumph 2 litre sports) was built between 1953 and 1955 by the Standard Motor Company in the United Kingdom, during which time 8,636 cars were produced. The DVLA revealed in 2002 that only 517 examples of this car remain on UK roads.

The Triumph TR2 used a twin SU carburetor version of the 1991 cc four cylinder Standard Vanguard engine tuned to increase its output to 90 bhp (67 kW).

The body was mounted on a substantial separate chassis with coil-sprung independent suspension at the front and a leaf spring live axle at the rear. Either wire or disc wheels could be supplied. The standard transmission was a four speed manual unit but overdrive was available on top gear as an option. Lockheed drum brakes were fitted all round. ~ Triumph TR2

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Only one example of this car was ever made by Triumph. The Triumph TR1 prototype was unveiled in October 1952 at the London Motor Show. The Triumph TR1 name was never officially used.

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The Cars was built using existing components with an engine from a Standard Vanguard, suspension from the Triumph Mayflower and a chassis from the pre war Standard Flying Nine. Problems arose when the Cars came to be driven as it was a poor handler, had a top speed of barely 80 mph (129 km/h) and was an overall disappointment to its early viewers, one of whom, Ken Richardson of BRM, described it as a 'death-trap.'

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The Triumph Cars, which never went into production, was withdrawn, and the designs taken back to the drawing board, and a year later the new improved Triumph TR2 was unveiled.

It is unknown whether the original prototype exists today.

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An emblem on the front screen was the triumph of character "Globe of the World," on the front fenders of the word "triumph" and a small "B" attached as Belgrove Monogram.

The TRX was not a roadster, but had a futuristic, luxurious body, therefore, corresponded more to the types of vehicles convertible or touring. The estimated cost of the product were high. In a basic version of the car should cost 975 British pounds. It would thus be the most expensive cars in the Triumph Cars model range has become.

A production in 1951 were offset by a lack of capacity for the production of the body. attempts to have Walter Belgrove, the body by Carrozzeria Touring or by Pininfarina produced failed. Since the public and the motor press the Triumph TRX negatively faced, the project was discontinued in silence.

From Triumph TRX only 3 prototypes were made. Two of them still exist today. The Triumph TRX never went into series production.

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