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The Triumph Herald was a small two-door car introduced in 1959 by the Standard-Triumph Company. Body design was by the Italian stylist Michelotti, and the car was offered in saloon, convertible, coupé, van and estate variants. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2608x1952, 2342 KB) Description: *Triumph herald Year 1961 Source: Walter Vermeir --Walter 23:54, 16 January 2006 (UTC) Photo taken at the European Motor Show Brussels 2006, Belgium, 2006 http://www. ...
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Giovanni Michelotti (1921-1980) was one of the most prolific designers of sports cars in the 20th century. ...
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A new experience in motoring Towards the end of the 1950s, Standard-Triumph were enjoying great success with their range of 2-seater Triumph sports cars which they offered alongside their range of Standard saloons. The small cars in the range were the Standard 8 & 10, powered by a small (803 cc or 948 cc) 4-cylinder engine and competing with the Morris Minor, Ford Popular and Austin A35. However the plain looking but innovative Standard 8 & 10 models had never been a huge success, and by the late 1950s were due for an update; Standard-Triumph therefore started work on the Herald. 1963 Jaguar E-Type, a classic sports car A sports car is an automobile designed for performance driving. ...
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Michelotti was commissioned to style the car, and he quickly produced designs for a pretty two-door saloon with a large glass area. The company decided from the start that the new small car should have a separate chassis rather than a monocoque construction, even though this was beginning to look outmoded by the late 1950s. The main body tub was bolted to the chassis, and the whole front end hinged forward to allow access to the engine. Every panel – including the sills and roof – could be unbolted from the main car. This method of construction had certain advantages, not least that different body styles could be easily substituted on the same basic chassis: accordingly, coupé, saloon, convertible and estate versions were all on offer within two years of the release, at the Royal Albert Hall, London on 22nd April 1959, initially of the coupé and saloon models. Monocoque (French for single shell) is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ...
Mechanically, the new Herald was a mixture of traditional and modern. The Standard 10's 4-cylinder 948 cc OHV engine was used, mated to the same model's 4 speed gearbox with synchromesh on the top three gears and driving the rear wheels. The excellent steering was by rack and pinion (affording the car a 25-foot turning circle), with coil and double-wishbone front suspension. The rear suspension was a brand new departure for Triumph, offering independent springing via a single transverse leaf spring. In automotive engineering, an overhead valve internal combustion engine is one in which the entry and exit valves and ports are contained in the cylinder head. ...
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The styling was modern and the interior bright, thanks to the large glass area, which gave 93% all-round visibilty in the Saloon variant. Instruments were confined to a single large speedo with fuel gauge in the saloon (a temperature gauge was available as an option), and the dashboard of grey pressed fibreboard. The coupé dashboard was equipped with 3 gauges: Speedometer, fuel, and temperature gauges, together with the refinement of a lockable glovebox. The car was well equipped with standard loop-pile carpeting and heater. The Herald was offered in a variety of bright contemporary colours and number of extras were available, including twin carburettors, leather seats, a wooden veneered dashboard, Telaflo shock absorbers and paint options. Speedometer gauge on a car, showing the speed of the vehicle in miles and kilometre per hour on the outâ and inside respectively. ...
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Triumph Herald 948 Conv. (1962) The new car was fairly well-received, but was not an immediate sales success, due to some extent to the cost approaching £700 (including 45% Purchase Tax) and thus more expensive than most of its competitors. Additionally, the separate chassis initially resulted in noises from the flexible structure. In standard single carburettor form the 38 bhp car was no better than average in terms of performance, with 60 mph coming up in about 31 seconds and a maximum speed of 70 mph. The new rear suspension was also criticised for leading to tricky handling on the limit. However, the car was considered easy to drive with light steering and controls, and excellent visibility, becoming very soon highly popular as a driving-school car, ease of repair being a strong plus. Owners enjoyed preferential insurance premiums because of the Herald's perceived inherent safety.[citation needed] Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (1024 Ã 768 pixel, file size: 275 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Other versions Originally from en. ...
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The Herald 1200
Triumph Herald 1200 (1968) Standard-Triumph had staked a lot on their new car; the company was experiencing financial difficulties at the beginning of the 1960s, and was taken over by Leyland Motors Ltd (later to be British Leyland) in 1961. This released new resources to develop the Herald, and the car was re-launched with an 1147 cc engine as the Herald 1200. The new model featured numerous detail improvements, including white rubber bumpers, a wooden laminate dashboard and improved seating; quality control was also tightened up. The twin carburettors were no longer fitted to any of the range as standard equipment, however they remained an option. Standard fitment being a single down-draught Solex carburettor. Disc brakes also became an option shortly after the 1200 was introduced. The new car was much more pleasant to drive, and sales picked up, despite growing competition from the BMC Mini and the Ford Anglia. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã 589 pixel Image in higher resolution (1318 Ã 971 pixel, file size: 269 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Triumph Herald Henry...
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The other versions of the Herald were also selling well; the convertible was popular as a genuine 4-seater with decent weatherproofing, and the estate made a practical alternative to the Morris Minor Traveller, despite its somewhat boxy styling. The Triumph Courier van, basically a stripped-down Herald estate with steel side panels, was produced from 1962 until 1964, when it was dropped following poor sales. The coupé was also dropped from the range in late 1964, by now the Triumph Spitfire had taken away most of its market share. A sportier version, the Herald 12/50, was offered from 1963-1967 and featured a tuned engine, sliding (Webasto) vinyl-fabric sunroof and standard front disc brakes. The revolutionary Morris Minor was launched at the Earls Court Motor Show on 20 September 1948, and attracted immediate attention. ...
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The Herald 13/60
A Triumph Herald 13/60 Convertible In 1967, the range was updated with the introduction of the Herald 13/60. The front end was restyled using the bonnet of the Triumph Vitesse to give a sleeker, more modern appearance and the interior substantially revised, though still featuring the traditional wooden dashboard. A clever space-creation, was by recessing a rear armrest in each side panel. The engine was enlarged to 1296 cc and fiited with a Stromberg carburettor, offering 61 bhp and much improved performance; front disc brakes became standard. In this form (though the 1200 saloon was sold alongside it until 1970) the Herald lasted until 1971, by which time it was severely outdated in style but not performance. It had already outlived the introduction of the Triumph 1300 Saloon, the car designed to replace it, and was still selling reasonably well, but it no longer had a place among the range of newer cars in the large British Leyland line-up. Also, due to its labour-intensive method of construction, each car was selling at a loss. Image File history File linksMetadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã 600 pixel Image in higher resolution (3648 Ã 2736 pixel, file size: 4. ...
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The decision of Triumph to build a new small car in the late 1950s paid off handsomely. Total Herald sales numbered well over 300,000, thanks in no small part to the number of variants made possible by its separate chassis design. Saloon, convertible, estate, coupe and van were only a small part of the Herald's total contribution to the Standard-Triumph range: the Triumph Vitesse, Triumph GT6 and Triumph Spitfire were all based around modified Herald chassis with bolt-together bodies and were hugely successful for the company. The Vitesse front suspension was used as the basis of 1960s Lotus cars 1968 Triumph GT6 1973 Triumph GT6 1974 Triumph GT6 The GT6 was a 6-cylinder sports coupé built by Standard-Triumph and based on their popular Triumph Spitfire convertible. ...
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Today, there remain a large number of surviving Heralds in the UK, with keen enthusiast support. The most common survivors are the saloons and convertibles; estates are now getting rare, and the coupé is extremely scarce. Rarest of all is the Courier van, with only a handful of known survivors.
Production figures - Herald 948 saloon: 1959–1964, 76,860
- 948 convertible: 1960–1961, 8,262
- Herald coupe: 1959–1961, 15,153
- Herald 1200: 1961–1970, 289,575
- saloon: 201,142
- coupe: 5,319
- convertible: 43,295
- estate: 39,819
- van: approx 5,000
- 12/50: 1963–1967, 53,267
- 13/60: 1967–1971, 82,650
External links - Triumph Herald Club.com - Blogging community for Herald enthusiasts
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References - Ball, Kenneth (1973). Triumph Herald 1969-1971 Autobook, Second Edition, Autopress Ltd. ISBN 0-85147-235-4.
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