Raymond Mays, famous British motor racing driver of the pre-war era, was a recent visitor to the Coventry factory. Continue reading “Raymond Mays and Standard Triumph”
Charles Friswell – Standard Motors
Sir Charles Ernest Hain Friswell (1871–1926), Managing Director of the Standard Motor Co and Friswells. Continue reading “Charles Friswell – Standard Motors”
NEW – Arthur Brooks – Salvage
Arthur Brooks joined Standard Triumph in 1932. At first he was employed on material handling — the hard way —when built-up axle casings had to be unloaded by hand from railway wagons. Later he supervised internal transport and the powered conveyor loaders. Continue reading “NEW – Arthur Brooks – Salvage”
The Last Triumph Herald
A fantastic photo depicting the very last Triumph Herald off the production line. Dated May 21st, 1971, it’s quite a well known photo. What isn’t known are the names of the people shown in the photographs. Thanks to this website we now have a match for the gentleman in the drivers seat – we’ll be revealing all soon!
From its initial launch, the Triumph Herald ran from 1959 through to 1971 selling over half a million cars throughout the world. The Heralds chassis construction enabled different body styles to be easily assembled – saloon, coupe, convertible and even a van – and lead to the development of the Triumph Vitesse, Spitfire and GT6.
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Leonard Elwood – Chief Architect
Chief Architect.
All building at Standard Triumph was designed and produced ‘in-house’ – Standard Triumph had bricklayers/builders/electricians/plumbers etc. Continue reading “Leonard Elwood – Chief Architect”