Interesting letter by JR Davy, 1978
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TR2 MVC575 Jabbeke speed test
A unique piece of Triumph history has gone on display at the RAC Club in Pall Mall, London, this week. There aren’t many bits of early Triumph TR history left. Of the genesis of the Standard Triumph range of sports cars, from TRs to Spitfires, Stags and GT6s, we have little to point at and say, “That’s the start of it all”
Walter Belgrove
Born in Liverpool, where he attended the Liverpool College of Art, in 1927 Walter Belgrove moved to Coventry where he was hired by Triumph, after some years of apprenticeship first at the “J. Blake and Co.” body shop in Liverpool, then at “Windovers” in London, where he practiced both the design and the bodyworks modeling. Continue reading “Walter Belgrove”
Douglas Jones
My father – Douglas Jones, was born and raised in Coventry and spent his working life involved in the car industry (as did all his family).