Thread: Is this a Triumph Herald?

I am fairly certain Triumph heralds were made/assembled here by Australian Motor Industries (AMI). There were plenty about when I was a young guy, but are hard to find these days because there was a class of open wheel race cars (up to 5 or 600cc motors) that mostly used the heralds independent rear end, and being cheap second hand, heaps were bought to get these suspensions. The triumph spitfire is based on the herald and had the same amount of rattles. I had a spitfire in the mid 60s and remember getting it up to 160 kmh valve bouncing down the Toowoomba range.

Yes, it’s a Herald. Dad had one in 1969. I know because I borrowed it after I wrote off my Jag MkVII just before I was transferred from Moree to Ceduna and had to go into head office to collect my plane ticket Sydney-Ceduna.

The bonnet was steel and was hinged forward giving great access to the engine bay.

Yup it’s a Herald, my primary school teacher had one in the 60’s. Yes the bonnet opened E-Type style and this was carried over to Triumph Vitesse, Spitfire and GT6 models are all based on modified Herald chassis and running gear with bolt-together bodies.

Re the job search, I received a rejection last week for a job I applied for in October!

The interior of the Herald had much cardboard, including the dash. I hope the windscreen was well sealed, or you could end up with a lap full of dash.

There were a couple of different styles and a soft top available too

Originally Posted by travelrover

There were a couple of different styles and a soft top available too

This gets rolled out onto the road through summer near me .... So far I have managed NOT to call that number!

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What a sweet looking little car!

The later 13/60 didn't look as good.

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The dual headlight 6-cyl version called a Vitesse didn't look quite right.

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