Triumph specialists

We are very proud to have been entrusted with fabrication, repair and paint of the legendary 5VC, one of only four special alloy panelled 1962 TR4's prepared by Triumph for the 1962 and 1963 European rally seasons. Our challenge was to preserve every original detail along with all the significant damage from hard years of rallying.

Triumph provided Britain with some fantastic cars between 1953 and 1977. We have worked on many TR series over the years, and they are still powerful and fun cars to drive, their 100mph plus performance means they can still keep up with daily traffic conditions. The Triumph TR2 was launched in 1953 and set a standard for well built, fast and mechanically simple sport cars. The TR3, TR4, TR5 and TR6 built on the basic form taking engine power up to 150bhp, which in 1967 was certainly spritely.

Any Triumph restoration starts with the chassis, these can rot to a surprising level and to the point of structural weakness. Trailing arm fixing points are a frequent area that need attention and any chassis must be checked for trueness as well as stress cracks. If the car is to be used in any hard rally/race applications then strengthening the chassis is a requirement.  If a chassis is too far gone for repair then there are fantastic replacement chassis available with CTM’s product being a favourite of our customers.

Triumph’s Spitfire and GT6 models are still popular classic cars but are held back by their low values meaning a full restoration is a loss-making enterprise. In 1970 the Triumph Stag arrived and is great handling Grand Tourer with a fabulous sounding engine.

Triumph’s last hurrah was the TR7 and TR8. The TR7 began production in 1975 and its on-trend ‘Wedge’ shape divided opinion at the time, but it is now just beginning to look cool again. Poor build quality and the unreliability of these models spelt for the end the Triumph Motor Company as a manufacturer of sport cars and they ceased operations in 1984. A sad and inglorious end to one of Britain’s greatest sport car marques.