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1961 Triumph Herald 1200 Saloon Comments about this vehicle| Author | Message |
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◊ 2019-09-04 00:12 |
60s porridge, all of it, even the Alpine, which was only a tonsed up Hillman Husky after all. |
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◊ 2019-09-04 08:48 |
I see a Triumph Herald. |
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◊ 2019-09-04 08:49 |
It says interesting. |
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◊ 2019-09-04 11:06 |
The only time a Triumph Herald becomes interesting is when you overcook it on a bend and it jacks itself up on the swing axle. Suddenly, understeer becomes a vicious oversteer, and you find yourself heading, backwards, for the hedgerow. It can also result in inversion of the car, which can really ruin your day, especially if the car is a convertible. The Vitesse was even more fun, being that bit more powerful. The later models had a jointed rear suspension, meaning that you were going faster when you came off the road. |
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◊ 2019-09-04 21:06 |
It might have had many faults, but at least it had one good thing about it. In my early days with a driving licence (early 90's), I used to deliver morning papers. I soon found out that not all post boxes were ideally placed and wished for a car with a narrow turning circle. The best car I read about was the Triumph Herald which could do a full turn in, if I recall it correctly, less than 8 meters. |
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◊ 2019-09-04 23:17 |
I owned a 1961 Triumph Herald 1200 Coupé, red and white, 9071RW. In it I won the local motor club production car trial cup one year, shortly before it fell apart. It’s amazing how muddy a hill you can drive a car up when you have a couple of paving slabs in the boot and a 200 lb bouncer in the passenger seat! |
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◊ 2019-09-04 23:24 |
Our motor club would scrutineer for such chicanery, otherwise you were entered in the specials class. The trick was weights inside the back bumper! |
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◊ 2019-09-05 08:40 |
IIRC, the rules for prod car trials allowed extra weight, provided it was fixed to the car in some way and remained in place during the entire event. |
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