Welcome to the Experience

Hello and welcome to the site. Please enjoy your stay!

Calendar of Events
Next 10 Events for Jul 31, 2010
Aug 01 Britbull XIV All British Car Show (Spokane, WA, USA)
Aug 07 6th Annual DVCMG Car Show (Pennypacker Mills County Park Schwenksville, PA 19473)
Aug 13 Concorso Italiano (Monterey, CA)
Aug 21 Invade The Close Car Show (Sarnia, ON, Canada)
Aug 21 All British Car And Truck Show (Tedford Park, East Wenatchee, WA)
Aug 22 A Taste Of Britain (Rothsville, PA, USA)
Sep 05 Autumn Sports Classic Car Show (Lancaster, New York, USA)
Sep 06 Ludwig's Corner Car Show (Ludwig's Corner, PA)
Sep 11 Atlanta British Car Fayre (Norcross, GA)
Sep 11 All British Car & Cycle Show (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Click here to add an event
or view the complete calendar.
Registry Slideshow

  • 1965 Triumph Spitfire Mkii
    1965 Triumph Spitfire MKII
  • 1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500
    1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500
  • 1973 Triumph Spitfire
    1973 Triumph Spitfire
  • 1971 Triumph Spitfire Mkiv
    1971 Triumph Spitfire MkIV
  • 1971 Triumph Tr6
    1971 Triumph TR6
  • 1979 Triumph Spitfire
    1979 Triumph Spitfire
  • 1969 Triumph Spitfire Mkiii
    1969 Triumph Spitfire MkIII
  • 1974 Triumph Tr6
    1974 Triumph TR6
  • 1974 Triumph 1500
    1974 Triumph 1500
  • 1980 Triumph Spitfire
    1980 Triumph Spitfire
  • 1978 Triumph Tr8
    1978 Triumph TR8
  • 1963 Triumph Tr4
    1963 Triumph TR4
  • 1978 Triumph Spitfire
    1978 Triumph Spitfire
  • 1973 Triumph Tr6
    1973 Triumph TR6
  • 1974 Triumph Spitfire
    1974 Triumph Spitfire
Visit the Registry to add your vehicles
and view other member's cars.

Thanks to Stephen & Wendy Naylor for the photograph of their beautiful 1972 Triumph Spitfire at the top of the page.

Triumph Information in a Nutshell

From humble beginnings as a bicycle manufacturer, Triumph began building motorcycles in 1902. In 1921 Triumph acquired the Dawson Car Company and began building automobiles beginning with the 1.4L Triumph 10/20. In the 1930s they changed their name to the Triumph Car Company, and spun off the motorcycle division into its own company in 1936. Donald Healey was the Experimental Manager from 1934 until 1939, when T.W. Ward purchased the company and placed Healey in charge as general manager. The company produced several models including the Gloria and the Dolomite during this time.

After WWII, the company reformed under the Standard Motor Company and once again started automobile construction. Many iconic British sports cars were produced in the 1960s and 1970s including (not a comprehensive list):

  • TR3 (1955-1957), TR3A (1957-1962)
  • TR3B (1961-?) with 2,138cc inline 4 engine and all synchromesh transmission
  • TR4 (1961-1965) with 2,138cc inline 4 engine, roll-up windows, full synchromesh, rack & pinion steering and optional hardtop with integral rollbar.
  • TR4A (1965-1968) an evolution of the TR4, with updated chassis and independant rear suspension (IRS)
  • TR6 (1969-1976), the best selling Triumph car, with a 2498cc inline 6
  • Spitfire (1962-1981), a classic and popular two-seater sports car designed by Michelotti that went through 5 revisions during its long run.
  • TR7 (1975-1981) and TR8 (1978-1981) aka the "wedge", with a 1998cc inline 4 and 3528cc V8 respectively.

What's New

Thursday July 29, 2010
Added Model Information pages
Thursday July 22, 2010
Relaunched Two Stroke Smoke the Vespa and Lambretta Scooter Site at www.twostrokesmoke.com
Saturday July 10, 2010
Added social bookmarking links to the bottom of each article
(facebook, twitter, reddit, delicious, etc etc)
Friday July 9, 2010
Fancy new library for rendering bbcode markup in Journal entries.
Thursday July 8, 2010
Fancy new Google custom search (at the bottom of every page) with embedded results.
Thursday July 8, 2010
Launched new site: MX5 Miata World!
Monday May 17, 2010
Launch day for ASN version 5!
Wednesday May 12, 2010
Upgraded forums to Phorum 5.2.15a for bug fixes and security.
Tuesday May 11, 2010
Mass edit of registry entries to have consistent model names.
Monday May 10, 2010
Restyled MG Experience, Corrado World and AutoShrine Network sites.



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