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Triumph Mayflower #1
TVRPAUL Paul Robilotti Englishtown, NJ, USA	Posted: November 06, 2007 05:39PM Registered: 6 years ago Posts: 7

Hi guys

Tonight my wife told me she was speaking to her sister in PA and that in the garage of the house she bought is a Triumph Mayflower, anybody have anything to say about this car, I am clueless

Thx Paul

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #2
baldbadger John Hobart waimate, New Zealand	Posted: October 04, 2008 02:19PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 30

Awful ugly little car, with a stupid name, never seemed to catch on over here though you used to see a few on the road, was made in the style of sharp corners, some used to call it the poor mans Rolls Royce
Regards John

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #3
col colin renshall liverpool, United Kingdom	Posted: December 19, 2010 09:25AM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 6

Hi Paul
As I can recall the mayflower was built with alluminium panels ie hood doors trunk. Yes they are a bit of an ugly car but quite rare.I suppose if you did decide to do something with it You would have a conversation piece I think it had a 1500 side valve engine but im not absolutely sure, why not go have a look at it then decide. Remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder. I am sure there is someone out there that would give it a good home
Colin

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #4
britsnspits Michael Stoliker Bethlehem, PA, USA 1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "The Phoenix" 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Lucky"	Posted: December 22, 2010 03:52PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 7,049

I saw one for sale recently in PA where the P.O. had removed the roof and doors and tried to turn the thing into a Woody. Then the painted the rest of the car the ugliest shade of Robin's Egg blue you've ever seen.

It was a real train wreck and I think the owner was trying to sell it as the basis for building a custom rat-rod with a chevy engine.

Ugly...scary...pathetic!

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #5
Herald948 Andrew Mace East Nassau, upstate NY, USA 1962 Triumph Herald 1200 1967 Triumph Sports 1200 "The Munsonmobile"	Posted: December 23, 2010 10:18PM Registered: 4 years ago Posts: 1,982

Mayflowers were all steel -- no aluminum -- and, notably, they're more or less a "unibody" car. And yes, they did have a sidevalve engine with a displacement of 1247cc and an alloy head.

Michael, did you happen to get any photos of that would-be woody? I'd love to see them. Sounds so bad it just might be cool.

Mayflower trivia: In Australia, Standard's subsidiary built about 50 Mayflower "Utes" (pickups). VERY COOL!

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #6
britsnspits Michael Stoliker Bethlehem, PA, USA 1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "The Phoenix" 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Lucky"	Posted: January 05, 2011 03:18PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 7,049

Nope, sorry. The owner either sold it or pulled it off Craigslist before I could get the pictures.

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #7
britsnspits Michael Stoliker Bethlehem, PA, USA 1976 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "The Phoenix" 1978 Triumph Spitfire 1500 "Lucky"	Posted: January 13, 2011 02:50PM Registered: 2 years ago Posts: 7,049

Oops, my mistake...it was an Austin Princess, not a Triumph Mayflower. Nearly as ugly, and made more so by the owner.

http://allentown.craigslist.org/cto/2134192048.html

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #8
wkfountain Wanda F Mokena, USA 1979 Triumph Spitfire 1500	Posted: September 01, 2012 08:35PM Registered: 8 months ago Posts: 7

This is a cousin to the Triumph Renown. We have two.

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #9
69MkIII Darrell C Richmond, USA 1968 Triumph Spitfire MkIII "Spitwad" 1968 Volvo Amazon (122) "Rollsie"	Posted: November 23, 2012 12:13PM Registered: 10 months ago Posts: 1,007

That car is completely great - to me.
I've seen a few tiny cars that were british like this. One had a teeny carburettor on this engine that was like a tractor. I almost bought it. It was a specialty vehicle.

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #10
DavidMGA1600 David Lake Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia 1935 CycleKart Great Britain 1960 MG MGA "Dads Car"	Posted: April 23, 2013 07:18AM Registered: 5 years ago Posts: 5

The Mayflower looks like a little toy car, It would be a bit of fun (for the fun of it)

What condition is the car which was in the garage.

David

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Re: Triumph Mayflower #11
Terry 1. Terry Button Boronia, Victoria, Australia	Posted: May 18, 2013 08:07PM Registered: 8 days ago Posts: 5

Hi Paul, If the car was any good, I hope you grabbed it. They are getting quite rare now and, although they were small and under-powered, they were a great little runabout. They were the little brother to the Triumph Renown. The cars were known as the 'Razor Edge Saloons' because of the sharp edges. The larger Renown was the one known as 'The poor mans Rolls-Royce', not the Mayflower, because it had a superficial resemblance to a R.R. of the period. I hope the car survived as original and wasn't chopped about. Terry

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