That will cost a few bob.

[swee'pea99]

Triumphs are consistent if nothing else; we had a Dolomite, the engine blew up in France, a 2500 estate, the front wheel fell off, a Spitfire, my dad overturned it into a ditch, that was is fault though and a Herald, the bottom fell out of as it had rusted to buggery although that only cost £100 and a Panasonic Way. Halcyon days...

My first car was a Herald I inherited from my mum. Knocking on 20 years old it was riddled with rust, to the extent that I fitted two new doors - neither the same colour as the original, or each other - and your feet got wet when it rained heavily, from the water sprayed up from the road (which you could see through the floor). The wheel fell of that one too. An embarrassing event, in quite a busy street...there was a dull cracking noise and the whole car pitched gently front and left, leaving the horizon at an angle. Passers-by were looking at the front of the car. 'Ah,' I thought, 'the wheel seems to have fallen off.' There was no getting round it...I had to get out, walk round the front and join the passers-by, then make a sort of 'ah, the wheel's fallen off' face. Not as easy as you might think...

Loved that car.

 

[Profpointy]

My first car was a Herald I inherited from my mum. Knocking on 20 years old it was riddled with rust, to the extent that I fitted two new doors - neither the same colour as the original, or each other - and your feet got wet when it rained heavily, from the water sprayed up from the road (which you could see through the floor). The wheel fell of that one too. An embarrassing event, in quite a busy street...there was a dull cracking noise and the whole car pitched gently front and left, leaving the horizon at an angle. Passers-by were looking at the front of the car. 'Ah,' I thought, 'the wheel seems to have fallen off.' There was no getting round it...I had to get out, walk round the front and join the passers-by, then make a sort of 'ah, the wheel's fallen off' face. Not as easy as you might think...

Loved that car.

I had a vitesse; essentially a Herald with 2litre 6cylinder engine. Loved it. mine was definitely a banger/rust-bucket but a good or done up one is fundamentaly a sound car. Great to drive - and great fun.

 

[BrumJim]

I'm I the only one on here who is itching to discover which Triumph sports car?
In my mind's eye I had a TR6, but on reflection, more likely to be a Stag.

 

[ArDee]

I was once travelling on business, I got picked up by the representative of the company we were considering buying some equipment from and driven from Kent to Derbyshire.
On a small road north of Derby on the way to Matlock the oil warning light came on and very shortly afterward, before we could stop, the engine seized.
The car had been in for a service the day before the trip and they'd forgotten to put the filler cap back on. During the drive the oil had been thrown out of the top of the engine through the hole left by the filler cap.
It wasn't a triumph though.

 

[Chromatic]

I'm I the only one on here who is itching to discover which Triumph sports car?
In my mind's eye I had a TR6, but on reflection, more likely to be a Stag.

Stag bonetts were hinged at the front.

 

[Piemaster]

Stag bonetts were hinged at the front.

I had a Stag a few years ago. Rover V8 conversion. Quite thirsty, but that isn't the point.
The noise it made giving it a bootful may have contributed to the consumption. I did see it again a couple of years after I'd sold it, the new owner had put a Triumph straight 6 in by then. Nice enough, but it ain't a V8

 

[Chromatic]

I had a Stag a few years ago. Rover V8 conversion. Quite thirsty, but that isn't the point.
The noise it made giving it a bootful may have contributed to the consumption. I did see it again a couple of years after I'd sold it, the new owner had put a Triumph straight 6 in by then. Nice enough, but it ain't a V8

I had one too, mine had the original triumph engine in it, that lovely V8 burble from the exhaust. A beautiful car to look at too in my opinion, my favourite car by far, I regret selling it.

 

[Drago]

As a young squaddie I once got a lift home from the pub in the boot a Stag.