Saw this nice little Triumph Herald across the street from my house today....

[keiser31]

Nice little ride....

[Oz Dodge 4]

My youngest brother and I bought the exact same model, right down to the wooden dashboard and a sports steering wheel and gave it as a wedding present to my middle sized brother and his wife so Carol could learn to drive in a small easy to drive car. "Great little bus!!". Norm kept it about 10 years, but after the kids came along and Carol got a station wagon, it wasn't getting much use so they sold it to a member of the Triumph club they met at a car display.

Lovely little cars and great to drive!

[zepher]

That is a great looking little car.

I really like the tail lights.

[rocketraider]

You can have one for your very own...

 

 

[Rusty_OToole]

There are lots of cars with peoples' last names like Ford, Olds, Buick but not many with first names. I can only think of 3, Henry J, Harold and Mercedes.

[zepher]

48 minutes ago, rocketraider said:

You can have one for your very own...

 

 

That yellow does absolutely nothing for the car.

Not nearly as appealing as the car originally posted.

[TAKerry]

8 hours ago, zepher said:

That yellow does absolutely nothing for the car.

Not nearly as appealing as the car originally posted.

I saw the one in the not mine for sale and thought it looked kinda frumpy, but yes this one in black does look nice.

[8E45E]

8 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said:

There are lots of cars with peoples' last names like Ford, Olds, Buick but not many with first names. I can only think of 3, Henry J, Harold and Mercedes.

You forget Edsel.

 

Craig

[TAKerry]

9 hours ago, Rusty_OToole said:

There are lots of cars with peoples' last names like Ford, Olds, Buick but not many with first names. I can only think of 3, Henry J, Harold and Mercedes.

The Triumph is a Herald, not typically the way someone spells a name and with a different meaning.

[8E45E]

11 minutes ago, TAKerry said:

The Triumph is a Herald, not typically the way someone spells a name and with a different meaning.

That is correct for the Herald. 

 

It was the first new Triumph in years and styled by Michelotti in Italy, making it rather significant for its all-new design upon its announcement in 1959.  As per their early advertising, especially in England, it was to 'herald' in, or announce a new direction for Triumph.   Standard-Triumph used the services of Michelotti on the TR4, TR6, 2000 sedan, 1300 sedan, Stag, and several other concepts and prototypes after the Herald.

 

Craig

[58L-Y8]

We had a Plymouth-DeSoto dealership nearby that took a Triumph franchise when the DeSoto was done.   He only sold the cars, though may have been able to order motorcycles too.  I'm curious how much of the body components are fiberglass.  It appears as if the front clip is, suspect the quarter panels are as well since the bumpers are painted argent rather than chrome plated.   It's interesting that Michelotti the Italian design house created a very American-themed design though one suspects that was a primary target market to which Triumph hoped to appeal.

[Buick35]

1 hour ago, 8E45E said:

You forget Edsel.

 

Craig

How about women's names,Porsche,Mercedes,Victoria,Tundra(just kidding).

[1912Staver]

1 hour ago, 58L-Y8 said:

We had a Plymouth-DeSoto dealership nearby that took a Triumph franchise when the DeSoto was done.   He only sold the cars, though may have been able to order motorcycles too.  I'm curious how much of the body components are fiberglass.  It appears as if the front clip is, suspect the quarter panels are as well since the bumpers are painted argent rather than chrome plated.   It's interesting that Michelotti the Italian design house created a very American-themed design though one suspects that was a primary target market to which Triumph hoped to appeal.

 None of the body is fiberglass on a Herald. You can think of them as a heavier , 4 seater { sort of } Triumph Spitfire. The Herald came first , and was trimmed down into the sports car Spitfire. Under the skin they are very similar.  You can use most if not all of the basic mechanicals from a later Spitfire to give a Herald improved front brakes { bolt on disks instead of pretty skimpy drums }, improved gearbox , full syncro instead of unsyncronized first gear, and a bolt in , larger , more powerfull engine.

 An OK , but not really great British car in my opinion. { but I am a dyed in the wool sports car guy } The rear suspension design is a major shortcoming with both Herald's and early Spitfires. Swing axles with all sorts of built in handling quirks. People have had success re- engineering the rear suspension. Then they become reasonably decent cars.

 

 

 

 

Edited September 25 by 1912Staver (see edit history)

[rocketraider]

1 hour ago, 1912Staver said:

The rear suspension design is a major shortcoming with both Herald's and early Spitfires. Swing axles with all sorts of built in handling quirks.

Guess the UK had no equivalent to Ralph Nader... that or no one at Standard-Triumph insulted him.

[Oz Dodge 4]

10 hours ago, 1912Staver said:

  An OK , but not really great British car in my opinion. 

The rear suspension design is a major shortcoming with both Herald's and early Spitfires. 

 

They are an interesting "series" of vehicles, I personally like the "Herald" and the spitfire, "yes" they have shortcomings, but any car built to a budget has to compromise on something.

The Herald "morphed" into the "Vitesse" in later years, with the 6 cylinder engine out of the saloon and the spitfire got the same treatment for the GT6, and I liked them as well, but the early Herald was the one I liked most.

 

 

 

[8E45E]

11 hours ago, 1912Staver said:

 None of the body is fiberglass on a Herald. You can think of them as a heavier , 4 seater { sort of } Triumph Spitfire. The Herald came first , and was trimmed down into the sports car Spitfire. Under the skin they are very similar.  You can use most if not all of the basic mechanicals from a later Spitfire to give a Herald improved front brakes { bolt on disks instead of pretty skimpy drums }, improved gearbox , full syncro instead of unsyncronized first gear, and a bolt in , larger , more powerfull engine.

 An OK , but not really great British car in my opinion. { but I am a dyed in the wool sports car guy } The rear suspension design is a major shortcoming with both Herald's and early Spitfires. Swing axles with all sorts of built in handling quirks. People have had success re- engineering the rear suspension. Then they become reasonably decent cars.

The Germans thought a Herald engine might perform better in water: