On Wed, 20 Aug 1997, Kenneth Brown wrote:
> While I have owned Triumphs for over 20 years I have never taken a chance to
> read anthing about the marque other than whats in the repair manuals. I'd like
> to change that so I took a quick look at the VTR discount book service and was
> amazed at the number of selections. Can anyone on the list recommend the two
>or
> three books they consider worth reading?
As good and complete a history, overall, as you're likely to find is
Robson & Langworth's _Triumph Cars: The Complete Story from Tri-car to
Acclaim_. I personally suggest avoiding Newton's _Illustrated Triumph
Buyer's Guide_, though.
Beyond that, you'll probably want to focus on books devoted to the various
models of Triumphs. Bill Piggott's books on the TR series are very nice,
as are some of the model-specific books by Graham Robson. Mike Cook's _The
Triumph Spitfire_ is also pretty good.
There are other model-specific books not (yet?) listed in the VTR book
service, such as Costigan's book on the Herald & Vitesse and Thomason's
similar originality guide on the Spitfire & GT6, that are very useful.
One good way to get a feel for the models when new is through any of the
various Brooklands Series reprints of period road tests and other
contemporary articles.
A word of caution, though [and you guys knew this was coming from me,
didn't you? :-) ]: most of the current works on Triumphs do not deal very
thoroughly, if at all, with North American- or in particular the
U.S.-specification Triumphs. These cars often differed in any number of
details from the home market cars; that became more and more evident after
Federal safety and emissions legislation affected cars sold in the United
States after January 1, 1968.
I hope that helps somewhat.
--Andy
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