Hey,
Here's another possibility for a long running thread. The difference in the
meaning of
"Standard". As it was originally used by the company responsible for out
"loves", the term (as
Chris states) was meant as the "Banner" or symbol of honor. Here in the good
ole US of A,
standard has taken on a completely different connotation, and generally is
accepted as meaning
"plain Jane" as in the standard old stuff (not the deluxe version). So it's no
wonder that
Triumph dropped all the allusions to "Standard" on the US cars that they
exported.
Joe Curry
Chris Lillja wrote:
> Maybe the shield on YOUR Triumph represents "The Gates of Hell" but the one
>that appears
> on my steering wheel center and shift knob is a stylized version of the
>Standard (as in
> Standard-Triumph) "Standard" as in what was carried at the head of a Roman
>Legion... I'm
> pretty sure that the "Open Book" symbol originated in this way. At least I
>think I read
> it on a "Standard Cars" website...
>
> Now My TR4A has a WAY cool WORLD symbol on its bonnet... I was very pleased
>to see
> something very like it on the earliest extant Triumph, a '20's 10/23(?
>Triumph World this
> past summer)...did anyone notice the Triumph script on the engine block was
>the Triumph
> motorcycle script?
>
> "Open Book" = History is an open book...write some with your Triumph...
> "World"= Triumph over the World (Like the Spitfires at Le Mans in '63)
> "The difference between a horse and a goat is more than a pair of horns..." -
>"Kas" Kastner
>
> Chris Lillja
> TR4A
> Norton Commando
> Spit MKIV
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