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Re: Standard Triumph firsts

To: <greenman62@hotmail.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Standard Triumph firsts
From: "John Macartney" <jonmac@ndirect.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2001 20:57:24 -0000
>>First British manufacturer to offer a car that was wetter on the
>>inside than on the outside in a downpour (Herald)


Greg Petrolati replied:
>  Umm John, didn't the TR2? get there first?

Quite possibly, but the first Heralds (saloon and coupe) had steel
roofs and *relatively* close fitting body joints. Implication is these
conditions suggested a degree of 'waterproofness.' Many owners of
early cars discovered that what their eyes led them to believe was too
frequently disproved by reality. This may have had something to do wth
the fact that at the time of the Leyland take-over, STI's vehicle
stocks and work in progress amounted to some GBP 20 million - and much
of this value was represented by *unsellable* Heralds.

JM

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