The first vee-twin in England
Sir, I have found your article on the Phoenix and the work of Mr. Bowyer-Lowe most interesting. The very early days of the Motor Industry have a fascination all their…
LES TRIUMPH EN COMPB11110N BY FRil0ERIC REYDELLET ISBN 2-9516767-0-0 Published by Frederic Rgdellet, €44.00
PACKED WTTH PHOTOS,
these paperbacks cover the competition career of the TR2/TR3 models in rallies and racing from 1954 to ’61. If you read French, you can immerse yourself in the personal tales of arguments at Yugoslavian customs posts and colli sions with Paris taxis with which the basic story is embellished. There’s a continental perspective
because of the events (Tome 1 covers Alpine rallying and Tome 2 Liege-Rome-Liege), with diversions to Britain to describe the Warwick, Peerless and Swallow Doretti enterprises, all of which used Triumph TR running gear. Photo reproduction is variable and the layout is hardly elegant, but the coverage is thorough. GC