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Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1: TR4 and TR4A
If you replace a car’s body, a few years later replace its chassis, a few years after that replace the engine, and finally replace the body again, is it still the same car? That is the question posed...
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Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 2: TR5, TR250,...
With the debut of the TR4A in 1965, Triumph finally had a sports car with a modern fully independent suspension to match its crisp Italian styling, but the company soon decided the TR needed more power...
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Class Acts, Part 1: The Triumph 2000 and 2.5 PI Mk 1
Although the Triumph 2000 made little impression on American buyers, it was a very significant car for the British market, the first salvo in a bitter war between traditional big sedans and upscale...
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Class Acts, Part 2: Triumph 2000, 2.5 PI, and 2500 Mk 2
The Triumph 2000 was a hit, giving the Rover 2000 a run for its money and demonstrating that there was a lucrative market for affordable premium sedans. The Mk 2 edition, introduced in the fall of...
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Party Downsize: The Ford Fiesta Mk1 and Mk2
The original Ford Fiesta, introduced in 1976, was the Ford Motor Company’s most important new car of the seventies. It was a staggeringly expensive project that began Ford’s conversion to front-wheel...
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Bridging the Gap: The Honda / Acura Legend and Rover 800
Japanese cars have a reputation for appliance-like reliability, but are often criticized (fairly or not) for lacking character. Character is a quality of which British cars have rarely been short, but...
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Born on a Boat: Donald Healey and the Story of the Nash-Healey
Inspired by a chance shipboard meeting between Donald Healey and the president of Nash-Kelvinator, the Nash-Healey was one of the first postwar American sports cars and the last of a line of Healey...
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A Big Healey History: The Austin-Healey 100, 100-6, and 3000
In October 1952, Donald Healey introduced what was to be the most famous car bearing his name: the Austin-Healey 100. It would survive for 15 years in three distinct incarnations, along the way gaining...
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1953-1967 Austin-Healey 100, 100-6, and 3000 Continue Reading A Big Healey History: The Austin-Healey 100, 100-6, and 3000 The post A Big Healey History: The Austin-Healey 100, 100-6, and 3000 appeared...
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1961-1967 Triumph TR4 and TR4 Continue Reading Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1: TR4 and TR4A The post Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1:...
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1968-1976 Triumph TR250, TR5 PI, and TR6 Continue Reading Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 2: TR5, TR250, and TR6 The post Grandfather’s Ax: The Many Evolutions of the...
View ArticleClass Acts, Part 1: The Triumph 2000 and 2.5 PI Mk 1
1964-1969 Triumph 2000 and 2.5 PI Mk 1 Continue Reading Class Acts, Part 1: The Triumph 2000 and 2.5 PI Mk 1 The post Class Acts, Part 1: The Triumph 2000 and 2.5 PI Mk 1 appeared first on Ate Up With...
View ArticleClass Acts, Part 2: Triumph 2000, 2.5 PI, and 2500 Mk 2
1969-1977 Triumph 2000/2500 Mk 2 Continue Reading Class Acts, Part 2: Triumph 2000, 2.5 PI, and 2500 Mk 2 The post Class Acts, Part 2: Triumph 2000, 2.5 PI, and 2500 Mk 2 appeared first on Ate Up With...
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1976-1989 Ford Fiesta Mk1 and Mk2 Continue Reading Party Downsize: The Ford Fiesta Mk1 and Mk2 The post Party Downsize: The Ford Fiesta Mk1 and Mk2 appeared first on Ate Up With Motor.
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1986–1991 Honda/Acura Legend and 1986–1999 Rover/Sterling 800 Continue Reading Bridging the Gap: The Honda / Acura Legend and Rover 800 The post Bridging the Gap: The Honda / Acura Legend and Rover 800...
View ArticleDon’t Call It Hydra-Matic: The Rolls-Royce and Bentley Automatic Gearbox
Although the Hydra-Matic transmission was first used by Oldsmobile and Cadillac, the final user was not a GM division, but Rolls-Royce, which used its own license-built versions of this highly...
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