1031 Triumph Mayflower Deluxe (1951)
Triumph Mayflower (1950-55)
Production 35000
Registration Number 634 YUG (Leeds)
TRIUMPH SET
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The first new car to be built by Standard under the new Standard-Triumph ownership and launched at the 1949 Earls Court, Motor Show with deliveries starting in mid-1950.
The Mayflower used an updated version of the pre-war Standard 10 engine, updated with an aluminium cylinder head and single Solex carburettor, with an output of 38bhp.
mated to a three speed, column change gearbox with syncromesh on all ratios.
Suspension was coil sprun independant front suspension with telescopic dampers and a solid back axle and half-elliptic leaf springs, With Lockheed hydraulic brakes
The body was designed by Leslie Moore, chief body designer of Mulliners of Birmingham with input from Triumph's Walter Belgrove. The body shells were built by Fisher and Ludlow at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham
Mayflowers were tried as armoured patrol cars in Kenya, plated with 0.25 inch steel, its flat sides aided easy conversion
This car known affectionately by its owner as Maggie, was first registered on the 16th January 1951 rescued in a dilapidated condition in 2007 after standing in a shed since being taken of the road in 1964, and since restored. It is a Deluxe model ie fitted with heater, caarpets and trimmed in leather.
Many thanks for a fantabulous
44,410,860 views (adjusted and readjusted during FLICKR re-engineering, reduced by around 650,000)
Shot 23.08.2015 at Lupin Farm, Classic Vehicle Gathering, Orgreave, Alrewas, Staffordshire - Ref 109-1031
1031 Triumph Mayflower Deluxe (1951)
Triumph Mayflower (1950-55)
Production 35000
Registration Number 634 YUG (Leeds)
TRIUMPH SET
www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/sets/72157623847263736...
The first new car to be built by Standard under the new Standard-Triumph ownership and launched at the 1949 Earls Court, Motor Show with deliveries starting in mid-1950.
The Mayflower used an updated version of the pre-war Standard 10 engine, updated with an aluminium cylinder head and single Solex carburettor, with an output of 38bhp.
mated to a three speed, column change gearbox with syncromesh on all ratios.
Suspension was coil sprun independant front suspension with telescopic dampers and a solid back axle and half-elliptic leaf springs, With Lockheed hydraulic brakes
The body was designed by Leslie Moore, chief body designer of Mulliners of Birmingham with input from Triumph's Walter Belgrove. The body shells were built by Fisher and Ludlow at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham
Mayflowers were tried as armoured patrol cars in Kenya, plated with 0.25 inch steel, its flat sides aided easy conversion
This car known affectionately by its owner as Maggie, was first registered on the 16th January 1951 rescued in a dilapidated condition in 2007 after standing in a shed since being taken of the road in 1964, and since restored. It is a Deluxe model ie fitted with heater, caarpets and trimmed in leather.
Many thanks for a fantabulous
44,410,860 views (adjusted and readjusted during FLICKR re-engineering, reduced by around 650,000)
Shot 23.08.2015 at Lupin Farm, Classic Vehicle Gathering, Orgreave, Alrewas, Staffordshire - Ref 109-1031