Triumph USA car accessories

Period accessories can were added to Triumph cars. If you want ensure that the extras were authentic how do you tell. One source is to look in the original sales brochure or parts books for the car in question. Another rarer source is an accessories brochure. Here are a few pages from the USA.

Triumph 2000 USA accessories

Triumph TR4A USA accessories

Triumph 1200 USA accessories

Triumph Spitfire Mk2 USA accessories

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If you have any more information such brochures or pricelists which detail the accessories fitted to Triumph cars please let me know. I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin

Further information and sources

Picture credits: If these images belong to you please let me know as I have forgotten where I got them.

Triumph Car Dealers in the USA

A short post to celebrate the 4 July.  Here are a few adverts and business cards featuring Triumph Car Dealers in the USA that I have collected over the years.

Adverts

Sunshine Motors Inc, Daytona Beach - Spitfire Mk4 brochure cover

Match box advert by Broadvue Motors, Cleveland Ohio

Did Broadvue Motors, Cleveland Ohio sell new Triumph cars?

Business cards

Alamo Sports Cars - David Rusell_BusinessCard_San Antonio Texas

1979 business card

Triumph sold a lot of sports cars in the USA. I have got a dealer directory for Leyland cars North America Dealer directory for 1974 and would like to add to my collection.  I have seen that directories for both 1963, 1968 and 1978 exist can somebody please share a scan of any of these or any other USA directories with me.

1963

1968

1978

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If you have any more information or recollections about Triumph Car Dealers in the USA, photos of window stickers, dealer badges or sill plates etc please let me know. I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin

Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group .

I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html

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Triumph Car Main Distributor List for USA in 1962

The Triumph Herald owners handbooks for the USA market included a list of the main distributors.  I have extracted this information from the USA Triumph Herald Coupe and Convertible Owners Handbook for 1959-62.

Arizona, California, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Wyoming
CAL SALES, INC., 1957 West 144th Street, Gardena, California
Telephone: Davis 9-7575

Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio
EUROPEAN MOTORS, INC., 8811 E, Jefferson Avenue, Detroit 14, Michigan
Telephone: Valley 1-7900

New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania
GENSER-FORMAN, INC., 1200 Springfield Road, Union, New Jersey
Telephone: Murdock 8-0050

Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee
SOUTHEAST TRIUMPH SALES, INC., 207 North Palafox Street, Pensacola, Florida
Telephone: Hemlock 3-5674

Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska
JONES-BISCHOFF TRIUMPH DISTRIBUTORS, 5220 Natural Bridge, SI. Louis J5, Missouri
Telephone: Evergreen 5-2222

Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas
SOUTHWEST TRIUMPH DISTRIBUTORS, INC., 308 Hughes Street, Houston, Texas
Telephone: Walnut 8-5286

Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin
TRIUMPH DISTRIBUTORS, INC., 870 North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois
Telephone: Whitehall 3-4242

Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont
TRIUMPH DISTRIBUTORS OF NEW ENGLAND, INC., 33 Mount Auburn Street,
Watertown 72, Boston, Massachusetts
Telephone: Walnut 6-0660

Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia
COLUMBIA TRIUMPH DISTRIBUTOR, INC., 10582 Metropolitan Avenue, Kensington,
Maryland
Telephone, Lockwood 4-0650

Alaska
SPORTCAR SALES, 109 Fireweed Lane, Spenard, Alaska
Telephone,' Anchorage 6-9799

Hawaii
VAIL MOTORS, LTD., 400 S. Beretania Street, Honolulu, Hawaii
Telephone: 583-587

America Dealer directory

I have a copy of the  Leyland North America Dealer directory 1974 - Austn , MG, Jaguar, Triumph, Land Rover.  If you have any other directories I would really appreciate a copy.

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If you have any more information or recollections, photos of window stickers, dealer badges or sill plates etc please let me know. I can be contacted via the comments to this post or on facebook at https://www.facebook.com/stephen.weblin

Further information and sources

Link to the other articles in this series.

Link to face book page: Triumph Car Dealers.

Link to my Triumph Car Dealers Flickr group .

I have a collection of Standard Triumph car dealer directories: http://vitessesteve.blogspot.co.uk/2016/03/triumph-car-dealer-directories.html

Leyland cars North America Dealer directory for 1974

The British Leyland North America Dealer directory for 1974 which covers the Austn, MG, Jaguar, Triumph and  Land Rover brands.  You can preview and download a copy from:   https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_CE2l4Osa3SemMyLUp0OVJTWlU/view?usp=sharing

I found this on Bobs TR6 site which has a lot useful stuff on it.