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Razoredge Triumph 1800, 2000 and Renown
Sir John Black relaunched newly acquired Triumph Cars using mainly Standard components and 'Top Hat' styling
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Triumph TDC Renown MkII. The 'Flaming Torch' ornament was introduced on the TDB Renown.

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Triumph TRA 2000 Roadster - ornament

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Triumph 1800 Town Country Saloon - grille

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Triumph TDC Renown MkII - grille

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Triumph TDC Renown MkII. The TDB and TDC Renown (and the TDA 2000) all had the 2088cc 4-cylinder engine from the Standard Vanguard.

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Triumph TRA 2000 Roadster. A Standard Vanguard 2088cc engine replaced the old 1776cc unit.

Triumph 1800 Roadster 18TR front
Triumph 1800 Roadster 18TR. Launched in 1946, the Triumph Roadster was almost outdated even as production started. The engine was the same 1776cc Standard unit that powered the Jaguar 1½litre saloons.

Triumph 1800 Roadster 18TR rear
Triumph 1800 Roadster 18TR. Under Sir John Black the Triumph Roadster was designed with Frank Callaby doing the front and Arthur Ballard the rear. It was a 2-seater Roadster with a double dickey seat in the boot with windscreen bootlid.

Triumph 1800 Saloon fronta
Triumph 1800. In 1946 Triumph launched a saloon version of the Triumph 1800 Roadster called the 'Town Country Saloon'.

Triumph 1800 Saloon frontb
Triumph 1800 Town Country Saloon. Built on a 108inch version of the Roadster chassis, the 'Town and Country Saloon' was powered by the 1776cc engine from the Standard Flying Fourteen (also used in the Jaguar 1½litre).

Triumph 2000 DHC
Triumph TDB Renown front
Triumph TDB Renown. The Triumph TDA 2000 saloon had been launched in 1949 as a development of the 1800 saloon but fitted with the 2088cc engine from the Standard Vanguard. In late 1949 this was developed again into the Renown with a box section chassis from the Standard Vanguard.

Triumph TDC Renown MkII front
Triumph TDC Renown MkII. In production from 1951-54, the MkII had a 3inch longer wheelbase, push button door handles, and a scuttle vent.

Triumph TDC Renown MkII rear
Triumph TDC Renown MkII. Series II Renowns had a 3inch longer wheelbase and a larger rear window. The Renown Series II was in production from 1951-54 and was not replaced.

Triumph TRA 2000 Roadster front
Triumph TRA 2000 Roadster. In 1948 that Roadster was upgraded to the TRA 2000 by being given the 2088cc Standard Vanguard engine. Little else was changed, and after about a year and 2000 produce the Triumph Roadster moved aside for the eventual TR2.

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Triumph 2000 Roadster. Frank Callaby had designed the Triumph Roadster, and this view shows the location of the dickey seat, with it's own 'windscreen' as bootlid. 2000 Roadsters had an offside exhaust.

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Triumph TRA 2000 Roadster.

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Triumph 2000 Roadster TRA. When manufacture of the 1-1/2-litre Jaguar ceased in 1948, Triumph Roadster production continued in 1949 using the new Vanguard engine and transmission as the 2000 Roadster.

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Triumph TDC Renown Series II. The Series II was 3inches longer than the TDB (Series I)

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Triumph TRA 2000 Roadster - rear wheel

Triumph Mayflower
Triumph Mayflower
Triumph TR2
Triumph TR2
Standard Vanguard Phase 1 and 1a and 2
Standard Vanguard Phase 1 and 1a and 2

key text:  This is the page introducing Simons love of cars from the website  RedSimon which is a series of photo albums of Simon GP Geoghegan.
The names of Pinin, Farina, and Pininfarina are also considered
There are also notes on Pininfarina
as well as the car maker
and links tothat car maker
see also my Picasa car albums
withe even more on RedSimon
Simon is also a contributor to SuperCars.Net
And also to Wikipedia
Photos may be purchased from PhotoBox