This is the very first time we see this kit car about which we don’t know anything but that it’s based on Triumph TR-4 Engine and chassis. But, apart from its platform which is for sure very reliable and easy to fix like every british car of the time, what is astonishing about this car… Read More Almost Daytona: 1960 Caribee TR-4
This is said to be one of the last Italia 2000 made and indeed is equipped with a Triumph TR3-B engine with a 2200 cc. displacement. As one of the last cars made, we’d expect to see the external fuel filler but this car has still the previous series fuel tank with the filler inside the… Read More Painstakingly maintained: 1963 Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
The seller of this one-off fiberglass berlinetta based on a 1957 Triumph TR3 chassis is a usual Classic Virus reader and he’s a true classic cars enthusiast. He submitted to us this nice car which body was made probably in the early sixties in the U.S.A., during the “Fiberglass era”. The photo above shows the… Read More Seller submission: One-off 1957 Triumph TR3 “Berlinetta”
Here it is another Italia 2000, this time with body #46. It is speculated to be a former italian car (like the 90% of all Italia 2000 produced) and to have been restored in 1998 and then imported in Netherlands. As we have experience with the Italia 200o, we can say that’s a good car,… Read More #46: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
This pretty Italia 2000 (Vignale body #30) is said to have been registered new in Madrid and that it has 88,000 kms from new, which is quite plausible on such car. The most curious thing on this car is the pale blue paint which seems old, probably original, but it’s a shade not mentioned in… Read More Strange color: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
And here it is another Italia 2000 which pops out of darkness. The seller doesn’t say anything about the car itself: just few words to tell again the well known history of these cars and the relationships among Ruffino, Michelotti and Vignale. One of the most important information about these cars, the Vignale serial number,… Read More Waiting for a savior: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
One of the best things of the classic cars hobby is that your certainties are continuously questioned. In this particular case, just when we thought to know (or, at least, to have seen) all the Italia 2000 survived so far, here is another one that pops out from darkness. We will not pull out about… Read More #95: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
In 1959, Salvatore Ruffino commissioned to Giovanni Michelotti, the top-notch italian car designer at the time, the task to design a sport coupé based on Triumph TR3 chassis and engine. The grey car in the photo is the result of such work. It seems a wonderful specimen and has still its original black plate. The… Read More Michelotti job: 1960 Triumph Italia 2000 Coupé by Vignale
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