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Big-Bumper Spitfire Saves The Day!

Try to imagine a not-so-hot pursuit between a Malaise Triumph Spitfire and a smog-motored mid-70s cop Mopar Ford. Will the single-digit gas mileage of the police car result in a drained fuel tank before the British Leyland build quality of the Spitfire sends it coughing to a halt on the shoulder in a cloud of wire-insulation smoke? We'll never know, because it turns out the Triumph wasn't running from the cops after all. Whew!

11:20 AM on Wed May 7 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,385 views, 30 comments

Latest by n/a: Two MG Midgets in the garage, neither runs, of course. Thinking of transplanting my Toyota 22RE into it, a la that PCH a while back. more »

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Malaise? What Malaise? British Leyland Has Just What America Needs!

You'll have fun in the sun, "motoring tops-down" in a spiffy new late-70s MGB, TR6, or Spitfire. Note how the horrifyingly ugly bumpers of the Spitfire are barely glimpsed as we see happy Americans driving hundreds of yards with no apparent electrical malfunctions. Sure, British Leyland gave up on the idea of selling MGs and Triumphs in the US just a year or two after this ad, but can't you feel the optimism here?

11:00 AM on Mon Apr 28 2008
By Murilee Martin
1,858 views, 31 comments

Latest by Armand Bengle: @eastaboga: The Weber 32/36 DGV is a gift from heaven. more »

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Marital Infidelity Prompts All-Triumph Car Chase

When you're caught in flagrante delicto by your special lady's husband and have to flee on foot while dressed in a towel, you might breathe a sigh of relief when you discover he plans to chase you in a Triumph Stag; after all, the timing chains probably won't hold out as long as your legs. But then, in one of those cruel twists of fate that seemed all too common in Malaise Britain, you find yourself in the waking nightmare of being forced to choose another Triumph in which to make your getaway!

10:00 AM on Wed Apr 23 2008
By Murilee Martin
6,401 views, 32 comments

Latest by Murilee Martin: @Novaload: I believe the Malaise Triumphs still had some Whitworth hardware on them... more »