Housed in a nondescript warehouse in Dayton, Ohio, the British Transportation Museum contains a large collection of British automobiles which are maintained and restored by a crew of volunteers. Most of the cars do not display any information about them. Shown below are some of the Triumph automobiles in this collection.
The origins of the British Triumph automobiles begins with bicycles in 1885 when Siegfried Bettmann formed the S. Bettmann & Co. to important bicycles from Europe and to sell them under his own trade name in London. The trade name Triumph emerged in 1886 and by 1889 the company was manufacturing its own bicycles in Coventry, England. The first Triumph automobile was produced in 1923. In 1930, the company changed its name to Triumph Motor Company. The company was acquired by Leyland Motors in 1960. In 1984, the Triumph marque was retired.
1962 Triumph Herald
1979 Triumph Spitfire
1978 Triumph TR7
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