Well Scott, Friends,
my humble suggestion is:
1) From Sir Alick Dicks boat named Herald. Before that naming it was
known under its project name of Zobo.
2) Harry Webster succeded with one model, yes. It was the Stag.
He's said to have frowned on the suggested combination of Vitesse engine
and Spitfire body, the coming GT6, to be called a combination
of the former two project names of AtomBomb, so the GT6 never had
a true project name... (The coming TR4 was prototyped as both Zest
and Zoom, with different spec's and chassis styles.)
3) The shield is taken from the Coventry city arms and depicts a
dragon with its wings. It's the wings we see in the Triumph graphic.
Holyday greetings to You all from the land of Santa Claus,
Yours
/Odd
Scott Kohl wrote:
>
> Holiday-ish Greetings to all! Since this is the festive season,
> let's try three trivia questions. The first two should be easy
> for the average Triumph anorak (like me), the third is the poser.
>
> 1)From where did the Triumph Herald get its name?
>
> 2)Every model had a code name given to it, other than its marque
> name, before its announcement to the public. The TR4 was "Zoom",
> or was it "Zest"? The Spitfire was "bomb" (ahem). Anyway, more
> than once, Chief Engineer Harry Webster wanted the code name to
> be the models "official" name. He only succeeded with one model.
> What model was it?
>
> 3)What does the triumph "shield" or "book" really represent? (it
> is NOT a book or shield.)
>
> I would expect that the Brits lurking about will know #1 and #2
> straight away. But #3 is pretty obscure.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Scott Kohl
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