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<html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3D=
utf-8"></head><body dir=3D"auto"><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks for that update Joh=
n, concurs with the time frame I believed. ISTR Donald Healey was MD i=
n the early 40=E2=80=99s?</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">B=
ill</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Jun 26, 2023, at 1:41 PM, John Macartney &l=
t;johnbmacartney@gmx.com> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<=
meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8">Bill=
,<div><br></div><div>The car side broke away from the bicycle and motorcycle=
side in 1936. By 1939, the car business was in dire financial straits and e=
ffectively ceased trading in 1939 just before WW2. There are a variety of op=
inions on why it went bust but I think the principal reason was it strived t=
o make too many different models. While this was encouraging for the potenti=
al buyer, the key issue was they tried to cover too many different model typ=
es and didn=E2=80=99t make enough of any of them to recoup the design and ma=
nufacturing costs. </div><div>On top of that, the car factory itself in=
Priory Street was really quite small, in the middle of Coventry city centre=
and by the time Hitler=E2=80=99s Luftwaffe had flattened Coventry in Novemb=
er 1940, the real estate value of the site was pennies. That goes a long way=
to explaining the relatively small outlay from Standard in 1945 to acquire t=
he Triumph name and manufacturing rights. Hope this clarifies?</div><div><br=
></div><div>Jonmac<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">Sent from a piece of electronic p=
apyrus I found in King Tut=E2=80=99s tomb</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On 25 Ju=
n 2023, at 04:16, bill beecher <<a href=3D"mailto:notakitcar@yahoo.com";>n=
otakitcar@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><meta http-equiv=3D"content-type" content=3D"text/html; chars=
et=3Dutf-8">I always thought the Triumph car didn=E2=80=99t come about till t=
he =E2=80=9830s. When did they split with the motorbike folks?<div>Bil=
l B<br><br><div dir=3D"ltr">=E2=80=9CShoot low sheriff, she=E2=80=99s riding=
a shetland=E2=80=9D =E2=80=A6B.Wills</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br>On Jun 24, 2=
023, at 7:30 PM, Don Hiscock <<a href=3D"mailto:don.hiscock@gmail.com";>do=
n.hiscock@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">=EF=BB=BF<d=
iv dir=3D"ltr"><div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">A=
s time goes by and I've gotten to see many more 1930s sports-racers at place=
s like Goodwood, that era has really grown on me. Especially the pre-1=
940 Triumphs</div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small"><br=
></div><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-size:small">Here are some n=
ice ones, along with a bunch of other S-T products at Walton Hall in Warring=
ton, Cheshire, UK in May 2023.</div><br></div><a href=3D"https://youtu.be/tr=
1A8T1NfHs" target=3D"_blank">https://youtu.be/tr1A8T1NfHs</a>
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