Wow! The tree of knowledge, backstory, wisdom and entertainment keeps growing!
I'm sure that all of us who subscribe to this list would be happy to see the
results of your "wallet" cleaning.
Thanks!
Alex Thomson
Connecticut Triumph Register
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From: Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of John Macartney
Sent: Sunday, March 22, 2026 12:23 PM
To: triumphs@autox.team.net
Subject: [TR] Paperwork
Hi, Everyone,
Iâ??ve been going through a large document wallet that Dad kept for many
decades prior to his death in 1979 and have come across some potentially very
interesting stuff (for me) that may be of interest to some or all of you?
The easy ones are likely very much in the â??absolute unobtainiumâ?? category
and are copies of road tests from the â??Autocarâ?? and â??Motorâ?? magazines
of several pre WW2 Triumph car models written and pictured pre-war. Which
models I canâ??t currently say as it means getting up off my arse and having a
rummage through the wallet. I must say that while all of them are scannable,
the paper size is larger than that used on either side of the pond today. To
get them to fit current screens, Iâ??ll have to probably do them as .jpegs and
youâ??ll then have to zoom your screens to hopefully make them reasonably
legible. The nearest font type can best be described as Times New Roman Narrow
- so not ideal - and printed at least 75 or more years ago.
The other subject is for the technical bods among you and are parts 1 and 2 of
two *very* detailed papers by David Eley, Standard Triumphs SC engine designer.
The SC engine was the Small Car power unit used in the Standard/Triumph Ten car
of the early 1950s which engine was used in the Eight, Ten, Herald, Spitfire,
Toledo and Dolomite in ever-increasing capacities of 803, 948 and later 1147,
1296 and 1493 capacities. Davidâ??s papers were written and presented by him to
the UKâ??s Institute of Mechanical Engineers of which august body, David was a
full-blown member. Images of charts of engineering drawings, power curves and
the results in text, of evaluations and development stories. I find them
fascinating and Iâ??m fairly certain a good few club magazine editors might
want to use some or all this stuff in mags/newsletters providing they properly
acknowledge the original publication source and copyright. Letâ??s face it, a
magazine editors job isnâ??t a happy one at the best of times in finding stuff
thatâ??s new for each edition. Done it myself on many occasions and any copy on
an informed subject has to be better than the seemingly endless pictures of
rows of cars with open bonnets and people sitting at pub/eatery tables looking
bored stiff.
Let me know how some of you feel as thereâ??s a deal of scanning to do - or not.
Jonmac
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