[Fot] Macau Spitfire

[Kas Kastner]

I was sent a coupe of Atlas vans to supposedly use to tow the race cars to 
the races.  One was an open bed and the other a van enclosed body.  So slow 
you could hardly get to the freeway without being run over. Needless to say 
they did NOT tow an race cars anywhere and ended up being used as parts 
runners by the district manager.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Herald948 at aol.com>
To: <BillDentin at aol.com>; <fot at autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 8:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Fot] Macau Spitfire


> Bill and others:
>
> The original Macau Spitfire now resides back in England @ Canley Classics,
> along with its sibling ADU 4B, one of the LeMans Spitfire fastbacks. More
> information at
>
> _http://www.canleyclassics.com/triumphmuseum.asp_
> (http://www.canleyclassics.com/triumphmuseum.asp)
>
> Oh, there's also information there on a couple of Atlas vans they  own!
>
> And there are at least two Triumph-badged Atlas Major vans still in North
> America. One is a camper, in British Columbia, and the other is a van 
> currently
> residing in Indiana, having come out of Canada. Once I get my Database web
> site  back up to speed, I'll again have pictures of both of these, as well 
> as
> publicity shots of two other Triumph-badged Atlases used by the Detroit 
> Triumph
> distributors in the early 1960s.
>
> Yes, the 948cc powered Atlas vans lacked more than a little in terms of
> highway practicality, yet one of them actually survived the trans-Africa 
> proving
> run of prototype Triumph Heralds in 1958!
>
> --Andy  Mace
>
> *Mrs Irrelevant: Oh, is it a jet?
> *Man: Well, no ... It's not so  much of a jet, it's more your, er, Triumph
> Herald engine with wings.
> --  Cut-price Airlines Sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus (22)
>
> Triumph 10 /  Herald / Sports 6 vehicle consultant, The Vintage Triumph
> Register: _http://www.vtr.org_ (http://www.vtr.org/)
>
> Check out the North  American Triumph Sports 6 (Vitesse 6) and Triumph 
> Herald
> Database: _http://triumph-herald.us_ (http://triumph-herald.us/)
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