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TR-10

April 19 2019

Actually Custom: 1958 Triumph TR-10 Electric Conversion

DailyTurismo Uncategorized British, Conversion, Electric, standard ten, TR-10, Triumph 3

I think, as car “journalists” we tend to think we’ve seen it all. Or at least, I do. And whenever I become jaded with all of the mundane junk (that passes for custom) for sale on craigslist (Chevy V8 powered RX-7s, dime-a-dozen, Bio-diesel Mercs been-there-done-that, etc) I go off in search for the oddballs, the […]

March 19 2014

5k: Panel Utility: 1959 Triumph TR-10

DailyTurismo Uncategorized British, Standard, TR-10, Triumph 3

The Triumph Standard Ten was originally named for its tax horsepower, a number not based on a physical measurement of work per unit time, but based on an ancient formula for taxation based on cylinder bore and cylinder count. The name was continued until the concept of tax horsepower was long obsolete but in the […]