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The Triumph Dolomite is a car that was produced by Triumph Motor Company from 1934 to 1940. It first appeared in 1934 as a sports car and the name was also used from 1937 on a series of sporting saloons and open cars until 1939 when the company went into receivership. A number were still sold and registered in 1940, though it is uncertain whether the receiver or new owner turned out cars from spare parts, or sold off completed cars. All except the Straight 8 featured a "waterfall" grille styled by Walter Belgrove, versions of the saloons with conventional grilles were sold as Continental models. ==Dolomite Straight 8== The first use of the Dolomite name was in 1934, when it was used for an 8-cylinder sports car which resembled the Alfa Romeo 8C.〔 However this car did not make production, only 3 being made. The engine was of 1990 cc capacity with twin overhead camshafts and fitted with a Roots type supercharger.〔 The engine output was at 5500 rpm,〔 giving the car a top speed of over when tested at Brooklands. Lockheed hydraulic brakes with large elektron drums were fitted.〔 The channel-section pressed steel chassis was conventional with a beam front axle and half-elliptic springs all round.〔 One of the cars was entered in the 1935 Monte Carlo Rally driven by Donald Healey but was withdrawn after being written off in a collision with a railway train on a level crossing in Denmark.〔 Largely because of the financial troubles of the company, the car never went into production.〔 Some spare engines and chassis were later assembled into complete cars by a London company called High Speed Motors (HSM). A car as described above was displayed on Stand 135 at the Olympia Motor Show in October 1934 equipped with an Armstrong Siddeley-Wilson preselective gearbox. The wheelbase was 8ft 8inches and track 4ft 6inches. It was priced at 1,000 guineas (£1,050).〔The Motor Show. ''The Times'', Monday, Oct 15, 1934; pg. 21; Issue 46885〕 A new small Ford was available for £100. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Triumph Dolomite (1934–40)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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