Triumph
Grand Prix
The Grand Prix
Triumph was introduced for use in competition
in 1948 as a development from the competition
shop of a design introduced some 11 years earlier,
with some of the upgrading originating from
wartime development work on generator power
units!
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well modified T100 motor with lightened and
polished crankshaft with roller bearings, heavy
duty conrods and dry sump lubrication, BTH racing
magneto, raised compression and a lightweight
alloy cylinder barrel and head fitted with lightened,
polished valvegear and twin Amal Carbs, the
Grand Prix was an immediate success.
Cycle parts used
were based on the T100, but modifications to
standard included up rated brakes, close ratio
gears and exposed primary drive. It is thought
that production figures were in the order of
150 -200.
As with most
competition bikes modification and development
is inevitable and almost continual, with many
passing from one racer to the next at the end
of the seasons racing, and parts being replaced
frequently to 'keep them going,' it is not unusual
the little or no record of the machine's racing
history has been documented, with only very
few remaining with all of their original factory
fitted components and a certain history.
 It
is however known that frame TF27528R is an original
Grand Prix frame, supplied to Autohaus Emiltuss
on August 14th 1949, and it is thought that
the current motor came from Arthur Wheeler.
A 'nut and bolt' restoration ' back to original
specification' has been carried out by a well
know restorer to produce a very pleasing machine,
and we are advised by the vendor that the bike
is featured with its current owner in Don Morley's
book on the history of Triumph motorcycles.
Totally authentic machines very rarely come
to the open market; by this fact alone the machine
offered today must surely represent an outstanding
opportunity to the racing Triumph collector?
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