Triumphs Head to Ragley

We shall be celebrating 50 years of the running of our car club at Ragley Hall, Warwickshire, on Sunday 19^th June. Whilst the club, celebrating these magnificent cars is only 50 years old, the cars themselves are from 71 to 85 years old. They are a tribute to the quality of workmanship in nearby Coventry, when they were made there, all those years ago.

We now have attendance promises of approximately 60 vintage cars, the largest ever gathering of pre-1940 Triumph Cars in the world. There are only about 200 surviving Triumph cars in the UK. We anticipate club members joining us from USA, Australia, Holland, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, with one 76 year old car being driven to the Rally from the Algarve, and several cars being driven from Holland.

The cars will be in place in the grounds of Ragley Hall from 11.00am until 3.30 pm and all visitors will be welcome. Normal entry fees to Ragley Hall grounds will apply.

We are particularly interested to receive, as visitors, anyone who made, sold or serviced these pre-war Triumphs, as that information can enrich our historical archives. Anyone with information could also e-mail our archivist on:

registrar@pre-1940triumphmotorclub.org, or phone Graham on 01953 498180  

Several of the cars will be travelling from Brownsover Hall near Rugby on the  morning of Saturday, 18thJune, drivers lunching at the Boars Head, in Hampton Lucy, and then reassembling at Ragley Hall on the Sunday morning.

A 1935 Triumph Gloria Saloon

Amongst the cars, may well be one that competed in the 1934 Monte Carlo Rally, now restored to it’s former glory. There will also be a sports car, developed from the original Triumph Vitesses and Dolomites, that may well have been a production model for Triumph, had war not intervened. Certainly there will be a wide range of different models from the Triumph stable.

The Jazz band from Warwick School have kindly agreed to provide entertainment during the lunch period, and that will help take visitors back to the 1930’s.