The Triumph Dolomite Club - Discussion Forum

I stumbled across this video last night, new to me but many of you may have seen it ages ago.
It is a very 'period' video that seems very slow but is actually very interesting nonetheless.

The really interesting thing to me was spotting a 2 door with an early 1300 style front end being road tested.
6 minutes 19 seconds in, there are a couple of passing shots.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OanO_XEuH8c

I wasn't aware of this car, anyone else?

It's pretty interesting isn't it?! I noticed that when I saw the video myself and was taken aback as I've never seen a Triumph prototype on the move as it were! I wonder what became of this test car?!

One of the mock-ups for the 1300fwd featured a 2-door version

(shamelessly plagarized from AROnline)
At the time it was still being developed as a Herald replacement. But once Herald sales picked up (helped by the introduction of the 1200 engine) the design brief changed and the 1300fwd was the result.

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Meetings take place on the first Wednesday of the month at 8.00pm at The Old Brickworks, Wakefield Road, Drighlington, Bradford, BD11 1EA

1972 Dolomite 1850 auto (NYE 751L - Now for sale)
2003 Volvo XC90 D5 SE (PX53 OVZ - The daily driver)
2009 Mercedes-Benz W204 C200 CDI Sport (BJ58 NCV - The 2nd car)
1991 Toyota Celica GT (J481 ONB - another project car)
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I believe you also see the "Pony" 4x4 truck prototype at one point driving around the factory