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Requiring a full rebuild, Piggott chose to return the TR3 to the same spec in which it completed the Alpine Rally in ’56. Needless to say, Piggott left with ‘SRW 992’ rather than the ‘3A. In 1996, TR Historian Bill Piggott was visiting Yorkshire to look at a TR3A for sale and parked next to it was ‘SRW 992’. ‘SRW 992’ would then enter new ownership and was used in competition and as a road car before passing into the hands of a Triumph enthusiast in South Yorkshire. Rothschild and Johns finished the race very credibly with a second place in class GT2.0.įollowing the success at Sebring, all three cars were shipped back to England and sold off. There are numerous photos of the trio lined up before the race contained in the TR3 book by Frederic Reydellet (a copy accompanies the car). ‘SRW 992’ would form part of a trio of TR3’s entered by Triumph along with sister cars ‘SRW 991’ (car number 34) painted white and ‘SRW 410’ (car number 70) painted cream with a red roof. Entered as car number 33, the TR3 would be driven by Mike Rothschild and Robert Johns (initially the car was slated to be driven by R.E.
#1956 triumph tr3a driver
Later in ’56, ‘SRW 992’ was again entered by the ‘works’ for French driver Annie Bosquet to compete in the Swedish event, The Rally to the Midnight Sun – with co-driver Jo Ashfield the TR3 finished 13 th in class.ĭuring the winter of 1956/57, the Triumph competition department upgraded ‘ SRW 992’ to the latest disc brake specification ahead of dispatching the car to the United States of America for the sixth running of the now popular 12 Hours of Sebring.
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Driven by Tommy Wisdom and with his daughter Anne navigating, the pair assisted Triumph in winning the team prize as well as a much-coveted Alpine Cup. Road registered as ‘SRW 992’, the Triumph was one of three TR3’s entered by the ‘works’ to tackle the Alpine Rally held in June of 1956. Henderson Fellowes is delighted to offer for sale the sole surviving ‘ex-works’ Triumph TR3 from the trio of cars entered for the 12 Hours of Sebring in 1957.Īn extract from the production records of The Standard Motor Company Limited confirms that chassis number TS 10614 was completed on Thursday 22 nd March 1956 between 9.30-10.30am no less! Painted in rare Salvador blue with a red Vynide interior and Fawn Side Curtains, the TR3 was built to the following specification