Triumph Mayflower

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Triumph Mayflower (1949–1953)
Triumph Mayflower (1949–1953)
Mayflower
Production period: 1949-1953
Class : Lower middle class
Body versions : Limousine , cabriolet , pickup
Engines: Otto engine :
1.25 liters (28 kW)
Length: 3962 mm
Width: 1575 mm
Height: 1524 mm
Wheelbase : 2134 mm
Empty weight : 889 kg
successor Standard Eight
Triumph Herald

The Triumph Mayflower was a lower middle class car manufactured by the Triumph Motor Company from 1949 to 1953.

The car was the first lower middle class vehicle to be manufactured under the direction of the new owner Standard Motor Company . It was powered by a side-controlled four-cylinder in-line engine with an aluminum cylinder head and a Solex downdraft single carburetor, which had been used in a similar form in the Standard Ten before the war . With 1,247 cc capacity, he developed a power of 38 hp (28 kW) at 4200 min -1 . The manually shifted three-speed gearbox with steering wheel shift came from the standard Vanguard and was fully synchronized. The front wheels were individually suspended on double wishbones with coil springs and the driven rear axle on semi-elliptical longitudinal leaf springs, also as on the Vanguard. The front axle was later used on the Triumph TR2 . All four wheels were braked with hydraulically operated Lockheed drum brakes (front duplex ).

In 1950 the British magazine The Motor tested a Mayflower, it was recorded a top speed of 101 km / h and an acceleration of 0-100 km / h in 26.6 s. The fuel consumption was 9.98 l / 100 km. The test car cost £ 505 including VAT. In the same year the same size Morris Minor went on sale for £ 382.

The Mayflower had the familiar Razor Edge styling of its larger sister model, Renown , which mimicked the look of the luxurious Bentley and Rolls-Royce cars. Triumph's managing director Sir John Black hoped this would be particularly helpful in the US market. The car was the first vehicle from Standard and Triumph with a self-supporting body ( monocoque ) made of sheet steel. It was built at Fischer and Ludlow in Castle Bromwich near Birmingham . The shape was designed by Leslie Moore , chief designer at Mulliners in Birmingham and Triumph's house designer Walter Belgrove . It turned out to be very debatable and polarized opinions. While there are also many admirers, many also share the opinion of James May , a columnist for TopGear (BBC motor magazine), who called the Mayflower the most hideous car of all time.

In addition to the sedans, around ten convertibles and 150 pickups were made for Australia .

The Mayflower was an attempt to create a small car with a luxury image, but it didn't meet sales expectations. The next small car from Standard-Triumph, the Standard Eight , was delivered with very simple equipment and was tailored to a completely different group of buyers. Since the end of Mayflower production in 1953, there was no small triumph in Great Britain until the appearance of the Herald in 1959, although the Standard Eight was sold as a Triumph in some exporting countries.

Die-cast models

  • Mikansue offered a Mayflower in the 1980s.
  • Lansdowne made a model in recent years.
  • Oxford Diecast produced a size 00 model in 2008.

Web links

Commons : Triumph Mayflower  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b The Triumph Mayflower , The Motor (December 6, 1950)
  2. ^ Culshaw, David & Horrobin, Peter: The Complete Catalog of British Cars 1895-1975 , Veloce Publishing plc., Dorchester (1997), ISBN 1-874105-93-6
  3. ↑ The Morris Minor tourer , The Motor (23 August 1950)