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| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Triumph Dolomite Matthew Vale, 2015-03-23 A model-by-model history of the popular Triumph Dolomite family, the range of quality sporting saloons that started with the Triumph 1300 and was in production from 1965-80. The Triumph 1300 was innovative, with front-wheel drive and a four-door body designed by Giovanni Michelotti. In 1970 the Triumph 1500 and the three-door Toledo were introduced, followed by the range-topping Dolomite in 1972, with Triumph's slant-4 overhead cam engine and rear-wheel drive. The fast Dolomite Sprint confirmed Triumph's position as the British 'BMW Beater' in 1973, with its powerful 16-valve engine and value achieved through clever engineering. In 1976 the whole range was renamed 'Dolomite' - and was a well-rounded model spread of four-door saloons, with engine sizes from 1300cc to 2 litres. With technical specifications and over 150 colour photographs, Triumph Dolomite - An Enthusiast's Guide also includes competition history, the Dolomites' ancestors, and a guide to buying and owning these iconic saloons. Fully illustrated with 161 colour photographs. |
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| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Men's File Nick Clements, 2013 Since 2008, the cult magazine Men's File has explored the authentic roots of men's style. Whether expressed in the counter-cultures of surf, café racers or hot rods, or in creating retro revivals of the gentlemanly pursuits of cricket or sailing, the magazine has created a stunning visual record of what constitutes true heritage style. For those who reject the mainstream, the short-lived, the superficial in favour of true individualism, where style is connected to a way of life. For over 25 years photographer and writer Nick Clements has been a significant player in two distinct cultural realms. The first, fashion photography, is one he describes, with some humour, as deeply superficial and the second, subcultural style, which he approaches in the role of participant-observer. Includes photographs of clothing subcultures focused on automobiles, motorcycles, bicycles, surfing, skateboards, and cricket. |
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| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Book of the Standard Motor Company Graham Robson, 2022-03-15 Starting with the original Standard prototype of 1903, this book covers the scores of Standard models built until the brand was discontinued in 1963 (Britain) and 1987 (India). It also covers the Ferguson tractor involvement, millitary aero-engine manufacture, military aircraft manufacturer (including Beaufighter and Mosquito fighter-bombers), Rolls-Royce Avon turbo-jet military engine manufacture, and Triumph cars. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Big Break Stephen Dando-Collins, 2017-01-10 The story opens in the stinking latrines of the Schubin camp as an American and a Canadian lead the digging of a tunnel which enabled a break involving 36 prisoners of war (POWs). The Germans then converted the camp to Oflag 64, to exclusively hold US Army officers, with more than 1500 Americans ultimately housed there. Plucky Americans attempted a variety of escapes until January, 1945, only to be thwarted every time. Then, with the Red Army advancing closer every day, camp commandant Colonel Fritz Schneider received orders from Berlin to march his prisoners west. Game on! Over the next few days, 250 US Army officers would succeed in escaping east to link up with the Russians - although they would prove almost as dangerous as the Nazis - only to be ordered once they arrived back in the United States not to talk about their adventures. Within months, General Patton would launch a bloody bid to rescue the remaining Schubin Americans. In The Big Break, this previously untold story follows POWs including General Eisenhower's personal aide, General Patton's son-in-law, and Ernest Hemingway's eldest son as they struggled to be free. Military historian and Paul Brickhill biographer Stephen Dando-Collins expertly chronicles this gripping story of Americans determined to be free, brave Poles risking their lives to help them, and dogmatic Nazis determined to stop them. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Original Sprite and Midget Terry Horler, John Colley, 2002-10-30 The ideal guide for authentic restorations, covering Sprite and Midget models manufactured from 1958 to 1979. The best source for original specifications and equipment for every Austin-Healey model produced, from the first Bugeye Sprites of 1958 and the Mk1 MG Midgets of 1961; to the 1971 Sprite MkV and the 1974 Midget MkIV. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Jupiter's Travels Ted Simon, 2008 * The classic travel book that inspired Long Way Round and Long Way Down |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Complete Catalogue of British Cars David Culshaw, Peter James Horrobin, 1974 |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: A-Z of Cars, 1945-1970 Michael Sedgwick, Mark Gillies, 2010-10-28 From Abarth to Zaporozhets, this is the illustrated encyclopedia of every make of British and European car sold in Britain from the end of the Second World War to 1970. Some 1000 cars are illustrated and described in alphabetical order, by manufacturer. |
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| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: War in the Shallows John Darrell Sherwood, 2015 War in the Shallows, published in 2015 by the Naval History and Heritage Command, is the authoritative account of the U.S. Navy's hard-fought battle along Vietnam's rivers and coastline from 1965-1968. At the height of the U.S. Navy's involvement in the Vietnam War, the Navy's coastal and riverine forces included more than 30,000 Sailors and over 350 patrol vessels ranging in size from riverboats to destroyers. These forces developed the most extensive maritime blockade in modern naval history and fought pitched battles against Viet Cong units in the Mekong Delta and elsewhere. War in the Shallows explores the operations of the Navy's three inshore task forces from 1965 to 1968. It also delves into other themes such as basing, technology, tactics, and command and control. Finally, using oral history interviews, it reconstructs deckplate life in South Vietnam, focusing in particular on combat waged by ordinary Sailors. Vietnam was the bloodiest war in recent naval history and War in the Shallows strives above all else to provide insight into the men who fought it and honor their service and sacrifice. Illustrated throughout with photographs and maps. Author John Darrell Sherwood has served as a historian with the Naval History and Heritage Command (NHHC) since 1997. -- Provided by publisher. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: A-Z of Cars of the 1930s Michael Sedgwick, Mark Gillies, 2010-10-28 Some 1000 cars are illustrated and described in alphabetical order, by manufacturer, in this book. There are comprehensive notes on each model's production dates and numbers, recognition features, variants, strengths and weaknesses. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Go Kiss the World Subroto Bagchi, 2009-08-05 'Go, kiss the world' were Subroto Bagchi's blind mother's last words to him. These words became the guiding principle of his life. Subroto Bagchi grew up amidst what he calls the 'material simplicity' of rural and small-town Orissa, imbibing from his family a sense of contentment, constant wonder, connectedness to a larger whole and learning from unusual sources. From humble beginnings, he went on to achieve extraordinary professional success, eventually co-founding MindTree, one of India'™s most admired software services companies. Through personal anecdotes and simple words of wisdom, Subroto Bagchi brings to the young professional lessons in working and living, energizing ordinary people to lead extraordinary lives. Go Kiss the World will be an inspiration to 'young India', and to those who come from small-town India, urging them to recognize and develop their inner strengths, thereby helping them realize their own, unique potential. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Brown Fairy Book Andrew Lang, 1904 The stories in this Fairy Book come from all quarters of the world. For example, the adventures of 'Ball-Carrier and the Bad One' are told by Red Indian grandmothers to Red Indian children who never go to school, nor see pen and ink. 'The Bunyip' is known to even more uneducated little ones, running about with no clothes at all in the bush, in Australia. You may see photographs of these merry little black fellows before their troubles begin, in 'Northern Races of Central Australia, ' by Messrs. Spencer and Gillen. They have no lessons except in tracking and catching birds, beasts, fishes, lizards, and snakes, all of which they eat. But when they grow up to be big boys and girls, they are cruelly cut about with stone knives and frightened with sham bogies all for their good' their parents say and I think they would rather go to school, if they had their choice, and take their chance of being birched and bullied |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Triumph Sports Cars Graham Robson, 2017-02-21 An essential, illustrated introduction to one of Britain’s foremost sports car manufacturers and the cars it produced. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Probing the Sky Curtis Peebles, Richard Hallion, 2014-12-10 With the development of supersonic aircraft, the X-plane era ushered in a new and challenging phase of flight. Researchers found that much of the knowledge accumulated from the previous, subsonic flight era did not apply to the emerging supersonic aircraft. These turbojet-powered planes also outpaced the usefulness of the wind tunnel, previously an indispensible tool of aeronautic research.This book explores the development of the X-series research aircraft, the planes that helped bridge the gap between subsonic flight and hypersonic flight. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Cultures of Violence S. Carroll, 2007-05-23 Thinkers and historians have long perceived violence and its control as integral to the very idea of 'Western Civilization'. Focusing on interpersonal violence and the huge role it played in human affairs in the post-medieval West, this timely collection brings together the latest interdisciplinary and historical research in the field. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Original Triumph TR Bill Piggott, 2016-01-11 For years, Bill Piggott's books Original Triumph TR2/3/3A and Original Triumph TR4/4A/5/6 have been the ultimate source of information for all things TR. Here they are combined in one volume incorporating revisions and amendments throughout. The book provides a comprehensive guide to original factory specifications, equipment, colour schemes and options for all models from TR2 to TR6, also revealing how the various models changed through the course of production. It shows exactly how a car would have looked on the day it left the factory, so that owners, restorers, potential buyers and enthusiasts can identify true original condition and specification. In addition to the standard TRs, the TR2 Francorchamps Coupe and Italia, and the hatchback GTR4 Dove, are featured. Combining a unique and unrivalled mass of information from the world's leading TR authority with a gallery of over 450 colour photographs showing outstanding examples of the cars in detail, this book is indispensible for TR fans. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Goss Jamie Walker, 1995 Despite his high national profile, and his even higher voter approval rating, Wayne Goss remains one of the least understood politicians in the country. This book not only tells his story, but also gives an account of post-National Party Queensland and the new groups holding power in the 1990s. |
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| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Clipper Ships of America and Great Britain, 1833-1869; Helen La Grange, Jacques Lagrange, 2021-09-09 This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Story of Men's Underwear Shaun Cole, 2010-03-01 Men's fashion, particularly the trends involving undergarments, was once reserved for the elite; today |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Light Cavalry Brigade in the Crimea Lord George Paget, 1975 |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Archers Vanessa Whitburn, 1997 |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Miata, Mazda MX-5 Jack K. Yamaguchi, Jonathan W. Thompson, 1989 |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Messerschmitt Bf 109 Vol. 2 Fritz X. Kobel, 1997-01-13 The legendary German fighter is shown here in all new photographs, and on a variety of war fronts. All early to late models are covered. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: MG Sports Cars John Heilig, 1996 A full colour gallery of MG sports cars including postwar T series, pre-war Midgets etc etc. B/W & col. illus. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: More Healeys Geoffrey Healey, 1990 |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Chronicles of Boulton's Siding Alfred Rosling Bennett, 1927 |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: The Official Batman Batbook Joel Eisner, 1986 Describes all one hundred and twenty episodes of the Batman television series, offers trivia questions, and shares brief interviews with the series' guest stars |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Unsafe at Any Speed Ralph Nader, 1965 Account of how and why cars kill, and why the automobile manufacturers have failed to make cars safe. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Mazda -5 Miata Roadster Toshihiko Hirai, Hirai Toshihiko, 2005 The fascinating development story of the world's favorite roadster written by the actual people who brought the car to life, the car's engineers and designers. A unique, behind the scenes look at how the MX-5 Miata was born. Over 400,000 first generation cars were sold. The book follows the progress of the model from original concept through to 1998. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Triumph Spitfire and GT6 John Nikas, 2019-08-15 The full story of the bestselling Triumph Spitfire sports car. Describes all the technical and design developments that took the Triumph Spitfire through five separate models. |
| triumph spitfire 1500 wikipedia: Handbook for the Triumph Herald 1200, 12/50, 13/60 and Spitfire Mark I, II & III Piet Olyslager, 1970 |
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