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Harry Webster, Ex-Triumph engineering giant passes away at 89

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Subject: Harry Webster, Ex-Triumph engineering giant passes away at 89
From: Aeseeyou@aol.com
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:41:42 EST
Sadly, another motoring great is gone.... 
 
HARRY Webster, 89 years old was a British  automotive engineer who left an 
indelible mark on the motor car industry of Great Britain. Sadly Webster passed 
 
away on February 6, 2007   He was a much-admired and  respected automotive 
engineer whose team inspired the birth of successful  Triumph sports cars such 
as the TR2 family, the Spitfire and the Stag, and was  also responsible for the 
Herald, Vitesse, 2000 and 1300 family car ranges; in  the same period, he 
supported the building of special cars which raced  successfully in the Le Mans 
24-Hour race.
Having become  director of engineering in 1957, Webster assembled an 
enthusiastic team which  produced a series of charismatic new models to 
near-impossible development  schedules, even though investment finance was 
always very 
limited.
It was  Webster who discovered the mercurial little Italian stylist Giovanni 
Michelotti  in 1957, signed him up as a consultant to Standard-Triumph and 
ensured that a  new generation of Triumphs would have much more flair than 
their  
ancestors.
Webster (a fast and enthusiastic driver) would often drive from  Coventry to 
Turin and back in a weekend to confer with Michelotti about future  products. 
TR-4-TR-5/250 and the TR-6   More on his story  at
 
_www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/09/db0904.xml_
 
(http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/02/09/db0904.xml)
                                                 


Albert Escalante Central Coast British Car  Club-USA




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