When the question came up recently of the connection between Triumph
Motorcycles and Cars, I asked the judgment of a friend of ours, that strongly
supports FOT. He is a member of VTR and TRA, and an expert and concurs judge
on originally items on TR2s and TR3s. I think we should invite him to join us
on the list. He will be a strong contributing member.
Bob Johns
----- Original Message -----
From: Jeff Kelley
To: Robert Johns
Sent: Monday, March 11, 2013 8:17 PM
Subject: Simplified Triumph History
A little late and very simple. There is some disagreement on the exact dates.
1894 Siegfried Bettmann arrives in London
1895 Bettmann becomes a salesman for the White Sewing Machine Co.
1896 Williams Andrews Co in Birmingham builds "Triumph" bicycles for Bettmann
1897 Bettmann with Mauritz Schulte starts building Triumph bicycles in
Coventry
1895 Dunlop invests in Triumph
1903 Start production of motorcycles
1911 Bettmann helps Reginald Maudslay regain control of Standard Motor Co as
chairman.
1913 Bettmann becomes Lord Mayor Coventry
1923 Start production of cars in Coventry
1931 Bicycle business is sold off
mid-1930's Donald Healy provides technical know-how.
1936 Car production and Motorcycles split Bettmann comes out of retirement to
manage the motorcycles.
1939 Triumph is bankrupt
1940 Triumph is bought by Thomas Ward Ltd.
Nov 24, 1944 Standard Motor Co buys Triumph
1951 Bettmann dies
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