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> While surfing classic car dealers on the net yesterday I came across a
> dealer who had a Triumph Italia for sale. The ad said that only 165 of
> these cars were built. I've never seen or heard of this car and wondered
> if anyone else had, it reminded me of a Jensen-Healey more than a
Triumph
> but it was a nice looking car. I think he was asking about $9000.00 for
> it. Anybody got any info?
>
> Glenn Trunnell
> '79 Spitfire - autocrossing this weekend, getting new paint on Monday!
>
Yep, several of the Triumph books have photographs. The car was built on a
TR3A chassis and drive train which was shipped to Italy for fitment of a
Michelotti designed body. Dave Hutchison (dhutch@enter.net) in
Sellersville, PA has a beautiful red, 1961 Italia. It won Best of Show at
TRF's Summer Party in '97. He can probably tell you more than you ever
wanted to know about Italias. Graham Robson had a picture of Dave's car in
his column in Triumph World a few issues back. I think much of the
restoration on Dave's car was done by Ragtops and Roadsters
(www.ragtops.com) and they also have a picture of Dave's car. Hope this
helps.
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