TriumphTR5

Triumph TR5 Books and Sources

The factory's brochure, the road tests, newsletters, club records, books and results tables behind every page of this site, with what each is good for and how far to trust it.

About the pictureA TR5 PI photographed in 2014, standing in for a page of the factory's brochure.

A dark green open sports car seen from behind on dry grass, with TR5 PI and 2500 badges, other sports cars parked beyond.
Stand-in Standing in for the brochure pages: a dark green TR5 PI with its back to the camera, in the Silverstone Classic's car park on 26 July 2014, on later alloy wheels.Draco2008, CC BY 2.0

The earliest source on the TR5 itself is the factory's own brochure for Italy, printed in October 1967, the month the TR5 PI was shown in London; the period test the pages cite most is Motor Sport's of August 1968. Every source the pages cite is in the list below, from the factory's papers to the results tables, each with its address printed as plain text, and each page lists its own sources at its foot.⁠1​2

How the sources are graded

The label beside each source in the list grades the kind of source it is, not every line in it. Primary sources were made at the time, by the maker or by people who were there: the brochure, Motor Sport's reports and the American importer's monthly newsletter, which was partisan but written as things happened. Reference sources are later work done with care: the clubs' guides, the specialists' notes, and the historians' books and articles. Database sources, such as the racingsportscars results tables, are read one entry at a time.

Unchecked sources are leads: Wikipedia, sale catalogues and sites that seldom name their own sources. A page uses one only beside a stronger source or by naming it in the sentence, as with a sale catalogue on what a car was.⁠3​4​5​6

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The maker's own words

The factory's Italian brochure of October 1967 is the closest thing on these pages to Standard-Triumph speaking for itself: its data panel gives the TR5 PI's dimensions, weights and capacities, its drawings explain the hardtop and the Surrey top, and its first line makes Triumph's claim for the injection. It gives no power figure.⁠1

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Magazines and newsletters of the time

Motor Sport's archive is the backbone of the period record: its report from the 1967 show, its test of the rival MGC in March 1968, explaining why no TR5 could be borrowed for a test, its own TR5 test of August 1968 and its reports of 1968 and 1969. Car and Driver's cover story on the TR250K, in April 1968, has Kas Kastner in his own words. The American importer's newsletter, the TSOA Newsletter, gives the TR250's price, its racing season race by race and the TR250K before and after Sebring, and Popular Science in 1969 set the TR250's successor against its rivals. The other period tests known are listed, with what is known of each, on road tests.⁠7​8​2​9​10​11​12​13​14​15

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Clubs, registers and specialists

The TR Register and the TR Drivers' Club give the production figures and the clubs' own performance figures; the Vintage Triumph Register's TR250 production notes, by Drew Holliday, are the most detailed account of the American car that the research read, and its buyer's guide, by Steve Gronau with David Webb, the most detailed on what to check. The TR-Register Deutschland's guide, by Bruno Dwinger, adds the German prices and much on buying. tr5passion.com, a French site devoted to the TR5, is the main source for the Belgian-assembled cars, the Ginevra and the European rallies, the last from what drivers told Frédéric Reydellet. Rimmer Bros' parts catalogue for the TR2 to the TR250 adds a production table and a list of commission numbers, with an essay by Graham Robson, and Revington TR's notes, Moss Motors' identification table and the British Motor Museum's Heritage Certificates complete the identification.⁠16​17​18​19​20​21​22​23​24​25

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Books and later accounts

The most used later account is Aaron Severson's history of the TR5, TR250 and TR6 on Ate Up With Motor, of 2012, which gives the reasons for the TR250, the prices and ratings, and an index of the period tests. Michael Richards's Triumph TR4, 5, 6 (1990), Chris Harvey's TR for Triumph (1983) and James Taylor's Triumph TR are cited from passages of their text, for the Wasp prototypes, the testers and the American engine. Graham Robson's articles in Moss Motoring place the TR5 among Harry Webster's work and the TR250 in Triumph's American range; Peter Brock's own article of 2020 tells the TR250K's story from inside. Edgardo Michelotti's account of his father's Ginevra, given to the Italian motoring historians' society AISA in November 2023, comes from the designer's family. The American racing results come from the racingsportscars tables and the importer's newsletters together.⁠26​27​28​29​30​31​32​33​34

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Every source

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  • Uncheckedencyclopaedias and enthusiast sites: cited beside a good source, named in the sentence, or marked Unchecked
  1. Edgardo Michelotti, "Giovanni Michelotti. L'uomo e il designer" (Monografia AISA 134), AISA – Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile (Società Editrice Il Cammello, Turin), Turin, 25 Nov 2023; web edition, https://aisastoryauto.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aisa134web.pdf. Reference
  2. Keith Adams, "Concepts and Prototypes: Triumph Broadside (1979–1981)", AROnline, 2 Feb 2024, https://aronline.co.uk/cars/triumph/tr7-tr8/triumph-broadside/. Reference
  3. Aaron Severson, "Grandfather's Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 2: TR5, TR250, and TR6", Ate Up With Motor, 7 Nov 2012, https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr5-tr250-tr6/view-all/. Reference
  4. Aaron Severson, "Grandfather's Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1: TR4 and TR4A", Ate Up With Motor, 22 Oct 2012, https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr4-tr4a/view-all/. Reference
  5. Aaron Severson, "Way of the Wedge: The Triumph TR7 and TR8", Ate Up With Motor, 5 Feb 2012, pp. 1–5, https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr7-tr8/. Reference
  6. Jackie Jouret and Helmut Werb, "507s star at Pebble Beach", Bimmer, No. 119, 25 Oct 2013, http://www.bimmer-mag.com/issues/119/articles/507s-star-at-pebble-beach. Reference
  7. British Motor Museum (BMIHT), "Heritage Certificates", https://britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/heritage-certificates. Primary
  8. BMW Group Classic (BMW Classic blog), "60 Years of Pure Temptation", 2015, https://www.presstopic.bmwgroup.com/en/bmw-classic-blog/text/60-YEARS-OF-PURE-TEMPTATION-4484.html. Primary
  9. Michael Lamm, "1st Drive in the Triumph TR8", British Car, Feb–Mar 1999, pp. 46–48, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Reference
  10. Canley Classics, "Macau Spitfire", https://canleyclassics.com/api/archive/article/?q=macau-spitfire. Reference
  11. Canley Classics, "Spitfire ADU 4B Le Mans", https://canleyclassics.com/api/archive/article/?q=spitfire-adu-4b-le-mans. Reference
  12. Dennis May, "Technical Report" on the TR-4 (cover story), Car and Driver, Oct 1961, pp. 19–23, https://archive.org/details/sim_car-and-driver_1961-10_7. Primary
  13. Gordon H. Jennings, "Kas Kastner and his Super Triumph", Car and Driver, Feb 1966, pp. 48–49, 92, https://www.kaskastner.com/feb66.pdf. Primary
  14. Leon Mandel, "TR-250K: Salvation of an Empire", Car and Driver, Apr 1968 (vol. 13 no. 10), https://www.kaskastner.com/cardriver_apr1968.pdf. Primary
  15. Don Sherman, "Triumph TR8" (road test), Car and Driver, Aug 1980, pp. 36–40, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Primary
  16. carrozzieri-italiani.com, "Giovanni Michelotti"; "The Partnership Between Michelotti and Triumph", https://carrozzieri-italiani.com. Unchecked
  17. carrozzieri-italiani.com, "Triumph TR5 Ginevra" (listing), 7 Nov 2024, https://carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/triumph-tr5-ginevra/. Unchecked
  18. Malcolm McKay, "Triumph Spitfire buyer's guide: what to pay and what to look for", Classic & Sports Car, 10 May 2019, https://classicandsportscar.com/node/48297. Reference
  19. Julian Balme, "TR4: Triumph's rally underdog", Classic & Sports Car, 4 Aug 2021, https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/tr4-triumphs-rally-underdog. Reference
  20. Classic & Sports Car, RIP Bob Tullius 1930-2026, Jack Phillips, 19 Mar 2026, https://www.classicandsportscar.com/obituaries/rip-bob-tullius-1930-2026. Reference
  21. Martin Buckley, "Out for the Count: Michelotti's BMW 507", Classic & Sports Car, https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/out-count-michelottis-bmw-507. Reference
  22. Chris Harvey, TR for Triumph, Oxford Illustrated Press, 1983, ISBN 0-902280-94-5, https://archive.org/details/trfortriumph0000harv. Reference
  23. Iconic Auctioneers, Lot 182: the Triumph TR5 prototype CP1 ("LHP 288F"), Race Retro Classic & Competition Car Sale, 24–25 Feb 2023, lot 182, https://iconicauctioneers.auctioneersvault.com/catalogues/race-retro-2023/182/. Unchecked
  24. Giles Chapman, "Harry Webster" (obituary), The Independent, 17 Feb 2007, https://independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-webster-6228822.html. Reference
  25. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, "1974 Jaguar E-Type Group 44 Racing Car", https://www.jaguarheritage.com/vehicle-collection/1974-jaguar-e-type-group-44-racing-car/. Primary
  26. G. William Krause, The Illustrated History of Triumph Sports and Racing Cars, CarTech, 2017, https://static.summitracing.com/global/images/technicalarticles/sad-ct596.pdf. Reference
  27. Moss Motoring, "Triumph in America", 1 Mar 2001, https://mossmotoring.com/triumph-america/. Reference
  28. Moss Motoring, "Bob Tullius, Group 44 Inc.", 5 Apr 2009, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  29. Moss Motoring, "Kas Kastner – The legend and the legacy", 30 Nov 2011, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  30. "Johnny Oversteer", "Almost Famous – Triumph TR5 Ginevra", Moss Motoring, 25 Mar 2015, https://mossmotoring.com/almost-famous-triumph-tr5-ginevra/. Reference
  31. Moss Motoring, "Driven – 1968 Triumph TR250", 28 Aug 2015, https://mossmotoring.com/driven-1968-triumph-tr250/. Reference
  32. Moss Motoring, "Press Release: British Sports Car Hall of Fame", 20 Mar 2017, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  33. Graham Robson, "Harry Webster – My Technical Mentor", Moss Motoring (Moss Motors), 12 Jun 2019, https://mossmotoring.com/harry-webster-my-technical-mentor/. Reference
  34. Peter Brock, "The Triumph That Could Have Been", Moss Motoring, 17 Jan 2020, https://mossmotoring.com/the-triumph-that-could-have-been/. Reference
  35. Graham Robson, "Alick Dick: Triumph's Managing Director 1954–1961", Moss Motoring, 18 Jan 2021, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  36. Moss Motoring, "Loud Pedal", 19 May 2021, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  37. Graham Robson, "One Design, Many Derivatives", Moss Motoring, 26 Oct 2022, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  38. Moss Motors, "Triumph TR250 & TR6 Vehicle Identification", https://mossmotors.com/tr6-vin. Reference
  39. Motor Sport, "XXXIe Rallye Monte Carlo", Mar 1962, p. 17, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-1962/17/xxle-rallye-monte-carlo/. Primary
  40. John Davenport, "Coupe des Alpes", Motor Sport, Sep 1965, https://motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/september-1965/30/motor-sport-147/. Primary
  41. Motor Sport, "Matters of Moment", Nov 1967, p. 15, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1967/15/matters-of-moment-november-1967/. Primary
  42. Motor Sport, "A selection of new models" (Earls Court show), Nov 1967, p. 39, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1967/39/a-selection-of-new-models/. Primary
  43. Bill Boddy, "The editor's annual showtime soliloquy", Motor Sport, Nov 1967, p. 24, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1967/24/the-editors-annual-showtime-solioquy/. Primary
  44. Motor Sport, Rally reviews and event reports, 1967–69 (group), Sep 1967 – Dec 1969, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/. Primary
  45. Motor Sport, "New M.G.-C Sports Car", Mar 1968, p. 44, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-1968/44/new-mg-c-sports-car/. Primary
  46. Motor Sport, "Matters of Moment", May 1968, p. 14, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/may-1968/14/matters-of-moment-may-1968/. Primary
  47. Doug Nye ("D. C. N."), "Road Test Report on a Sports Car: The Fuel-Injection Triumph TR5 PI", Motor Sport, Aug 1968, p. 26, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/august-1968/26/road-test-report-on-a-sports-car/. Primary
  48. Motor Sport, "Rally Review", Oct 1968, p. 33, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1968/33/rally-review-october-1968/. Primary
  49. Motor Sport, "A Lighthearted Look at the London Show", Nov 1968, p. 18, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1968/18/a-lighthearted-look-at-the-london-show/. Primary
  50. Bill Boddy, "My Year's Motoring", Motor Sport, Feb 1969, p. 11, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-1969/11/my-years-motoring/. Primary
  51. Bill Boddy, "Road Impressions of: The Triumph 2.5 PI", Motor Sport, Apr 1969, p. 54, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-1969/54/the-triumph-25-pi/. Primary
  52. Motor Sport, "The 53rd Targa Florio", Jun 1969, p. 36, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1969/36/the-53rd-targa-florio/. Primary
  53. Clive Richardson, "The Tale of a TR6", Motor Sport, Nov 1973, p. 54, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1973/54/the-tale-of-a-tr6/. Primary
  54. Alan Henry, "Sports round-up", Motor Sport, Dec 1974, p. 32, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1974/32/sports-round/. Primary
  55. Motor Sport, "Around and About, December 1975", Dec 1975, p. 32, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1975/32/around-and-about-december-1975/. Primary
  56. Motor Sport, "Veteran to Classic – Triumph TR", Dec 1990, p. 54, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1990/54/veteran-classic-triumph-tr/. Reference
  57. Motor Sport, "A–Z of Classic Sporting Cars 1950–1975", Oct 1996, p. 80, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/october-1996/80/a-z-of-classic-sporting-cars-1950-1975-2/. Reference
  58. Motor Sport, "Lucas fuel injection", Dec 2000, p. 39, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-2000/39/lucas-fuel-injection/. Reference
  59. Andrew Frankel, "V12 Epoch", Motor Sport, Dec 2004, p. 70, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-2004/70/v12-epoch/. Reference
  60. Andrew Frankel, "Unsung heroes: The V12 Jaguars that kept its racing heritage alive", Motor Sport, Mar 2015, p. 58, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-2015/58/keeping-british-end/. Reference
  61. Fred M. H. Gregory, "TR8 V-8: A mighty Triumph" (road test), with the sidebar "A String of Triumphs", Motor Trend, Jun 1980, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Primary
  62. Jan P. Norbye and Jim Dunne, "The $3,000 Roadsters", Popular Science, vol. 195 no. 2, Aug 1969, pp. 96–101, https://archive.org/details/popular-science-1969-no.-8. Primary
  63. Revington TR, "ZOOM Prototype" (TR Derivatives and Prototypes), https://www.revingtontr.com/the-tr-series/tr-derivatives/zoom-prototype. Reference
  64. Revington TR, "TR250/5 Technical Specification Change Points", https://revingtontr.com/the-tr-series/tr5/technical-specification-change-points. Reference
  65. Revington TR, "Technical Specification Change Points" (TR6), https://revingtontr.com/the-tr-series/tr6/technical-specification-change-points. Reference
  66. Michael Richards, Triumph TR4, 5, 6, Haynes, 1990, https://archive.org/details/triumphtr4560000rich. Reference
  67. Graham Robson (essay "15 Years of Evolution"), Triumph TR2 – TR3/3A, TR4/4A – TR5, TR250 1953–1968 Parts & Accessories Catalogue, Rimmer Bros, edn 2.1 (source code TR2512), Part 1, https://www.rimmerbros.com/images/PDFs/TR2-5_Part1.pdf. Reference
  68. Graham Robson (foreword), Triumph TR6 1969–1976 Parts & Accessories Catalogue, Rimmer Bros, edn 2.2 (source code TR600313), https://www.rimmerbros.com/images/PDFs/TR6-Esther.pdf. Reference
  69. Road & Track, "Multi-Purpose Triumph", Dec 1966, pp. 92–94, https://www.kaskastner.com/roadtrack2.pdf. Primary
  70. James T. Crow, "Profile: Kas Kastner", Road & Track, Jun 1978 (vol. 29 no. 10), pp. 14–15, 18, https://www.kaskastner.com/roadtrack1.pdf. Reference
  71. racingsportscars.com, Race pages, 1968 (group): American Road Race of Champions, Riverside, 24 Nov 1968 (results); Sebring 12 Hours, 23 Mar 1968 (results); Cumberland, Kent, Virginia and Phoenix (summaries), https://www.racingsportscars.com. Database
  72. racingsportscars.com, "Jaguar E-Type – All Results", https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Jaguar/E-Type.html. Database
  73. racingsportscars.com, Le Mans 24 Hours 1965, results, https://racingsportscars.com/results/Le_Mans-1965-06-20.html. Database
  74. racingsportscars.com, US Champions Road Atlanta [BP] 1975, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Road_Atlanta-1975-11-02c.html. Database
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  86. The Daily Telegraph, "Harry Webster" (obituary), 9 Feb 2007, https://telegraph.co.uk. Reference
  87. Bruno Dwinger, "Geschichte, Typenkunde und Kaufberatung: Standard-Triumph TR4, TR5/TR250 – 'die Michelotti Autos'", TR-Register Deutschland, 2009, 13 pp. (PDF), https://tr-register.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kaufberatung-TR4-und-TR5-und-TR250.pdf. Reference
  88. Bruno Dwinger, "Geschichte, Typenkunde und Kaufberatung: British Leyland Triumph TR 6PI und TR 6 (Vergaser) – Die Karmann Autos", TR-Register Deutschland, c. 2010, 13 pp. (PDF), https://tr-register.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kaufberatung_TR6_und_TR6PI.pdf. Reference
  89. TR Register, "Triumph TR2 Buyers Guide" (the TR2 data sheet), https://www.tr-register.co.uk/resources/buyers-guide/triumph-tr2. Reference
  90. Frédéric Reydellet (racing history), tr5passion.com (group): "En bref / Summary", "Identification", "Lucas injection", "Options", "Technical spec", "Colours", "TR5 Ginevra", "Racing history", TR5 Passion, https://www.tr5passion.com. Reference
  91. Brian Ridley-Jones ("The Italia") and Mike Napoli ("The F Type Devin") and Steve Dival ("The Swallow Doretti"), Articles (group): "The Italia", "The F Type Devin", "The Swallow Doretti", TR Drivers Club, https://www.trdrivers.com/articles21/italia1.html. Reference
  92. TR Drivers Club, "The TR5/250", https://www.trdrivers.com/earlycars/tr5250.html. Reference
  93. Paul Towle and Rex Holford (update) and Mark Elbers (update), "TR7 & TR8 Identification & Production Data Explained", TR Drivers Club, 1987, updated (© 2016), https://trdrivers.com/tr7_-_tr8_vin_numbers.htm. Reference
  94. Standard-Triumph, Nuova Triumph TR5 PI (fold-out sales brochure), Italy, Oct 1967, ref. 387/1067/IT, https://archive.org/details/1968-triumph-tr-5-pi-brochure.-italy-10-1967.-fold-out.. Primary
  95. TR Register, "Triumph TR5 / TR250" (facts sheet, under "Buyers Guide"), https://www.tr-register.co.uk/resources/buyers-guide/triumph-tr5-tr250. Reference
  96. TR Register, "Buyer Beware: TR6" (2 pp. PDF leaflet), https://www.tr-register.co.uk/storage/Pages/tr6-buyer-beware.pdf. Reference
  97. TR Register, "Triumph TR6 Buyers Guide" (facts sheet), https://www.tr-register.co.uk/resources/buyers-guide/triumph-tr6. Reference
  98. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, October 1955, Oct 1955, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAOct1955.pdf. Primary
  99. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1959, Aug 1959, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAug1959.pdf. Primary
  100. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1960, Feb 1960, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFebruary1960.pdf. Primary
  101. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, June 1962, Jun 1962, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJune62.pdf. Primary
  102. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September–October 1962, Sep–Oct 1962 (vol. 8 nos. 9 and 10), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/aTSOA091062.pdf. Primary
  103. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1963, Feb 1963 (vol. 9 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0263.pdf. Primary
  104. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1963, Aug 1963 (vol. 9 no. 7), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0863.pdf. Primary
  105. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September 1963, Sep 1963 (vol. 9 no. 8), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0963.pdf. Primary
  106. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1964, Jan 1964 (vol. 10 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0164.pdf. Primary
  107. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1964, Mar 1964 (vol. 10 no. 3), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0364.pdf. Primary
  108. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November 1964, Nov 1964, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA1164.pdf. Primary
  109. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1965, Jan 1965 (vol. 11 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0165.pdf. Primary
  110. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1966, Feb 1966 (vol. 12 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0266.pdf. Primary
  111. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1966, Mar 1966 (vol. 12 no. 3), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0366.pdf. Primary
  112. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, April 1966, Apr 1966 (vol. 12 no. 4), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0466.pdf. Primary
  113. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1968, Jan 1968 (vol. 14 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJan68.pdf. Primary
  114. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1968, Feb 1968 (vol. 14 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFeb68.pdf. Primary
  115. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1968, Mar 1968 (vol. 14 no. 3), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAMarch68.pdf. Primary
  116. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, April 1968, Apr 1968 (vol. 14 no. 4), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAApr68.pdf. Primary
  117. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, May 1968, May 1968 (vol. 14 no. 5), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAMay68.pdf. Primary
  118. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, June 1968, Jun 1968 (vol. 14 no. 6), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJune68.pdf. Primary
  119. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, July 1968, Jul 1968 (vol. 14 no. 7), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJuly68.pdf. Primary
  120. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1968, Aug 1968 (vol. 14 no. 8), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAug68.pdf. Primary
  121. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September 1968, Sep 1968 (vol. 14 no. 9), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOASept68.pdf. Primary
  122. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1968, Dec 1968 (masthead "Volume 14, Number 11"), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec68.pdf. Primary
  123. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1969, Jan 1969 (vol. 15 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJan69.pdf. Primary
  124. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, April 1969, Apr 1969 (vol. 15 no. 4), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAPR69.pdf. Primary
  125. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1969, Dec 1969 (vol. 15 no. 12), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec69.pdf. Primary
  126. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1971, Feb 1971 (vol. 17 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFeb71.pdf. Primary
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  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  • Uncheckedencyclopaedias and enthusiast sites: cited beside a good source, named in the sentence, or marked Unchecked
  1. Standard-Triumph, Nuova Triumph TR5 PI (fold-out sales brochure), Italy, Oct 1967, ref. 387/1067/IT, the whole brochure; page images. Primary
  2. Doug Nye ("D. C. N."), "Road Test Report on a Sports Car: The Fuel-Injection Triumph TR5 PI", Motor Sport, Aug 1968, p. 26, p. 26. Primary
  3. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1968, Mar 1968 (vol. 14 no. 3), the newsletter's masthead. Primary
  4. Wikipedia (EN), "Triumph TR5", 2026, lead. Unchecked
  5. carrozzieri-italiani.com, "Triumph TR5 Ginevra" (listing), 7 Nov 2024. Unchecked
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  8. Motor Sport, "New M.G.-C Sports Car", Mar 1968, p. 44, p. 44. Primary
  9. Leon Mandel, "TR-250K: Salvation of an Empire", Car and Driver, Apr 1968 (vol. 13 no. 10), pp. 2–4. Primary
  10. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September 1968, Sep 1968 (vol. 14 no. 9), p. 2. Primary
  11. Motor Sport, "Rally Review", Oct 1968, p. 33. Primary
  12. Motor Sport, "A Lighthearted Look at the London Show", Nov 1968, p. 18. Primary
  13. Bill Boddy, "My Year's Motoring", Motor Sport, Feb 1969, p. 11. Primary
  14. Motor Sport, "The 53rd Targa Florio", Jun 1969, p. 36. Primary
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  17. TR Drivers Club, "The TR5/250". Reference
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