{"id":44404,"date":"2016-04-14T10:14:11","date_gmt":"2016-04-14T09:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.influx.co.uk\/?p=44404"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:29:11","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:29:11","slug":"rarity-triumph-vitesse-sports-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.adrianflux.co.uk\/influx\/blog\/rarity-triumph-vitesse-sports-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Rarity: Triumph Vitesse Sports 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

There’s something special about the Triumph Vitesse.<\/strong><\/p>\n

And this is a super-rare ‘Sports 6’ monikered US export version.<\/p>\n

These endlessly intriguing sports cars were of course products of the mind of Michelotti – and that strange fusion of Italian flair and British stolidity might have something to do with the car’s lasting appeal.<\/p>\n

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These cars were unusual too, at the time they were produced, in that they had a proper chassis – rather than the unitary constructions at the heart of most mass produced cars of the era.<\/p>\n

This meant that they were easier to maintain and didn’t get as thoroughly ruined by rust as the more workaday contemporaries. If a panel rusted out or was damaged, you could just screw it off and fit a new one.<\/p>\n

This ability to render new panels and replace them is undoubtedly one of the reasons you still see quite a few of them gracing summer motoring events in England. It’s an honour they share of course with the Land Rover.<\/p>\n

Makes you wonder why unitary body construction ever caught on.<\/p>\n

These cars were dynamic and pokey, too – thanks to that six cylinder block. Only around 700 of these Sports 6 left-hookers were produced for the American market, between 1962 and ’64.<\/p>\n

Makes you hanker for the dry, sunlight roads of the Canyon.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\t\t