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Standard Herald

Triumph Herald
Triumph Herald 1200 first registered April 1964 1147cc.jpg
1964 Triumph Herald 1200 Saloon
Overview
Manufacturer Standard-Triumph
Also called Triumph 12/50
Triumph 1200
Triumph Courier
Production 1959–71
Body and chassis
Class Small family car
Body style 2-door saloon
2-door coupe
2-door convertible
2-door estate car
2-door van (Courier)
Layout FR layout
Related Triumph Vitesse
Triumph Spitfire
Triumph GT6
Powertrain
Engine 948 cc OHV I4
1147 cc OHV I4 (Herald 1200 & 12/50)
1296 cc OHV I4 (13/60)
Transmission 4-speed manual (synchromesh on 2nd 3rd and top gears, no overdrive)
Dimensions
Wheelbase 91 in (2,311 mm)
Length 153 in (3,886 mm)
Width 60 in (1,524 mm)
Height 52 in (1,321 mm)
Kerb weight 725 kg (1,598 lb) (1200 convertible) to 865 kg (1,907 lb) (13/60 estate)
Chronology
Predecessor Standard 8 / 10
Successor Triumph Toledo

Michelotti

The Triumph Herald is a small two-door car introduced by the Standard-Triumph Company of Coventry in 1959 and made through to 1971. Body design was by the Italian stylist Giovanni Michelotti, and the car was offered in saloon, convertible, coupé, estate and van models, with the latter marketed as the Triumph Courier.

Total Herald sales numbered well over half a million. The Vitesse, Spitfire and GT6 are all based on modified Herald chassis and running gear with bolt-together bodies.

Towards the end of the 1950s Standard-Triumph offered a range of two-seater Triumph sports cars alongside its Standard saloons, the Standard 8 and 10, powered by a small (803 cc or 948 cc) 4-cylinder engine, which by the late 1950s were due for an update. Standard-Triumph therefore started work on the Herald. The choice of the Herald name suggests that the car was originally intended to be marketed as a Standard, as it fits the model-naming scheme of the time (Ensign, Pennant and Standard itself). But by 1959 it was felt that the Triumph name had more brand equity, and the Standard name was phased out in Britain after 1963.

Giovanni Michelotti was commissioned to style the car by the Standard-Triumph board, encouraged by chief engineer Harry Webster, and quickly produced designs for a two-door saloon with a large glass area that gave 93 per cent all-round visibility in the saloon variant and the "razor-edge" looks to which many makers were turning. As Fisher & Ludlow, Standard-Triumph's body suppliers became part of an uncooperative BMC, it was decided that the car should have a separate chassis rather than adopting the newer unitary construction. The main body tub was bolted to the chassis and the whole front end hinged forward to allow access to the engine. Every panel – including the sills and roof – could be unbolted from the car so that different body styles could be easily built on the same chassis. As an addition to the original coupé and saloon models, a convertible was introduced in 1960.


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