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Towcar of the Year
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david_rachel



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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 2:53 pm    Post subject: Towcar of the Year Reply with quote

Rumour has it that in its day the Triumph 2000 or 2500 was voted towcar of the year - does anyone have anything to support this?
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Although it was always rated as a fine tow car I am not sure it won any official recognition as such?. past winners.pdf - The Caravan Club
https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/media/1256765/past%20winners.pdf
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 09, 2015 10:00 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Yes, I've seen that but it doesn't go back far enough
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 12, 2015 1:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote


I know what I'd prefer. Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 10:21 am    Post subject: Re: Towcar of the Year Reply with quote

david_rachel wrote:
Rumour has it that in its day the Triumph 2000 or 2500 was voted towcar of the year - does anyone have anything to support this?


Do you have any idea of what year as have loads of old CC mags in the loft
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lowdrag



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 16, 2015 3:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

And I have Autocar back to 1954 here - most issues! so perhaps it may be in there if a rough idea of date can be found.
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david_rachel



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 9:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I'm afraid not, it's just what several people in the Triumph 2000 Register say when they are selling the merits of the car; there's often some element of truth behind rumours but I've not been able to find anything apart from what's already been posted on this thread
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christine lowery



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 17, 2015 1:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the triumph 2000 was the car of choice for some manufactures when competing in the caravan rallies that took place in a bygone age
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 19, 2015 2:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have an enroute magazine with a article about the rally tests where they were towing a Cheltenham like ours with a Amazon estate like ours 😍😍😍😍
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PostPosted: Fri Nov 20, 2015 2:27 pm    Post subject: Re: Towcar of the Year Reply with quote

david_rachel wrote:
Rumour has it that in its day the Triumph 2000 or 2500 was voted towcar of the year

My 2000 Mk1 was in daily use for over two years, never had any overheating issues when we decided to go on our summer 2001 holiday with it, towing our 1971 Constructam caravan. We went to the south of France but had a hard time. It was hot, the car was fully loaded as was the caravan and there were long hills. The radiator cooked so we had to stop - and go with long intervals to the nearest camp site. I had my brother send over an extra electric fan and installed that to the front of the radiator at the camping site after which the car went without troubles.

The caravan was of this type:

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PostPosted: Sun Nov 22, 2015 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I remember a mates dad used to tow with a brown 2000 mk2 in the mid 70's a 15 ft abbey if memory serves.
replaced around 1980 with a 76 2.0 mk1 granada
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