Triumph Dolomite (pre-1940)

Triumph Dolomite Straight Eight

The Triumph Dolomite Straight Eight was a car that was introduced in 1934 by the Triumph Motor Company as a sports car and manufactured until 1935. He had a line eight -cylinder engine and saw the Alfa Romeo 8C similar. However, there was no mass production; only 3 copies were produced. The engine had a displacement of 1990 cm ³, two overhead camshafts and a Roots compressor. The machine made ​​140 bhp (103 kW) at 5500 rpm. and accelerated the car up to 177 km / h The wheels were fitted with hydraulic Lockheed drum brakes 400 mm diameter drum. The pressed steel chassis was conventionally designed with front rigid axle and semi- elliptic leaf springs on all wheels.

One of these cars was reported in 1935 Monte Carlo Rally and driven by Donald Healey. However, he was forced to retire after a collision with a train at a railroad crossing in Denmark.

Mainly due to financial problems in the manufacturing company, the car was never produced in series. Some of the spare engines and spare chassis were later assembled by a London-based company called High Speed ​​motor ( HSM) to complete cars.