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Just trying to pick your brains a bit...
Via that article in the Triumph World I previously mentioned here I'm now curious about the history of Imperia, in particular their history of assembling Standard and Triumph cars as CKD kits.
Here's what I know via that article:
- Imperia started assembling Standard's in 1946, and the Vanguard in 1948
- One interesting offspring of their Vanguard assembly was a 2-door convertible version that they designed
- They assembled a small number of Triumph sports cars but mostly Standard sedan models
- They designed the aforementioned Triumph TR2 Francorps coupe (about 22 or 25 built)
- Around 1956 they started having troubles and assembly slowed down, by 1958 they were out of business
Anyone else have any information that would either support what is stated above, perhaps correct some information, or provide additional information.
Reason... thought it would be a great idea for an article if I can find the suitable resources and information to back it up. And of course I will do the standard Google search tonight, in the meantime...
Thanks!
Via that article in the Triumph World I previously mentioned here I'm now curious about the history of Imperia, in particular their history of assembling Standard and Triumph cars as CKD kits.
Here's what I know via that article:
- Imperia started assembling Standard's in 1946, and the Vanguard in 1948
- One interesting offspring of their Vanguard assembly was a 2-door convertible version that they designed
- They assembled a small number of Triumph sports cars but mostly Standard sedan models
- They designed the aforementioned Triumph TR2 Francorps coupe (about 22 or 25 built)
- Around 1956 they started having troubles and assembly slowed down, by 1958 they were out of business
Anyone else have any information that would either support what is stated above, perhaps correct some information, or provide additional information.
Reason... thought it would be a great idea for an article if I can find the suitable resources and information to back it up. And of course I will do the standard Google search tonight, in the meantime...
Thanks!