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Oooh, that could be the proverbial "steal" if it's truly a rust-free CA car! (NOTE: I don't remember ever seeing a Herald at the beginning of Get Smart?)
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Andrew,
I didn't remember seeing one either. Confusing an Alpine with a Herald?
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I didn't remember seeing one either. Confusing an Alpine with a Herald?
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Just take the lettering off and re-sell it as Colombo's vehicle. Nobody will know.
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OK, so had to go search for the opening on YouTube and found the following which claims to have all variations on the opening.
Get Smart opening
Looks like there were different cars although no Heralds and it's interesting that I only remember the Sunbeam Alpine.
Ferrari 250GT
Sunbeam Alpine
VW Karmann Ghia (convertible)
Opel GT
Alfa Romeo Spyder
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Get Smart opening
Looks like there were different cars although no Heralds and it's interesting that I only remember the Sunbeam Alpine.
Ferrari 250GT
Sunbeam Alpine
VW Karmann Ghia (convertible)
Opel GT
Alfa Romeo Spyder
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TOC said:
Hey I used to love watching Columbo!
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...and I've had more than one person spot my Herald sedan and proclaim "Look, it's the Harry Potter car!" (English Ford, of course)
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I think you are right Andy; No Herald on Get Smart....
I distinctly remember the Tiger (not alpine) and the Ghia but none of the others. The Ferrari must have been for the pilot. I remember being 16 and going to look at a Tiger for sale. I was interested because it was a car like I saw on "Get Smart". I got there and only 1st and 4th gears worked. I thought "where am I going to get a trans for an obscure British car?" and decided that I didn't want to spend the $400 on the car. I'm older now but not sure I'm any brighter.
In CL ad I figured they mistook the Tiger for the Herald. The looks are sorta close and of course the performance is similar.
In CL ad I figured they mistook the Tiger for the Herald. The looks are sorta close and of course the performance is similar.
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Check out Andy's buyers guide: https://www.vtr.org/Herald/Herald-buying.shtml
You may find the performance a bit disappointing though ... even the VW Bug had more power and less weight.
As a side note, there is a Herald gearbox laying in my backyard that I would like to get rid of. Free to a good home, if you'll come pick it up. Kind of rusty outside, I couldn't move the shift rails with my fingers, but the gears turn and it might be rebuildable. I got it with a Sports 6 (Vitesse) project, and the new owner didn't want it.
https://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh260/TR3driver/Mystery%20Gearbox/
You may find the performance a bit disappointing though ... even the VW Bug had more power and less weight.
As a side note, there is a Herald gearbox laying in my backyard that I would like to get rid of. Free to a good home, if you'll come pick it up. Kind of rusty outside, I couldn't move the shift rails with my fingers, but the gears turn and it might be rebuildable. I got it with a Sports 6 (Vitesse) project, and the new owner didn't want it.
https://s258.photobucket.com/albums/hh260/TR3driver/Mystery%20Gearbox/
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Performance of the typical Herald 1200 is, uh, adequate! :laugh: In fairness, though, I can honestly say I've never had a problem keeping up with traffic even up into the 65 mph range (top speed is about 80 mph), although it's not THE ideal freeway car.
On the other hand, if it's built after mid-1962 (GA80001 and future or GB1 and future), it's easily "upgradable" to Spitfire specification and beyond. (The early chassis wasn't really designed to take much beyond the 40-50hp max of the earlier versions.) Even stock, most Heralds in the US from about 1964 on had either 48 or 51 hp, which is a fairly substantial improvement over the 40 hp of the earlier 1200. So long as the chassis isn't rusted through and the body's also reasonably sound, it can be a fun and reliable car that WILL draw attention where even other Triumphs won't!
Randall: what's the prefix on that gearbox? Admittedly, it's a bit far for me to drive to pick it up....
On the other hand, if it's built after mid-1962 (GA80001 and future or GB1 and future), it's easily "upgradable" to Spitfire specification and beyond. (The early chassis wasn't really designed to take much beyond the 40-50hp max of the earlier versions.) Even stock, most Heralds in the US from about 1964 on had either 48 or 51 hp, which is a fairly substantial improvement over the 40 hp of the earlier 1200. So long as the chassis isn't rusted through and the body's also reasonably sound, it can be a fun and reliable car that WILL draw attention where even other Triumphs won't!
Randall: what's the prefix on that gearbox? Admittedly, it's a bit far for me to drive to pick it up....
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Thanks Andy
Am looking at at 64 Herald as a fun unique car for around town and short trips on highway. Sounds like it would accept the Spitfire upgrade in drive train, if I feel ambitious. I saw one of these at Triumphest in SLO last October and thought it was the coolest little family convertible. Is the Vitesse more rare or desirable. I don't see many Heralds on the road...
Randall and Andy - thanks for the responses.
Pat
Am looking at at 64 Herald as a fun unique car for around town and short trips on highway. Sounds like it would accept the Spitfire upgrade in drive train, if I feel ambitious. I saw one of these at Triumphest in SLO last October and thought it was the coolest little family convertible. Is the Vitesse more rare or desirable. I don't see many Heralds on the road...
Randall and Andy - thanks for the responses.
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Basically, yes, and yes. There were only 679 cars, all convertibles and all badged as Sports 6 (rather than Vitesse 6) brought into the US officially. They actually were very slow sellers, priced right up there with Falcon, Valiant, Corvair and (later on) early Mustang. But they got pretty good reviews from the automotive press.PatGalvin said:
Biggest shortcoming of a Sports 6 is the high numerical rear end (4.11:1, same as Herald and earlier Spitfire), but many folks still feel that the 1.6l version of the Triumph six was as nice as the six ever got. They will bring very good money, maybe as much as 50-60% higher than for a comparable Herald convertible.
Oh, and they're fully upgradable to, say, GT6 specification....
You have found the right guy to ask questions to for Heralds. Andy pretty much knows everything there is to know about Heralds at least here in the colonies. (US)
I get more attention then most other cars when I pull into a car show with my Herald.
As I tell everyone, I don't feel like a 40 year old going through a mid life crisis with Herald as when I am driving the spitfire or gt6.
It sounds like the Herald is the right car for you and some of here would love to have another Herald own on the forum.
I get more attention then most other cars when I pull into a car show with my Herald.
As I tell everyone, I don't feel like a 40 year old going through a mid life crisis with Herald as when I am driving the spitfire or gt6.
It sounds like the Herald is the right car for you and some of here would love to have another Herald own on the forum.
Here is another link to a Herald.
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/1815035964.html
https://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/1815035964.html
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I also would assume "GA" on that. Thanks anyway. Kinda hoping it might have been an "HB" gearbox, a true spare for the early Sports 6...and a one-time great source of a "close-ratio" gearset for Spitfire racers! :wink:
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Pat, Tom's right, we need more Herald owners here on the Forum...and throughout the world! :laugh:PatGalvin said:
Feel free to shoot any questions you have my way, once you've seen the car...and do let me/us know about it regardless (especially commission, engine and body numbers if you can get them; it'll help me tell you more about the car, and I can add to my Database).