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The Triumph Italia 2000 is a never ending story that almost ended before it began.
Triumph originally planned to put one of these in each dealership as a specialty car. The
takeover by British Leyland put an end to the dream. The Italians took over and built 329
of the cars on chassis they bought from Triumph. They even manufactured their own

radiators using a Triumph radiator as a model. Of the 329 original cars only 125 are now
known to exist by US and UK registry information. There are only 12 drivable examples in
the US. Bob laments that Europeans are now willing to pay more for the cars and so
they are being exported back to Europe. Following is a collection of Italia Ephemera.

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Below: An original sketch of
the Italia's dashboard is
helping Bob recreate his
own dash. The dash on the
fully restored #126, at left,
gives a peek at the elegance
of the original interior
design and fittings. Molto
Bello!

Above: An original painted part
from #184 and remnants of red
vinyl from the footwell leads
Bob to believe his car's original
color was close to the blue of
#195, at right, located in South
Carolina. #184 is the only Italia
he has seen with a red interior.

Above: "This the Italian barn find Italia #215 (bugeye
Sprite green) owned at that time by Paul Harvey, our
host for the UK event. This car is now in the hands of
a gentleman with a private museum in Eugene,

Oregon. It is one of the most original Italias. We use
pictures from this car all the time for examples of
what is correct for restoration. This includes an
original ?Styled by G. Michelotti? badge from Paul

Harvey?s #215," Bob said.
Above: in 2016 a group of restored Italias made a splash at the UK International Vintage Auto Show.
Concludes on page 48 "Seeing six restored Italias in one place blew people away," Bob says. Most people had never seen one.
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