Registration: 170 FTV

Details: Triumph Herald Coupe

Source: Email: Brian Screaton

Info: Many years ago, about 1972/3, I used to own a Triumph Herald Coupe reg. no. 170 FTV, which I think was a 1959 – it was one of the early ones, without the fluting on the side panels of the roof, anyway. I attach a couple of photos – the colour one is not long after I bought it, whilst the black and white one is just before I got rid of it – you can see its rather the worse for wear. It was my first car, and I bought it for about £135 from a ‘friend’ – I never saw him again

The Triumph was a bit of a bodged up wreck, but I managed to keep it on the road for a couple of years, and then when it fell apart I sold it (for about £15, I think) to a couple of farmer’s sons from Willoughby Waterleys who used it to race around their fields, until, I assume, it was abandoned or scrapped.