Clearout!

As the pace of collecting increases for the Triumph museum it has become more and more evident that the only real limiting factor (apart from the finances!) is the space required. We initially envisaged when we formulated our collecting policy that the acquisition of 2 to 3 significant cars per year was possible but unlikely and that we would be happy with 1 or 2. This has proven pessimistic as the number of interesting cars available seems to have gone through the roof in the last couple of years. Its strange that after so many years of owners of special Triumphs keeping them hidden in private collections, that all of a sudden the market seems awash with some really interesting stuff and we have been spoilt for choice. As I said though the inevitable has happened and we have run out of space. The 'new' museum buildings have a capacity of only 10 cars, and at that we are a little tight for space. The reserve shed can hold another 10 at a push, and we currently have another 12 in the workshops, not ideal! Add to that the 4 or 5 we have taxed and in use at any one time, and some of the less than healthy none special cars residing either on the car park or in other buildings around the place and the numbers soon pass the 50 mark. So its time for a clearout, I shall be looking at moving on a good proportion of our Triumphs that are not historically significant, i.e not a factory prototype, racing/rallying car, earliest production car. The condition of the cars we will be moving on varies from basket cases to some really nice stuff, watch our Cars for Sale bit of the web site in the coming months for details.
Picture;some of the first candidates for disposal!