natonstan Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Thought i'd share this old photo I dug out, most likely taken at Richmond, this is my great grandma (Now long gone) wiht her husbands Trimph Mayflower: http://imgur.com/a/McQHD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andrejuan Posted December 4, 2016 Share Posted December 4, 2016 Lovey old car, still a few of them around. Very stylish in their day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevew Posted December 5, 2016 Share Posted December 5, 2016 My Dad had one.................bought it new from Hatfields in 52/53. He kept it for about 10years I think. Reg OWA 847. I last saw it in the early 80's on the back of a tipper, presumably being taken to a scrapyard! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wagginfinger Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 A friend of mine david stephenson of wulfric place ~~well his father used to borrow a Mayflower from a relative now and again in the 50s. ~~~it was like a baby Rolls and more like a coach built car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 What engine was in the Mayflower? I know the bigger Razoredge was 2 litre but not sure about the Mayflower. The Razoredge was 3 speed column change - I presume the Mayflower was likewise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 (edited) What engine was in the Mayflower? I know the bigger Razoredge was 2 litre but not sure about the Mayflower. The Razoredge was 3 speed column change - I presume the Mayflower was likewise. The bigger car was the Renown. My teacher at school in the 1950s had one in black. I always thought the engine sounded like my mother's Singer sewing machine. Beautiful car. Here are some pics and spec of both lovely cars.... https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=triumph+mayflower&qpvt=triumph+mayflower&qpvt=triumph+mayflower&qpvt=triumph+mayflower&FORM=IGRE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Mayflower https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=triumph+renown&qpvt=triumph+renown&qpvt=triumph+renown&qpvt=triumph+renown&FORM=IGRE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triumph_Renown Peter. Edited December 15, 2016 by PeterR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeG Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Very interesting. I thought the VW Beetle was the first car to have synchro on all forward gears. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterR Posted December 15, 2016 Share Posted December 15, 2016 Very interesting. I thought the VW Beetle was the first car to have synchro on all forward gears. This seems to infer that the Beetle didn't have synchro on all forward gears until 1961.... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle#Evolution_and_design_changes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad-dad Posted December 18, 2016 Share Posted December 18, 2016 Our next door neighbour on Birley Spa Lane had one in the mid 1950s. It was black and I always looked upon it as a limo. Mind you, I was only about 4 foot tall. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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