I grew up at my grandfather's service station in the USA , in the 1960s. It sat right in a loop on Route 66! That place was like a moving automotive parade/car show! Probably the guilty part of my becoming a motor headed enthusiast. Anyhow, we saw cars from all over the USA. But the British and real German cars were so rare in central USA. I remember a Spitfire pulling in one day, in... 1968 and I was just loosing my mind. The driver must have though me a total idiot. Once I pulled myself together, (8 years old), I held the poor man hostage with loads of questions, long after his gasoline was pumped. This is how blessed you are, Madam. :) Thank you for sharing!
This is a great feature. I recall seeing it featured elsewhere some time ago. As a life-long Triumph fan, having owned many over the years, I have read many articles about the various prototypes, projects and management and BMC/BL influences, I am always left with a feeling of what really could have been. So sad.
Always lusted after this car. I owned a Mk3 and read about the Fury prototype and saw a photo. Never seen it in real life except in this video. It's incredible, what they should have built - monocoque and the straight six.
We had a 1966 (MY0 691D) MK2 in the family for about 20 years, so know it very well. This is a superb redesign by Michelotti. What a success it would have been! What a gifted designer he really was. Truly stylish. I liked the fact that the woman talked about how she liked to keep the cars original where possible. I completely agree. Far too many collectors upgrade their cars unnecessary. Roger from Littlehampton.
What a beauty. I have always thought Triumph should have been like the E Type and made a roadster and a coupe and treated the GT6 and Spitfire as one model. They could then offer a four or six pot in either version.
I agree. I think one of Triumph's mistakes was not offering a convertible Gt6. It would have been so easy to put a Spitfire tub on the Gt6 chassis at the factory and with so little investment, they could easily discontinue if it was unsuccessful. It would have helped them compete against Nissan, who was offering a higher performance car at a similar price. The Fury seems like a parallel case. Who wouldn't want a car that looks like that. With more interior room and a little larger size. Later, maybe put in a Rover V8. That car could have saved Triumph from extinction. It seems like Triumph made so many obvious mistakes. With hindsight, it's almost like they were trying to fail. But, that's with hindsight.
oh and thanks for saving it - as a proud first car owner of a spitfire - then a new 1980 spitfire - tr7 - tr8 - all those sold - then kept lotus elan 1990 - 64 xke- and last summer ginetta G20 as you guys say cheers
Triumph should definitely have put this car into production. It has hints of quite a few other designs like the Corvette and Matra. It would have been a real winner!
Triumph being a Coventry focused company seems to have painted the Fury in the colours of Coventry City FC; the "Sky Blues" (unless I missed something).
The 3D scan info could be used for the scale model community I have confidence a 1/20 or 1/18 scale highly detailed plastic model would be fun and rewarding to assemble
My dad had a GT6 before I was born (Sold it after I was born for a more practical Triumph 1300). He loved it, but spent a lot of time welding and fixing it.
A beautiful looking car so cute specially for when it was designed it would a been a top- seller if it went into production yet they had money to spend on the TR7, that looks nothing as good as the Fury,this should a been a number two choice for anyone who couldn't effort an Elan
The Fury should have ideally been the TR5 or TR6, though would have preferred the mechanicals paired with the TR5 Ginevra styling yet like that Triumph planned for it to be powered by an entry-level 2-litre Slant-Four up (after the 2-litre Six), followed by the 2.5-litre Six and 3-litre V8 had it reached production. Otherwise to what degree the Fury platform was related to the 2000/2500 saloon (as was said to have been the case with the Stag)? Since it is s a shame Triumph were not in a position to introduce a Fury-like monocoque sportscar earlier in parallel with the saloon.
Re: the dodgy paint job when it was in the Patrick collection, I used to work odd building jobs for Alex Patrick at his holiday home in the Lot, France when he took over the collection, he cheapskated every quote I ever gave him. So I am not shocked it had paint over rust.
IF I had the lottery cash available, I'd have that car stripped to the component parts and each and every one scanned, so that you COULD rebuild a car from replicated parts! (much in the same way you can rebuild an MG, Mini, or Mk1/2 Escort! Imagine a modern 1.2 or 1.4 IL4 mated to a 5 or 6 speed box! Clothed in a body like this, produced in limited numbers, it would sell like the proverbial hot cakes! (under £25k?) Those headlights really should be updated to electric, for safety reasons, but other than that, I LOVE IT! As a stablemate to the GT6 it would have been a wonderful addition, but it WOULD have cannibalised sales from the older Spitfires! The GT6 itself suffered from being a coupe version of the Spit, but cost far too much in comparison! British Leyland and BMC axed far too many projects that would have been groundbreaking, but a management culture of extreme conservatism prevailed. Too many sub-divisions and no cohesive marketing strategy didn't help either!
I got Dolomite Sprint when I passed my test yellow some one hit it wrote it off. Then got the last built triumph so was a Y reg it was red too powerful 0 to 60 was not normal about 6.5 seconds had 4 speed box with over drive twin SU carburetors had to adapt the throttle Springs because would get stuck open if not careful so made it safer. Breaking was not good handling way too good in its time and the diff well it was not LSD type so in third could spin the car in corners powering out. Sadly I sold it and I think now it is white a better colour. It was sad that Triumph in the early 1970s stopped RND to make the cars better and so on even fuel injection would had made a huge difference as SAAB Had the same engine even turbo on it made it fast beyond the SAABs capabilities but won races with it. As the same engine was put in to the TR7 but not fuel injection.
I grew up at my grandfather's service station in the USA , in the 1960s. It sat right in a loop on Route 66! That place was like a moving automotive parade/car show! Probably the guilty part of my becoming a motor headed enthusiast. Anyhow, we saw cars from all over the USA. But the British and real German cars were so rare in central USA. I remember a Spitfire pulling in one day, in... 1968 and I was just loosing my mind. The driver must have though me a total idiot. Once I pulled myself together, (8 years old), I held the poor man hostage with loads of questions, long after his gasoline was pumped. This is how blessed you are, Madam. :) Thank you for sharing!
Crying shame the Fury didn’t make production. One of Michelotti’s best designs.
Oh my goodness - this car has found it’s perfect owner! 3d scanned, sympathetic care, not over restored - and driven!
Fantastic. I'm really glad this car ended up with Jane. Good on her for keeping it all original (and for sharing it with the rest of us)!
So glad such an intelligent and caring woman is the proud owner of such a beautiful and significant car.
Couldn't agree more!
It's a lovely car, and nice to see it so well looked after, and in such good hands
This is a great feature. I recall seeing it featured elsewhere some time ago. As a life-long Triumph fan, having owned many over the years, I have read many articles about the various prototypes, projects and management and BMC/BL influences, I am always left with a feeling of what really could have been. So sad.
Always lusted after this car. I owned a Mk3 and read about the Fury prototype and saw a photo. Never seen it in real life except in this video. It's incredible, what they should have built - monocoque and the straight six.
Wonderful car, wonderful owner. Great video!
We had a 1966 (MY0 691D) MK2 in the family for about 20 years, so know it very well. This is a superb redesign by Michelotti. What a success it would have been! What a gifted designer he really was. Truly stylish. I liked the fact that the woman talked about how she liked to keep the cars original where possible. I completely agree. Far too many collectors upgrade their cars unnecessary. Roger from Littlehampton.
7:25 "I don't alter cars unless absolutely necessary on something like cooling" - ah, there speaks a Triumph Stag doyenne.
The front badge at 4:00 etc is a USA Plymouth Fury badge.
What a beauty. I have always thought Triumph should have been like the E Type and made a roadster and a coupe and treated the GT6 and Spitfire as one model. They could then offer a four or six pot in either version.
I agree. I think one of Triumph's mistakes was not offering a convertible Gt6. It would have been so easy to put a Spitfire tub on the Gt6 chassis at the factory and with so little investment, they could easily discontinue if it was unsuccessful. It would have helped them compete against Nissan, who was offering a higher performance car at a similar price.
The Fury seems like a parallel case. Who wouldn't want a car that looks like that. With more interior room and a little larger size. Later, maybe put in a Rover V8. That car could have saved Triumph from extinction.
It seems like Triumph made so many obvious mistakes. With hindsight, it's almost like they were trying to fail. But, that's with hindsight.
Had a ride in the Fury back in the 70's when it was owned by collector John ward in Bromsgrove.
A very beautiful and unique automobile.
oh and thanks for saving it - as a proud first car owner of a spitfire - then a new 1980 spitfire - tr7 - tr8 - all those sold - then kept lotus elan 1990 - 64 xke- and last summer ginetta G20 as you guys say cheers
Triumph should definitely have put this car into production. It has hints of quite a few other designs like the Corvette and Matra. It would have been a real winner!
I love the disappearing cat 😃
This car visited Datsun Birmingham around 1979. Probably something to do with Patrick Motors. I thought it stunning then and it's still stunning.
Triumph being a Coventry focused company seems to have painted the Fury in the colours of Coventry City FC; the "Sky Blues" (unless I missed something).
My first Spitfire (early 1960's) was this colour
@@earthlingjohn Looks like Wedgewood Blue to me.
The 3D scan info could be used for the scale model community
I have confidence a 1/20 or 1/18 scale highly detailed plastic model would be fun and rewarding to assemble
The most beautiful Triumph I've never seen. Would love to get the 3D scan. Is it available? I would love to convert My TR-6 to a Fury.
Looks gorgeous, could have been a real winner for Triumph.
My dad had a GT6 before I was born (Sold it after I was born for a more practical Triumph 1300). He loved it, but spent a lot of time welding and fixing it.
What a gorgeous thing. Such a shame it didn't make production.
Frontal aspect looks like the Bond Film Toyota 2000GT
I love this car. Tragic it never went in to production. Although I think the headlights wouldn't have made it to the finished product.
Saw this car in my village last summer
How much is it insured for ?
Lovely looking Car . The Front does look a bit American , but the rest is pure Triumph . One of One .
Very nice🎉
A beautiful looking car so cute specially for when it was designed it would a been a top- seller if it went into production yet they had money to spend on the TR7, that looks nothing as good as the Fury,this should a been a number two choice for anyone who couldn't effort an Elan
The Fury should have ideally been the TR5 or TR6, though would have preferred the mechanicals paired with the TR5 Ginevra styling yet like that Triumph planned for it to be powered by an entry-level 2-litre Slant-Four up (after the 2-litre Six), followed by the 2.5-litre Six and 3-litre V8 had it reached production. Otherwise to what degree the Fury platform was related to the 2000/2500 saloon (as was said to have been the case with the Stag)? Since it is s a shame Triumph were not in a position to introduce a Fury-like monocoque sportscar earlier in parallel with the saloon.
Re: the dodgy paint job when it was in the Patrick collection, I used to work odd building jobs for Alex Patrick at his holiday home in the Lot, France when he took over the collection, he cheapskated every quote I ever gave him. So I am not shocked it had paint over rust.
Someone should build about 10 or 20 of them
IF I had the lottery cash available, I'd have that car stripped to the component parts and each and every one scanned, so that you COULD rebuild a car from replicated parts! (much in the same way you can rebuild an MG, Mini, or Mk1/2 Escort! Imagine a modern 1.2 or 1.4 IL4 mated to a 5 or 6 speed box! Clothed in a body like this, produced in limited numbers, it would sell like the proverbial hot cakes! (under £25k?) Those headlights really should be updated to electric, for safety reasons, but other than that, I LOVE IT! As a stablemate to the GT6 it would have been a wonderful addition, but it WOULD have cannibalised sales from the older Spitfires! The GT6 itself suffered from being a coupe version of the Spit, but cost far too much in comparison! British Leyland and BMC axed far too many projects that would have been groundbreaking, but a management culture of extreme conservatism prevailed. Too many sub-divisions and no cohesive marketing strategy didn't help either!
I got Dolomite Sprint when I passed my test yellow some one hit it wrote it off. Then got the last built triumph so was a Y reg it was red too powerful 0 to 60 was not normal about 6.5 seconds had 4 speed box with over drive twin SU carburetors had to adapt the throttle Springs because would get stuck open if not careful so made it safer. Breaking was not good handling way too good in its time and the diff well it was not LSD type so in third could spin the car in corners powering out. Sadly I sold it and I think now it is white a better colour. It was sad that Triumph in the early 1970s stopped RND to make the cars better and so on even fuel injection would had made a huge difference as SAAB Had the same engine even turbo on it made it fast beyond the SAABs capabilities but won races with it. As the same engine was put in to the TR7 but not fuel injection.
The top ten of Triumph mistakes (excluding union /management foul ups) number 2? , Stag being no1
Hey you've got a phantom cat? This shouldn't be in the motoring listing.
Who is this woman? no disrespect at all meant but the interwebs is void on this lady apart from these car vids
She's a car collector. What more do you need to know?
Damn fools should have built this car!
Jane, are you an owner of a Grinnall Scorpion. Your name rings a bell?
It is the same Jane Weitzmann - you can see what's in her collection at www.jhwclassics.com
@@BelowtheRadarCars wow. That’s quite a collection.
The car isn’t pretty rare. It’s pretty and rare! ❤
The tyres are half flat!!!!