• Restored circa 40 years ago • Regularly used and campaigned • Standard Vanguard overdrive gearbox • Well loved and well maintained Thanks to its use by TV's fictional Jersey detective Jim Bergerac, few post-war classics are as instantly recognisable as the Triumph Roadster.

A landmark model in the history of the Coventry firm, the 1800 Roadster was one of the first post-war designs to bear the Triumph name.

Standard was already supplying Jaguar with a 1,776cc overhead-valve engine and four-speed gearbox for the latter's 1½-Litre saloon, and these were chosen for the new car.

The chassis - an all-new design featuring independent front suspension - comprised two large-diameter steel tubes joined by cross braces.

Styled by Standard's Frank Callaby, the Roadster's elegant alloy-panelled body was unusual in retaining the dickey seat that had been a feature of the pre-war Triumph Dolomite Roadster Coupé.

Launched in March 1946 alongside its sister car, the 1800 Saloon, the Roadster wa...