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£21,938 (Est: £16,000 - £20,000)

1948 Triumph 1800 Roadster Multiple best in show winner

United Kingdom • 10 May 2026 • Lot 16

Vehicle Details

AI Listing Summary

This 1948 Triumph 1800 Roadster is a multiple best-in-show winner, boasting a comprehensive restoration completed in 2002. Finished with dark blue bodywork and a cream leather interior, it features its original 1,776cc engine and is accompanied by a DVD documenting the restoration.

Condition

9

The vendor describes the car as being in exceptional condition, and it has undergone a comprehensive restoration completed in 2002. The car is a multiple show winner, suggesting a high level of presentation and maintenance. While it's a classic car, the extensive restoration work and show-winning status indicate that it's in near-perfect condition with only minor signs of use.

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Transmission:

Manual

Chassis No:

TRD2169

Odometer:

[Odometer Reading]

Reg Number:

JUR 496

RHD/LHD:

RHD

Despite Donald Healey's best efforts to reinvent Triumph as the British equivalent of Alfa Romeo, the firm was essentially bankrupt by the time war broke out in 1939.

Subsequently revitalised by Standard impresario Sir John Black, Triumph was able to launch two new models - the 1800 Saloon and 1800 Roadster - during 1946.

The 1800 Roadster, model number 18TR, had been designed in the closing days of World War II, Triumph having been bought by the Standard Motor Company in 1944, and the managing director of Standard, Sir John Black, wanted a sports car to take on Jaguar, which had used Standard engines in the pre-war period.

Styled by Frank Callaby, the Triumph 1800 Roadster was a flamboyant mix of 1930s styling cues and boasted what was reputedly the last dickie seat to be incorporated into a production car.

Bodied in 'Birmabright' aluminium alloy over ash (save for its steel pontoon front wings), the Roadster was underpinned by a tubular ladder-frame chassis featuring independent ...