1960 Triumph Italia 2000.

Very Rare and Meticulously Restored.

Part of the Anthony Hamilton Collection.

Over the years, several prototypes, one-offs and show cars have been built on the Triumph TR chassis, some by the factory and others by independent concerns.

Some of the factory prototypes led directly to new production models but the only independent effort to be produced in significant numbers was the Italia.

Styled by Giovanni Michelotti, who would go on to style much of the Triumph range, the Italia coup was built by Carrozzeria Vignale entirely on the rolling chassis and mechanical underpinnings of the TR3.

Being coachbuilt, it was considerably more expensive than the production TR3, costing the equivalent of £1,440 in Italy, some 26% more than the all-British product.

Nevertheless, over 300 found homes including a handful in right-hand drive.

The project was the brainchild of Dottore Salvatore Ruffino, the managing director of CESAC, the company that distributed Standar...