Triumph Fury
motor vehicle
The Triumph Fury is a prototype two-door drophead coupé commissioned by the Standard-Triumph Company of Coventry, England. It was the first Triumph sports car built on a unitary construction platform.
History
References to a "TR5" began to appear in the minutes of meetings of the Standard-Triumph board in 1964, and some photos of the car in the company archives are labeled "TR5 Fury".
In 1964 Triumph's Chief Engineer Harry Webster visited the carrozzeria of Italian designer Giovanni Michelotti, where he was shown a wooden mockup. On 12 November 1964 a Triumph engineer went to Italy to arrange for a prototype "TR5" to be built. Triumph engineer David Eley took the lead on the Fury's chassis development. The car was delivered in 1965.
The Fury was built with a 2.0 L inline six cylinder engine. Triumph's later 2.5 L version of this engine would have been a simple upgrade for a production version of the car. Drawings are said to exist of the Fury with a V8 engine installed — possibly anticipating it using the single overhead camshaft Triumph V8 engine developed as a variant of the Triumph slant-four engine.
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