Triumph cars for sale in Kissimmee, Florida

Triumph : Other ITALIA 2000 1962 triumph italia 2000 with only 7 k original miles rare florida car

$115,000

Kissimmee, Florida

By most accounts, only 329 of these hand-crafted bodies were ever built – known as the Triumph "Italia 2000 Coupé." Designed by Giovanni Michelotti and built by Alfredo Vignale in Turin, under contract to Ruffino S.p.A. Industria Construzione Automobile of Naples – it was thought that these cars would appeal to people willing to spend more for the dependability and ease of obtaining stock mechanical parts of a Triumph, but who wanted a better looking car than the standard Triumph - "Italian bodywork at its best, British tradition in sports car engineering at its finest.”At the time, Salvatore Ruffino was the owner of CESAC, the Italian company that distributed Standard-Triumph in Italy. He approached Standard-Triumph to supply chassis and mechanical components to build 1,000 cars. Ruffino approached a number of carrozzeria, including Zagato. He had not found a design that was to his liking and was later introduced to the young, Giovanni Michelotti. It was this introduction that was to lead to the Triumph Italia. The resulting two door coupé, now referred to as the "slope-nosed prototype," was well received at the 1958 Turin Motor Show – “Italian artistry and British craftsmanship have come together and produced this new, superlative Italia 2000 Coupé.” A second prototype was built with a revised nose and rear roof line. The change was necessary after road tests with the first prototype highlighted some handling issues. This second prototype was much closer to the final "look" of the Italia. The first prototype was converted into another car, quite possibly the second prototype. This second car still survives. The 1959 Turin show featured another early car (probably Italia #3) on the Triumph stand and, by all accounts, the motoring press was impressed. The first two "show" cars were Italia #1 which was delivered to Standard-Triumph for testing and Italia #2 which was reputedly Ruffino's personal car. These early show cars had many small differences from the later "production" run. The first 13 cars were assembled completely by Vignale. These cars have a number of different badges but not all appeared on all of these "show" cars. On the nose was a large "V" (for Vignale) badge, a "by G. Michelotti" badge on the bonnet, small "Vignale" scripts and a cloisonné Vignale-badge on the front wings, "Triumph Italia" on the rear wings with a set of Vignale crossed-flags (these are very similar to the ones on the S-T Vignale Vanguard, they are nautical flags for "V" and "S," the "S" presumably for Standard-Triumph), a large Vignale script on the boot handle and a "Triumph 2000" script on the boot. After the first 13, Ruffino took over production on an assembly line he leased from Vignale for the remainder of production. This is one of the rarest triumph and rarely comes up for sale, this car is number 253 of 329 with all the options available from the production line.Options included overdrive (this was indicated on most cars by an extra "O" at the end of the chassis number), leather interior (rare), and Borrani wire wheels (very rare, period photos show these only on the second prototype).This car is all original with only 7,026 original miles, the interior is just like new, the body and paint is nice and shine in need of a cleaning and detailing, the car been sitting in storage for the pass 12 years.This car will need the carburetors rebuild, fresh gasoline and a new battery before be driven again.2 Owners since new.This is a rare find, and will be sold. CLEAN FLORIDA TITLE IN HANDS I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO STOP THE AUCTION AT ANY TIME!THE CAR IS FOR SALE LOCALLYANY QUESTIONS CALL ME AT 407-301-3839 I CAN ASSIST WITH SHIPPING TO ANY WHERE IN THE WORLD All sales are final. No refunds full or partial. Vehicle is sold "as is" "where it is " No warranty written or implied. Deposit of $2,000.00 in 24 hours to be sent via paypal . remaining balance will need to be paid in 7 days, most likely via bank wire transfer or cash in person. Vehicle will be available for pick -up only once funds have cleared by the bank. Happy bidding!

Trim ITALIA 2000