MY NAME IS CLIVE MANVERS AND MY COMPANY IS WELL ESTABLISHED IN THE PRESERVATION OF ALL TRIUMPH SPORTS AND SALOON CARS PRODUCED BETWEEN 1959 AND 1982.

MY LIFE HAS ALWAYS BEEN INVOLVED WITH THE MOTOR TRADE. FROM THE TIME I LEFT SCHOOL IN 1978, UP UNTIL THE PRESENT DAY, I HAVE GAINED CITY AND GUILDS QUALIFICATIONS APPRENTICING AT SEVERAL MAIN DEALERSHIPS. THESE INCLUDED ROVER, JAGUAR, TRIUMPH, RENAULT AND CULMINATED AS A SERVICE MANAGER FOR THE PRESTIGIOUS RANGE OF SAAB MOTOR CARS.

DURING 1982, I PURCHASED A £50.00 TRIUMPH VITESSE MK. 2 AND SPENT MANY HOURS EITHER IN, UNDER, OR ON TOP OF THIS CAR, IN THE PURSUIT OF RELIABILITY. A CHANCE ENCOUNTER WITH A FELLOW ENTHUSIAST SAW THE FORMATION OF A LOCAL CLUB WHICH ATTRACTED MANY OWNERS, MOST OF WHOM WERE UNAWARE THAT INTEREST IN 'OLD' TRIUMPH SPORTS AND SALOON CARS WAS HIGH.

BY THIS TIME, TRIUMPHS WERE PASSING THROUGH MY HANDS ALMOST DAILY. OH, HOW I REMEMBER BUYING TR6'S FOR A FEW HUNDRED POUNDS TO RUN THROUGH THE SUMMER MONTHS AS AN EVERYDAY CAR!!!

FINDING PARTS WAS A VERY HAPHAZARD PROCEDURE, AND POSSIBLY EMBARASSING, AS THE PARTSMAN CONCERNED ACTUALLY FELT SORRY THAT YOU OWNED A TRIUMPH! THIS COINCIDED WITH MANY LOCAL EX-TRIUMPH DEALERS OFFERING THEIR ENTIRE STOCK, MOST OF WHOM WERE GRATEFUL, JUST FOR ME TO CLEAR THEIR DUSTY SHELVES OF UNWANTED STANPARTS. HOW I WELL REMEMBER TURNING DOWN BONNETS, DOORS, AND OTHER PANELS BECAUSE THEY JUST WOULD NOT FIT IN MY GARAGE! HINDSIGHT IS A PRIVELEDGED GIFT.

IN EARLY 1990, MY LIFE WAS THEN SPLIT BETWEEEN WORKING FULL TIME WITH A FRANCHISED DEALER AND PERSUING A CAREER THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY MY HOBBY. TAILS THE HOBBY WON, AND I WAS IN CONVERTED FARM BUILDINGS WITHIN SIX MONTHS OF WORKING STRICTLY FROM HOME. I WAS ALSO NOW EMPLOYING THREE ADDITIONAL STAFF TO COPE WITH THE INCREASING DEMAND FOR OUR SERVICES.

DURING 1994, WE OPENED OUR FIRST DEDICATED WORKSHOP, WHICH PROVED HUGELY SUCCESSFUL. THIS HAS LED US TO THE MODERN PREMISES WE NOW OCCUPY IN ELMSWELL, SUFFOLK.

I AM VERY PROUD THAT WE CAN OFFER THE TRIUMPH ENTHUSIAST A MODERN AND TRUE DEALER-TYPE FACILITY THAT IS NOW PROBABLY ONE OF THE BEST TRIUMPH SITES IN THE U.K.

IF YOU ARE READING THIS AS ONE OF MY CUSTOMERS, YOU WILL KNOW HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT WE HAVE TAKEN TO PROVIDE THIS FOR YOU.

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