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Inside there was plenty of room, and the almost inaudible gearbox helped make the car not only look, but "feel", considerably more expensive that it actually was. The contoured seats featured "ventilated" PVC upholstery and although they would not recline, the front seats were remarkably versatile and could be easily adjusted for height and rake. There was full instrumentation, a wooden dashboard, wooden door cappings and an adjustable steering column that was adjustable not only up and down but back and forth as well. Inside the Triumph 1300 could only be described as oppulent. The rear end styling was particularly handsome, and in some respects looked almost Italian, the brightwork carrying over from the bumper to a garnish that ran up the two rear guards and along the rear of the boot lid. On the outside, the Triumph 1300 kept the family look in-tact, some commentators of the day describing it as a "squashed" version of the Triumph 2000. That's not to say the existing parts bin was not used, as evidenced by the use of the Triumph Herald 13/60's 1296cc engine, which was mated to a 4 speed all-synchro gearbox.
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The Triumph 1300 was designed as a replacement to the popular Herald, although Leyland had a bit of an each way bet by continuing manufacture of the rear-wheel-drive iteration until 1970.Īdding individuality to their car, the designers did not follow the BMC transverse layout, instead opting to mount the engine above the gearbox in a front-back configuration. Taking the fight up to BMC Mini and Austin/Morris 1100 was never going to be an easy job, and so Leyland's first foray into front-wheel-drive automobiles needed to be a good one.
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