By the early 1950s, several British automotive manufacturers had completely devoted themselves to satisfying the seemingly insatiable postwar appetite for affordable sports cars. One such manufacturer was Coventry’s Standard-Triumph. After a woefully misguided attempt to enter the market with the underpowered and frumpy-looking 1800 Roadster, in 1953 Standard unveiled a much smaller and more “sporting” sports car, which it called the TR2. The TR2 utilized a conventional, ladder-type frame, with independent front suspension and leaf-sprung live axle, mated to a…
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