Comments by "Keit Hammleter" (@keithammleter3824) on "" video.

  1. this guy is hilarious. He starts of by saying that Triumph had to come up with something to replace the Vanguard, and shows us a picture of the Vanguard 1951 Phase 1 model. What about the later Renown or the ponton Phase II? The Phase 3 and 1960's Ensign? Then he said that the 2 L engine came about by adding 2 cylinders to an 800 cc four. He said the 2.5 PI was "sprightly" with a powerful engine by 1969 standards. Only a Britisher could say that. Most of us in 1969 were driving cars with sixes at least 3 litres and some had V8's up to 5 litres or more. He says the 2.5 PI has a lovely burble to it. That is 100% due to the design of the exhaust system. All straight 6's fundamentally sound the same. If this one burbles, it is because the owner went to an exhaust shop and asked for a burbly exhaust system. 2.5 PI's were made from 1968 to 1977, not just 1969 as the presenter said. However, local assembly in countries such as Australian stopped after 1969 as they were not competitive. For the same price you could in 1969 get an extremely reliable Mercedes with far more refinement. He is right about the poor reliability though, although almost all British cars had poor reliability, electric fuel pumps being a major failure point. That is because they all had crappy Lucus British-made electrics.
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