1950 Triumph T100 Grand Prix
Rare factory-built race variant

Registration No: Un-Registered
Frame No: TF27561R
MOT: Exempt

• One of around 250 genuine Grand Prix T100s produced
• Matching frame and engine numbers
• Reputedly sent to Sweden for the race team of Triumph importer Uno Ranch

• The Road and Race Collection

Triumph’s 498cc parallel-twin Tiger 100 (T100) was a fast and handsome new model for 1939, but early overheating problems caused embarrassment and discouraged Triumph from taking it road-racing. However, some square-finned, all-alloy cylinder barrels and heads leftover from wartime production of generators turned out to be the cure for the Tiger’s woes. With the new top end, a Tiger won the 1946 Senior Amateur Manx Grand Prix, raced by Irish farmer Ernie Lyons. After his success, demand increased for an “over-the-counter” Tiger racer, which materialised in the form of the Grand Prix in February, 1948. After a few years, total production reached around 250. Genuine Grand Prix models can be identified by their R-suffix numbers.

According to handwritten notes, this 1950 Grand Prix was originally shipped to Sweden for the Triumph importer Uno Ranch, who managed a race team. This one, it is said, was ridden by Olle Nygren (best known as a speedway racer), Grand Prix racer Sven-Olov Gunnarsson, and Lennart Karlstrøm. By 2016, it had ended up in Copenhagen, from where it was imported by the present owner, an enthusiastic collector of historic bikes. A rare survivor which has evidently received a high-quality restoration in the past, this Grand Prix is sold with paperwork including a copy of the factory test report and data sheet.

For more information, please contact:
Mike Davis
mike.davis@handh.co.uk
07718 584217