ONE OF A KIND!
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There are lots of proud owners who would like to boast that their vehicles are unique. Well Chris Currell from St. Albans can make that claim without fear of contradiction. He is pictured here with his 1934 Triumph Super Nine Van. Although registered in 1934, this 8cwt van was actually reviewed by this very publication in August 1933 (hands up anyone who still has a copy).
However, it never did go into production and remains as far as Chris knows the only one of its kind to be built. It was originally bought by a travelling salesman in Cardiff who later sold it to a shoe repairer and after that the vehicle seemed to vanish without trace until it was discovered abandoned in a barn in 1970 in a state of decay.
Chris is the fourth enthusiast to own it since then; over the past six years he has restored it, retaining around 40% of the original parts, frame and bodywork. He painted the sign using the slogan Triumph coined to sell its vehicles. In that 1933 issue of Commercial Motor, the selling price quoted was £168.00, I dare say that with all Chris's loving work it's worth a few bob more than that today!