1959 Triumph Thunderbird [6T]

1959 Triumph Thunderbird [6T] in How We Used to Live, Documentary, 2014

Class: Bikes, Road — Model origin:

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Author	Message
dsl ◊ 2015-09-20 03:15	For either bike, depending which is easier/more interesting. The black one is onscreen in several shots, but this is only view.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2015-09-20 07:35	The bike in the left background is a 1957 or later Triumph - from the 'mouth organ' tank badge. It has a 'pre unit' engine so could be a 1959 Thunderbird because that year's model was in dark colours.
dsl ◊ 2015-09-20 13:17	Do we want these as "Thunderbird [6T]" or "6T Thunderbird"?? We have both formats running, with a lonely 6T Saint in there as well.
nzcarnerd ◊ 2015-09-21 06:29	I would go with Thunderbird as model name and 6T as 'chassis'. I just searched a few '6T Thunderbirds' and this one - /vehicle_801902-Triumph-6T-Thunderbird.html - which is quite recent, I wonder how it can be distinguished from a Speed Twin.
dsl ◊ 2015-09-21 14:07	nzcarnerd wrote I would go with Thunderbird as model name and 6T as 'chassis'. All that batch now changed to Thunderbird [6T], so we have a single referencing.
dsl ◊ 2017-02-09 00:26	Reused from /vehicle_1003016-Triumph.html