Triang 'Ulster' racing car

[McCarthyMR]

Evening all. Anyone seen one of these before? Or have any information on it?

Any help is appreciated.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

Hello McCarthyMR, your Mini 'HI-WAY' racing car comes from an off-shoot series of bigger trucks introduced in 1966. This new race car based series came out in 1969 as a series of 6 race cars, all named after race tracks as follows...

Silverstone.
Daytona
Monza.
Nurburg.
Usaki.
LeMans.

...and 8 rally cars named after rallies as follows...

1000 lakes.
Tulip.
Geneva.
Monti-Carlo.
Acropilis.
Safari.
Alpine.
Ulster.

This last one is your 'Ulster' car.

GHOSTHUNTER.

[johnboy]

I can't help you with any information on these, but I found the website below which has some nice images at the bottom of the page which shows others in the range:

http://www.triang.nl/Hiway.htm

[McCarthyMR]

Hello McCarthyMR, your Mini 'HI-WAY' racing car comes from an off-shoot series of bigger trucks introduced in 1966. This new race car based series came out in 1969 as a series of 6 race cars, all named after race tracks as follows...

Silverstone.
Daytona
Monza.
Nurburg.
Usaki.
LeMans.

...and 8 rally cars named after rallies as follows...

1000 lakes.
Tulip.
Geneva.
Monti-Carlo.
Acropilis.
Safari.
Alpine.
Ulster.

This last one is your 'Ulster' car.

GHOSTHUNTER.

Ghosty,
I'm at my mum's this evening and she's told me to tell you, you are literally the fountain of knowledge..

[McCarthyMR]

I can't help you with any information on these, but I found the website below which has some nice images at the bottom of the page which shows others in the range:

http://www.triang.nl/Hiway.htm

Thanks Johnboy, a good link. Just been reading through.

[GHOSTHUNTER]

That is a good website Johnboy, nice searching, why didn't I just think of that, it would have saved a lot of head scratching on my part and a lot of typing...!

McCarthyMR, tell your Mum to...'pack it in'...I am not anything of the sort, I just try and remember things from my past...OH BLAST! I'm giving my age away now...see what you've done.

I have a good mind to come round and give your Mum a slap, there, that's told you...

Nite, Nite,

Ghosty.