Hughie Hancox (Tales of Triumph Motorcycles and the Meriden Factory) Interviewed at Gaydon

The Triumph Bonneville Celebration - Heritage Motor Centre Gaydon (August 22nd 2009).

Hughie Hancox has spent most of his working life with the Triumph company and with Triumph motorcycles. Today, Hughie is the world's best known restorer of Triumph motorcycles, Vice Chairman of the Triumph Owners Motorcycle Club of Great Britain and an International Concours judge.

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[meriden4ever]

Hughie Hancox R.I.P.

[TRUMPYJEFF]

Yeah Hughie, Unions havent changed. Great book, bit more insight- BSA's/Unionism's sabotage of Triumph. Corporate greed overall. I have a Meriden 77 OIF T140V & a Hinckley 2000 Thunderbird (Electric Start, Overhead Cam, Liquid Cooled, 6 speed 900cc Triple) - a modern T160. Awesome bike, "retro styled" with modern comforts. Read the book in two days(couldnt put it down), now I want that pre unit Thunderbird even more!!! Thanks for your efforts on remarkable machines.........jeff

[lhavau52]

A nicely written, very entertaining and enlightening book. Loved the bit about Steve McQueen's gloves! - Having read the Bert Hopwood, John Rosamond books about the company, I see here a different angle on the "workers co-op" and all the union stuff, it must have been both disheartening and frustrating to have worked in the company that was world-renowned, and watch it deteriorate in the hands of b*s*t and union malcontents. I would assume that Hughie and John Rosamond are not best mates!