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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre - six right with a pinch of British individualism

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Created on April 15, 2018

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the body shape was designed by Trevor Fiore

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - hardly anyone would suspect an in-line six-cylinder engine under the hood

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the rear windows can be opened

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the technical platform and the need to adopt parts forced design compromises

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - feels particularly at home on country roads

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - satisfied driver listens to the beautiful sound of the six-cylinder engine

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - no 800 coupés were built

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - over 160 km/h fast

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - quite narrow by today's standards at 1.56 meters wide

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the close relationship with the Triumph Vitesse is not immediately apparent

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - in terms of form, hardly anything is reminiscent of the Triumph Vitesse, which provided the platform for the Bond

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - just like over 50 years ago

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - twin headlights as a sporty attribute

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - well-designed rear end, low-slung exhaust system

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - barely recognizable as a plastic sports car

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Bond Equipe 2 Litre GT Mk II (1970) - completely restored and almost like new

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the doors are made of steel and came (with modifications) from the Triumph Vitesse

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the entire hood can be folded forward, like the Jaguar E-Type

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the longitudinally mounted six-cylinder engine can be seen under the hood

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - two SU carburetors for ventilation

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - manageable complexity in the engine compartment

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - in-line six-cylinder engine from the Triumph Vitesse

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the accessibility of many add-on parts is problem-free

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - 105 DIN horsepower from the two-liter engine

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Stromberg carburetor

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - typical Triumph - front independent suspension

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Chassis badge

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - A look inside the car shows classic British sports car construction

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the seats were not made by Triumph, but many other parts were

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - sporty cockpit design

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - good lateral support of the pretty front seats

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Instruments like in the Triumph Vitesse

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - km/h and miles on the speedometer

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - red area from 5500 rpm

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Switch at the top of the dashboard

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the gearshift is easy to hold

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - no wood, but lots of sporty black

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - relatively steep rear seat

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Seat covers

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - pleasing front design

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - unknown name on the nose

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - twin headlights looked sporty even back then

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - only a few "Bonds" reached German-speaking countries

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Air intake on the hood

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - steel wheels and chrome hubcaps

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Door handles from the Triumph spare parts store

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - fuel filler flap on left side of car

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - large boot with small opening

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - Metal brackets for the trunk lid

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - everything neatly labeled

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1970) - the "overdrive" was an option

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Bond Minicar (1948) - light and handy right from the start

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Bond Minicar 250 G (1961) - tight turning radius guaranteed

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Bond Minicar 250 G (1961) - lots of interior space

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Bond Equipe GT (1963) - four-cylinder coupé based on the Triumph Herald

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Bond Equipe GT 4S (1965) - now four-seater and with twin headlights

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Bond Equipe GT 4S (1965) - on a contemporary advertisement

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Bond Equipe GT (1967) - from England - International Motor Show (IAA) in Frankfurt 1967

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre (1967) - first as a coupé

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Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre Mk II Convertible (1968) - also available as a convertible

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Bond Equipe GT Mk II - at the plastic car meeting Fantastic Plastic 2017

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Bond Equipe GT Mk II - at the plastic car meeting Fantastic Plastic 2017

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Bond Equipe - Specialty from England - Fantastic Plastic 2015

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Bond Equipe GT Series II - at the plastic car meeting Fantastic Plastic 2017

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Summary

The Bond Equipe GT 2 Litre, built from 1967 to 1970, is certainly one of the more exotic cars on our roads. Thanks to the sporty large-scale production technology from the Triumph Vitesse, it was reliable, its body was made of plastic and was designed by Trevor Fiore. Today, the design may seem a little bulky, but when driving, the sports coupé shows its excellent Granturismo characteristics. This report portrays a late Mk-II coupé from 1970 and tells its story, illustrated with many photos and supplemented by a sound sample.

This article contains the following chapters

From three-wheelers to four-wheelers
With Group support
From two to four seats
The six-cylinder GT
Individual alternative to the Triumph GT 6
Six-cylinder also available as a convertible
Genuine enthusiasm
Driving unknown
Further information

Estimated reading time: 9min

Preview (beginning of the article)

In Great Britain, the "Bond" car brand had a good reputation in the fifties and sixties and was known above all for agile and inexpensive three-wheeled vehicles, which Lawrie Bond designed in a wide variety of versions and had built by Sharps Commercial Ltd. in Preston. However, the demand for tricycles declined significantly with increasing prosperity, so the question arose as to how to serve the increasingly demanding clientele. Sharp's Commerical did not have much money for elaborate new developments, so they opted for a cost-effective solution, which was marketed as the Bond Equipe, initially with four-cylinder engines and later also with six-cylinder engines.

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