Building a kit car appealed to Trevor Collett because he loves Heralds and is pretty handy when it comes to mechanical work, but is considerably less keen on bodywork. That made the Moss Malvern 2+2 an ideal choice, and one that still puts a smile on his face after more than three decades.
![All My Own Work](https://magarticles.magzter.com/articles/9950/229460/59a7b67a69949/All-My-Own-Work.jpeg)
My interest in kit cars started when I saw a picture of an RMB Gentry in one of the TSSC’s first magazines (I’d been a Herald owner since 1978).. I remember wondering what an MG was doing in the magazine, but read the blurb and realised what was going on. This would have been around 1981. I started to investigate what was available and found there were other companies such as Marlin, Spartan and Moss doing similar things. The reason for my interest was two-fold.
Firstly, I am not a welder and a kit car meant I could work on the mechanical side without having to get involved with bodywork, and secondly it was a way of getting something different without spending a fortune on a Morgan or MG.
I settled on the Moss because they had introduced the Malvern with its 2+2 seating. That appealed to me not because I wanted room for passengers in the back, but because it would be more practical, if only at the level of having somewhere to throw my briefcase when I went to the office.
Also, the Gentry had a reputation for being quite tricky to build as it is a complex construction, whereas the Moss is almost (but not quite) one piece of fibreglass that you shove onto the Herald chassis. The upside of the Gentry construction is that if they are built properly then they are very solid cars, but the Moss – much as I love it – always shakes a little bit.
Besides, although the MG TF is a lovely shape and the Gentry copies that, I liked the fact that the Moss was its own car. True the wings are moulded from an MG TF and the grille is a Jaguar copy so it does mix and match different styles, but to my mind it all works together well.
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![ZIGGY'S NO BANGER!](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/405733/5e316b0f894ae/crp_ZIGGYS-NO-BANGER.jpg)
ZIGGY'S NO BANGER!
Good friends Paul Herbert and Chris Harding bought this Mk2 Spitfire in 2014 to use on a Banger Rally. Six years on they’ve still got the Triumph, and it is running better than ever.
![The right choice](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/405733/5e3167168b6e2/crp_The-right-choice.jpg)
The right choice
In 1978 a Triumph Stag would have been a brave choice as your only car, but after 41 years and getting on for 200,000 miles together, it was clearly the perfect fit for Malcolm and Vera Whitehouse.
![THE GREY LADY](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/405733/5e3172cd4b2fa/crp_THE-GREY-LADY.jpg)
THE GREY LADY
In the mid-1930s the New Avon Coachbuilding Co started to build luxury saloons and no longer concentrated on building smaller open sports cars. Phil Homer introduces a luxury product of the era, a six-cylinder Avon on the Standard Flying 16 chassis, and explains why it wasn’t a success.
![HAROLD THE HERALD](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/405733/5e3170b80cfcb/crp_HAROLD-THE-HERALD.jpg)
HAROLD THE HERALD
Over the last 20 years, Harold the Herald has been through five distinct phases of development. Now though, with owner Dale Barker going soft and transferring his favours to a big and comfortable saloon, Harold is looking for a new home.
![APPRENTICE TR2](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/405733/5e31621ad041a/crp_APPRENTICE-TR2.jpg)
APPRENTICE TR2
History repeats itself as RHP 552 is handed over to apprentices – 64 years after the last time!
![A LASTING PASSION](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/405733/5e316cf618ae1/crp_A-LASTING-PASSION.jpg)
A LASTING PASSION
Lee Godfrey has featured in these pages before, but his enthusiasm for the big Triumphs remains undiminished. Mike Taylor talks to him about the model, his latest example and how the passion started.
![A flurry of activity ends 2019 season](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/405733/5e31633b82ffe/crp_A-flurry-of-activity-ends-2019-season.jpg)
A flurry of activity ends 2019 season
H&H’s last sale of 2019 was at the Buxton Pavilion and offered 127 lots.
![Herald Suspension Overhaul](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/388344/5e26c03c893c5/crp_Herald-suspension-overhaul.jpg)
Herald Suspension Overhaul
Thorough investigation turns into a major overhaul and a future-proofed Triumph
![Hotter Rockets Launched For 2020](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/388344/5e26bc0f4ec12/crp_Hotter-Rockets-launched-for-2020.jpg)
Hotter Rockets Launched For 2020
The world’s largest-capacity volume production motorcycle just got bigger.
![SPECIAL EDITION DOLOMITE 1500](https://reseuro.magzter.com/100x125/articles/9950/388344/5e26a43a0bfe3/crp_SPECIAL-EDITION-DOLOMITE-1500.jpg)
SPECIAL EDITION DOLOMITE 1500
Andrew Burford reckons that a 1500SE represents the epitome of Dolomite design. Mike Taylor meets the man who likes to champion the underdog, and his ultra-rare example of Triumph’s evergreen Dolomite saloon.