Triumph Acclaim 30th anniversary

[hobby]

Hi folks... Could an owner of an Acclaim do me a little favour by giving me the dimensions of the boot? Width, depth and length if poss... I'm thinking of changing the Princess to something more economical and having owned one a few years back was thinking of looking at the auto version... Trouble is, I have to be able to get the wife's wheelchair in it!!

[Toledo Man]

Wherabouts in the country are you? Maybe if there's an Acclaim owner local to you then you might be able to try the boot out for size.

[JPB]

A non-powered, folding wheelchair with 24" wheels goes in the boot of a Smart ForTwo easily and with room left over for a case of those 275ml bottle of Belgian beer so, unless it's a larger chair or something motorised, I can't imagine that stowing it in an Acclaim's boot would be a problem, though you may need to remove the foot rest drop arms from the front of the frame.
Failing that, boxes are available to stow a chair on the roof of any car with either gutters or Isofix-style sockets. You could even put it on the floor in the back of the car.

That Hondamatic/Triomatic semi-auto is a lovely thing to use, I'd go so far as to say that they're as good as any other modern auto and a darned sight more pleasant than the cheaper, indexed CVTs found in many newer cars.

If the wheels will fit, the rest's a breeze.

[hobby]

Thanks, I feel it should fit as well, based on my rather vague recollections of the one we had... I was trying to see if there was a site which showed the boot space as that would tell me, I think its around 12 cu ft which should be ok... It fitted in the back of a Maxi and I think the boot is little different in size...

Live in Kidderminster, btw!

[Toledo Man]

It got a mention on page 20 of the latest edition.

Cheers Neil!

[Toledo Man]

There's also a mention in Triumph World. There should be something in Classic Car Weekly soon.