As an Australian who was a young licence holder when the Triumph Herald graced Australian roads

The 2-seater sports model  was regarded at the time as a very attractive sporty style that appealed to all

Passed my driving test in a Herald in 1962. It'll always be a fond memory as its steering helped me in the dreaded parallel parking part of the test and the relatively short gearshift made smooth shifts easier.

A joy to work on especially with the Bonnet up sitting on the tyres

Great to see the Herald so admired! However, there is one major error - the separate chassis wasn't "brilliance of design" but was due to Triumph being unable to find a volume monocoque manufacturer in the late 50s, so a separate chassis was the inevitable and unavoidable solution.

A green 1965 Herald was my first car in 1972. Marvellous.

Had one, drove it from Sydney to Mt. Isa in 1974. great little car!

I remember a guy who outran the cops by doing a U turn while the cops had to do a 5 point turn.

Had three Heralds and a Vitesse. Loved them all. Especially the Vitesse .In the 1970s a friend had a Herald saloon with twin carbs and hot cams and that flew, who needed a Spitfire.

I always admired the Triumph Herald but unfortunately never owned one. Never realised how innovative they really were.

I felt quite nostalgic watching that - it reminded me of my first car, a Triumph Herald 1200 DUR 716B, lovely to drive, but an enlargement of my family caused me to upgrade to a larger car, so I sold jt to my father-in-law.

I was queuing outside a night cub  in Nottingham in 69 with about a couple of hundred people,there was a parking space just outside of the entrance,car after car came along try maneuver into it without success with hundreds of people laughing at them,my 13/60 Herald was parked hundred meters away i ran back jump in came back and reversed in one movement ,and got applause from hundreds of people,is was worth the £100 it cost me for that one moment

Had a triumph Herald when I was young it was my first car you never went on a trip it was always a journey but fun

To clarify, the "1200" model (1147cc) was rated at some 39 horsepower.  This video description indicates a 1961 release whereas I thought they first released in 1959.  

I recall reading in a textbook somewhere that initially there was a base model "economy" option using the same 998cc engine block, same as the earlier model "Standard 10" (I don't know if they rejigged the oil galleries as Standard 10 only had the useless "part flow" oil filtration whereas the 1147cc engines had Full Flow oil filter system.

The base 998cc model also only had rubber floor mats instead of carpets. They stopped offering the base model after only a year or two. However, far as I know, ALL Heralds had heater/demister fitted as basic fitment...quite a luxury in those days.  

Further note the "Coupe" version which had the "removable with a spanner" hardtop was also restricted to 998cc engine but the Coupes all came with twin carbs as standard. It might have been done that way as a performance option that qualified in the under one thousand cc category for amateur car races.

There was a later updated model of the 1147cc engine called the "12-50" which put out about 50 horsepower and they had an openable Sunroof as standard and were a sorta semi sport option (Dunno what carb(s) they had). .  

Later the engine size was increased to 1296cc and the model was renamed the "13-60" and the output power was about 60 hp.  They had an entirely different carburettor I think.  A friend's girlfriend had a 13-60.  

There was a limited number of full soft-top convertibles and some estates (station waggon) models, as well as the normal 4 seater saloon and the a'fore mentioned hardtop coupe.

Because the 1959-1971 Triumph Herald were one of the last cars to have a full structural chassis, almost all the few surviving saloons have been cut down to make home-made convertibles. You can tell by differences in the back seat and window glass. I saw one at a shopping mall carpark once and made a video about it years ago.

And it could so easily go around corners just like a speedway bike - unbelievable!

As with most of these videos, there are so many factual inaccuracies that's it's hardly worth watching if you want to learn the true facts. As someone who worked on scores of them as a mechanic back then I knew them only too well. I once remember taking a saloon body back end off the chassis (they joined with a row of bolts across the floor below the front seats) and fitting a second hand convertible one. Only after fitting it did we realise that the windows in the doors were different, saloons and estates had square top corners at the back and coupes and convertibles had rounded ones. Back to the scrapyard for window glasses!

That was good but some of the inappropriate images detracted.

Had a herald estate and a Spitfire back in the day.  Great times.

Ok as long as you kept an eye on the "revolutionery" Nylon front suspension bushings, if they wore though you could wind up with your car"grounding" itself on the road way, I helped a few people carry one of the tram line that it was blocking.

My Father had two Heralds a two door saloon and a two door shooting break  in succession he loved them they were simple to repair at the roadside and excellent in the snow I remember my father driving us in deep snow and we sailed passed much larger more powerful cars that were stranded, he was a good driver but I believe the car made a different too, when the Heralds went out of production he bought Triumph Toledos they were also good cars.

I loved and enjoyed my little Triumph Herald convertible!