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==Bond Equipe 1963–1970==
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[[File:Bond Equipe GT.jpg|thumb|Bond Equipe 2 litre saloon Mk 2]]
The Equipe GT was Bond's first four-wheel car, a [[sports car]], with fibreglass two door body. Essentially it was a [[Triumph Herald]] [[chassis]], complete with bulkhead, windscreen and doors, with the [[Triumph Spitfire]] 1147&nbsp;cc engine. The doors had slightly revised glass, to accommodate the fibreglass fastback roof and rear assembly. The Herald's forward hingeing bonnet was replaced with a revised version giving an excellent, clean sportscar-like appearance. This was replaced by the GT4S model in 1964, offering 4 seats, and an opening boot lid. In front, the beautiful Italianate bonnet styling was somewhat compromised by the addition of the  quad headlights from the Triumph 2000, flanking a cut-down version of the original Herald grille. A bonnet scoop was also added.  A 1296cc engine was introduced in 1967.
During the life of this car, it was not uncommon to see Triumph Heralds modified by the fitting of a Bond Equipe bonnet, as all the side body lines matched perfectly. Less common were Bond Equipes, bizarrely fitted with Herald front ends.

In August 1967, 19 months before the take-over by Reliant in February 1969, the new Equipe 2 Litre was introduced. Based partly on styling proposals by Trevor Fiore but mainly designed by Bond's own in-house designer, Alan Pounder, the doors had new skins and all external traces of the Triumph Herald were gone, with the exception of the windscreen surround and the bonnet catches. The Triumph 2000 headlamps were retained, but were now incorporated into a more stylish, full width grille. At the rear, the Lucas triple-bullet tail-lamps were replaced and this version of the car began to resemble the later Reliant Scimitar SS1, which would not in fact appear for another twenty years. This model had the six-cylinder 2-litre [[Triumph Vitesse]] chassis and engine, uprated to the Mk 2 version in 1968, at which time a convertible version was also offered.<ref>Lawrie Bond – The Man & The Marque  Nick Wotherspoon  Bookmarque Publishing 1993 {{ISBN|1-870519-16-7}}</ref>