24th Jul, 2024 13:00

Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire

 
Lot 78
 

1969 Triumph GT6 Mk2
In current ownership for over fifty years

Sold for £9,562

(including buyers premium)


Lot details

Registration No: XPD 376G
Chassis No: KC52273
MOT: March 2025

  • Two owners and just 98,000 miles from new
  • In current ownership for over fifty years (since 1973)
  • Always kept under cover and professionally maintained throughout the vendor’s ownership
  • Supplied with a large history file including the original handbook and service book

To counter the Austin-Healey Sprite budget sports from their then arch-rivals BMC, Triumph rushed out the Spitfire, which was essentially an open 2-seater version of the Herald saloon, employing the same 1147cc engine, chassis and swing-axle rear suspension. Styled by Michelotti, the Spitfire MkI to V was made from 1962 to 1980. Pitched against the MGB GT, a 1998cc 6-cylinder Vitesse engined Spitfire with Fixed Head Fastback Coupe body, the GT6 MkI, was offered 1966-1968. The 1968-1970 GT6 MkII had improved rear suspension and higher MkIII Spitfire bumpers, whilst the improved 1970-1973 GT6 MkIII with Spitfire MkIV styling ended the line. Once considered the ‘poor man’s E-Type Jaguar’, this gutsy Triumph GT is now very much sought after by collectors with values on the rise as a consequence.

Chassis ‘KC52273’ was manufactured in 1969 and was supplied new through T. Hawkins & Sons of Epsom to its first owner, a resident of Epsom, being first registered on the 1st of March that year. Finished in Conifer Green paintwork from the factory, with Black interior upholstery and a wooden dashboard, ‘XPD 376G’ was retained by the first owner for the first four years of the Triumph's life. Thereafter purchased by the second owner (the vendor) from Dolphin Square Garage in London SW1, being part exchanged with a Triumph Toledo, and with just 23,000 miles covered. Retained by the vendor to date, the GT6 has travelled the United Kingdom with the vendor (residing in NW London, Yorkshire Dales, Cumbria, and Lancashire), as well as a period living in Hørsholm, Denmark. Kept under cover throughout the whole of the vendor’s custodianship, the Triumph has been always garaged other than while in Denmark, where the GT6 resided under a carport.

Offered now with a genuine 98,400 miles from new, the GT6 has been maintained professionally throughout the current ownership, with a focus on maintaining originality. Most recently, the maintenance work completed has comprised a full service, rear brake fresh, and fuel line replacement in May this year; a new alternator and drive belt in 2023; engine tuning, bodywork improvements, and new starting equipment in 2021; driveshafts overhauled in 2020; and refreshed rear suspension in 2019. Supplied with a large history file that contains the original handbook and service book; a significant collection of MOT certificates back to 1981, current no advisory MOT certificate until March next year, a vast selection of maintenance and servicing invoices; several tax discs; the vendors purchase invoice; workshop manual; and a current V5C document. Accompanied by two car covers, spares package, jack, wheel fitment tool, spare wheel, and two sets of keys.

A well-used example that has been maintained with a view of retaining originality as much as possible, GT6s with just two owners from new are surely few and far between!

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452

 

Auction: Pavilion Gardens | Buxton, Derbyshire, 24th Jul, 2024

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