Lot details Registration No: OHS522L Chassis No: CR/423-0 Mot Expiry: April 2013
Triumph's TR Series began with the unveiling of a prototype (the TR1) at the 1952 London Motor Show. The TR2 was launched the following year, and so began a series of two-seater sports cars that ended in 1981 with the last of the TR8s. The evolution was steady but continuous and the TR6 unveiled in 1968 was effectively a cleverly updated TR5. For the body revisions Triumph naturally turned to the Italian who had styled the TR4/TR5 - Michelotti. However, he could not meet their schedule and the squaring off of the nose and tail were eventually achieved by the German designers at Karmann. The car's underpinnings were broadly as per the TR5. A total of 94,619 examples were produced, a mere 8,370 of which were sold on the home market.
Finished in Red with Tan leather upholstery, the right-hand drive example being sold dates from 1972 and is equipped with a manual overdrive gearbox. It was apparently restored in 2002 by an aero engineer and the engine has been converted to run on Weber carburettors. The vendor considers the bodywork, paintwork, interior trim, engine and transmission to all be in "very good" order and is offering the Triumph with hard top, new soft top and tonneau and a Heritage certificate.
PLEASE NOTE: This vehicle has an MOT until April 2013.
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