1976 Triumph 2500 TC
Just 48,000 miles from new

Registration No: USC 137R
Chassis No: MM32515DL0P
MOT: Exempt

• Desirable manual gearbox with overdrive
• Just 48,000 miles from new
• Previous full engine overhaul and bare metal repaint
• Supplied with a history file including original stamped service book and historic MOT certificates

Along with the Rover 2000, the Triumph 2000 helped to refocus the British luxury car market. Like its rival, and unlike the heavyweight gentlemen's carriages previously on offer from both makers, the new Triumph boasted a sleek, low hull, this time with smooth 1,998cc six-cylinder power unit that had first appeared in the Standard Vanguard. The 2000 scored further with its excellent ride from coil-sprung independent suspension all round, by struts at the front and semi-trailing arms at the rear. The original 1963 car, styled by Giovanni Michelotti, paved the way for a family 'look' followed by the smaller 1300, but Michelotti was later commissioned to restyle the car so it resembled the company's luxury GT cruiser, the Stag; this Mk. II version appeared in October, 1969, code-named 'Innsbruck'. The 2.5 PI version, using the TR5's fuel-injected motor, finished second and fourth in the 1970 London to Mexico World Cup Rally. In 1974, a mid-term facelift was introduced, using a Stag-style four-bar radiator grille.

We are very pleased to offer this 1976 2500 TC, a fine example of the now-rare upmarket saloon which has survived in very original condition. It was sold new through the dealership Heron Rossleigh in Kirkcaldy, Fife, on 22nd October, 1976, and even retains its original dealer-supplied number plates and window sticker, and the service passport records the first owner as a gentleman from Arbroath. The service stamps reveal the Triumph had covered 28,719 miles by 1986 and 33,146 by 1996. Between 1996 and 2007 it covered only 1,600 miles, and the present mileage now stands at just over 47,600, again with very little use in recent years.

The Triumph’s condition has been sustained through sympathetic maintenance, which we believe took place shortly after 2013. This included thorough overhauls of the engine (with new main bearings installed) and brakes, a new clutch and steering rack, and a full bare-metal repaint in its original colour of Tahiti Blue. Described by the vendor as “a delight to drive and own,” this beautifully presented Triumph is offered with paperwork including the handbook and service passport, MOTs dating back to 1996 and tax discs back to 1998, plus an assortment of invoices.

For more information, please contact:
Paul Cheetham
paul.cheetham@handh.co.uk
07538 667452USC 137R