Lot details Registration No: YDX 97G Chassis No: CC27213L Mot Expiry: March 2019
- Said to have had a full nut and bolt rebuilt with every single part either replaced or refurbished
- Current ownership 26 years
- Professionally restored with bills on file
- Rolling road report to confirm 200 BHP
- Triple webbers
- Sports suspension
- Under 1000 miles since full rebuild
This splendid-looking TR6 is a 1968 example that's been in its current ownership for no less than 26 years. During this time the vendor has invested over £30,000 in improving the car and treated it to a full nut and bolt restoration between 1998 and 2005, with every part being either replaced or refurbished by individual professionals or VAT registered garages. 'YDX 97G' has also been sympathetically uprated along the way and these days features triple Weber carburettors and sports suspension, and comes with a rolling road report confirming an impressive output of 200bhp at the wheels. The Roadster is finished in Ferrari Rossa Corsa and trimmed in Red-piped Black leather and is considered by the vendor to be 'excellent' in all major aspects. He is now selling the Triumph complete with a comprehensive file of invoices, receipts and photographs relating to the work carried out over the years. The TR has travelled a mere 1000 miles since the completion of the restoration.
Triumph's TR Series began with the unveiling of a prototype at the 1952 London Motorshow. It was built around the chassis of the pre-war Flying Nine, the suspension from the Mayflower and powered by the engine from the Vanguard. However, the design was not progressed and a new, improved TR2 was launched the following year, and so began a series of successful two-seater sports cars that ended in 1981 with the last of the TR8s. The evolution was steady but continuous and the TR6 that first saw the light of day in late 1968 was effectively a cleverly updated TR5, for which the redesign of the nose and tail was carried out by 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.
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