Highlights
- Very tidy and highly usable car in great condition
- Extensive restoration with sympathetic upgrades
- Rebuilt gearbox and new rear differential
- Eectronic ignition, electric fan and full 6/2/1 stainless steel exhaust system
- New VIN-matched interior and hood accurate for build year
- Enthusiast-owned and always garaged
- Only four registered keepers and current one since 2009
The Appeal
The TR6’s success meant that Triumph didn’t need to improve it to sell more. Luckily, the enthusiasm these cars now inspires means that an army of owners and specialists have done exactly that.
This car proves the point. Save for the chrome wires, it looks like a factory-standard 1970 TR6, right down to the VIN-correct interior with its round gear knob. But the current keeper, a long-term enthusiast, has sympathetically upgraded it so that it runs and drives arguably better than the day it left the factory 55 years ago.
The upgrades include a gearbox rebuild only 500 miles ago, a new rear diff, updated and restored propshaft, lightened and balanced flywheel, Koni fully adjustable shocks, vented brakes, rear new drive shafts updated, Verona timing gear, head gasket copper re-done, aluminium radiator, braided fuel and break hoses, electronic ignition, electric fan, updated starter motor, new battery and a new colour-matched-for-year wire loom.
That final detail is very telling because the current keeper has taken great care to replicate features that are spot-on for a 1969-built, 1970-registered TR6. For example, the colour and interior are correct and experts will note an array of other similar details. We’ll leave those as ‘easter eggs’ for you to spot in the photos!
The car was comprehensively restored a few years ago and is in very good condition. The vendor tells us that it has been driven rather than stored and shown, so there are a few minor indications of use, but nothing seriously detrimental.
If you’re looking for a smart, well-sorted TR6 with the sort of sympathetic upgrades that mean it can be really driven and enjoyed, then you’re in luck here.
The vendor says:
“Car needs an owner who either wants to take it to the next level, or drive it as is. It is mechanically very strong within the original constraints.
I made the car as close to how someone would have wanted a TR6 to be back in 1970.
Pulls well, starts and runs without the old unreliable bits haha! The car has been 100% reliable since the rebuild. It loves to be driven!”
History and Paperwork
- Factory built in 1969
- First registered 27th April 1970
- Four registered keepers from new
- Current keeper since October 2009
- Previously recorded as brown which was changed to red in April 1991
- Restored in red to a high standard as shown
- Large history file as shown in photos
- This includes CD record of restoration process, old MOTs and various photos
- Always garaged by current keeper
- We are told that the car has been driven and maintained, not stored in cotton wool
- Comes with various spare parts
- Shows 3,740 miles on odometer which is likely to be 103,740 but this is not verified
- V5C in the current keeper’s name
- V5C confirms car is registered as a Historic Vehicle
Bodywork restoration and respray in photos, which included:
- Inner and outer panels replaced
- New floors
- Sills replaced
- Engine bay renovated
- Bulkhead repairs
- New boot floor
- Doors replaced
- New colour matched for year wire loom
- Cobolt ignition leads upgrade
- Full 6/2/1 stainless steel exhaust system
- Interior and carpets and matched to year of build
- Round gear knob and door handles correct for a 69 built 70 sold car
- New year-correct hood and cover.
- Updated lamps and bulbs
The Condition
- Smart bright red paintwork resulting from full body restoration and respray as shown in photos
- Paintwork continues to present well but shows light signs of use such as stone chips
- Extensive bodywork restoration detailed above and remains well kept
- There is a small bubble on the passenger side as shown in photos
- Otherwise the bodywork presents well with few indications of use or age
- Chromework in fair condition with some light points to note in photos
- Sits on aftermarket chrome wire wheels which are very presentable with light tarnish visible up close
- Matching classic-style Michelin tyres all round which are in good condition with plenty of tread
- Underside presents well in photos and was restored during the renovation process
- Recently fitted with new black hood and tonneau cover
- Vendor advises that there are a couple of inner hood clips that need attention
- Hood works correctly and shows clear, undamage screens
- New VIN-matched interior and carpets, maintaining period-correct aesthetics
- Black vinyl seats, door cards and matching carpets all in good order
- Veneer dashboard presents well with clear decals as shown in photos
- Headlights and bulbs improved for night driving
The Mechanics
- 2,498cc straight six 150bhp Triumph engine
- Retains its fully working fuel injection syste
- 4spd manual gearbox with overdrive unit
- Rare factory fitted overdrive on 2nd 3rd and 4th
- Gearbox rebuilt only 500 miles ago
- Extensive list of mechanical work summarised below
- No reported running or driving issues
- Vendor tells us the car has been 100% reliable since restoration work
Improvements summarised below:
- Gearbox rebuild 500 miles ago
- New rear differential
- Updated and restored propshaft
- Lightened and balanced flywheel
- Koni fully adjustable shocks
- Vented brakes
- Prop is new updated
- Half shafts are premium modern type
- New rear drive shafts updated
- Verona timing gear
- Head gasket copper re done
- Aluminium radiator
- Braided fuel and brake hoses
- Electronic ignition
- Electric fan
- Updated starter motor
- New battery
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