Description
Highlights
• Older restoration in great condition
• Huge history file going back to the car’s importation in 1988
• Professional RHD conversion
• Previous owner for 27 years
• Very smart and usable example with rare factory hardtop and new softop
History and documentation
• UK V5C
• MOT valid until September 2025 with no advisories – it’s MOT exempt, but the car has remained MOT’d, with the car having a flawless, advisory-free MOT record right back to when digitised records began in 2006
• Full file of paperwork right back to the car’s arrival in the UK in 1988
• All old MOT certificates and tax discs from 1997-on
• Invoices demonstrating an exemplary record of care, including regular visits to Willow Triumph in Darlington from 2011 to 2024 for general maintenance and repair
• Invoice for a £3, 000 engine rebuild in 2013
• Letter from the British Motor Industry Heritage Trust confirming that the TR250 was manufactured by Standard-Triumph in Canley, Warks, in June 1968
Interior
• Replacement high-back seats with head restraints
• Original bucket seats included, in exceptional condition
• Walnut dash which shows a little patina but no damage and clear varnish
• Original Motorola push-button radio which is not currently wired in
• Three-spoke sports steering wheel
• Leather Triumph logo gear knob
• Carpets in good order
• Smart door cards with no obvious flaws
• Three-point seatbelts
• All the dials and controls work as intended
Exterior
• Older restoration in original Signal Red
• Restored between 1988 and 1992, with invoices in the history file pertaining to parts acquired such as new sills, assorted body panels and cellulose Signal Red paint
• Still presents very well with only one or two small paint chips.
• In very good condition underneath
• Rare factory ‘Surrey’ hardtop complete with bespoke storage bag.
• New mohair soft top and hood frame included in sale
• 72-spoke wire wheels with period-style Vredestein Sprint Classic tyres.
Mechanical
• 2. 5-litre straight-six
• Four-speed manual transmission with overdrive
• Twin SU carburettors
• The engine, believed to be the original unit, was substantially overhauled in 2013 which included works to the cylinder head to Stage 2, hardened valve seats for unleaded fuel, and a TR5 camshaft and extractor exhaust
• It runs and drives well with good oil pressure, strong compression and no signs of overheating
• IRS independent rear suspension
• Stainless steel exhaust
• Recent new brake discs and pads
• A selection of spares is includedLike so many US-market TRs, this TR250 came home during the classic car boom of the late 1980s, when it was converted to right-hand-drive and fully restored over a four-year period – the work being documented in the car’s history file. It’s still running carbs and still looks almost as good as it did in the 1990s.
The Triumph TR250 is one of the sports car overlords – one of Britain’s most successful exports, with that six-cylinder performance and beguiling soundtrack matched with elegant, delicate styling features that define the Michelotti-penned big TR as one of the prettiest British cars ever designed.
This rare TR250 is guaranteed to raise a smile whenever you drive it, or simply look at it. Being a Triumph, there’s also terrific club support and spares availability, despite it being 57 years since it first hit the road. Please call or message to view in Ripon, North Yorkshire. £24, 995 ONO No part exchange
