I have a 77 tr7 out back that a friend gave me. Was red but now black, haven't had time to play with it yet but it's not a convert so no leaks. Fairly low milage as I remember as it wasn't used since the mid 80's. JIM
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- Thread starter Geoff Crispin
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Hi Jim
In the Triumph TR world the 7 & 8 don't seem to have been accepted as well as the previous models, I like my red 4 that looks like a 4a, do you belong to any Triumph clubs ? I am with the TR Register which has under gone a lot of change over the past 18months and the 7 & 8 are well catered for should you be interested. Geoff
In the Triumph TR world the 7 & 8 don't seem to have been accepted as well as the previous models, I like my red 4 that looks like a 4a, do you belong to any Triumph clubs ? I am with the TR Register which has under gone a lot of change over the past 18months and the 7 & 8 are well catered for should you be interested. Geoff
Hi Geoff, no club membership but agree the 7&8 was not up to the previous standards. I also have a spare engine and trans I got for free as the owner was installing a V8 chev motor and trannie. I can't possibly live long enough for all the projects I have but top of my list is the 190sl merc which will get some OEM rear quarters this year as well as an OEM tan hood. Then there's my 77 mini to get going on, bought for $200 CDN been offered over 7k it's so rust free. Just a couple of holes to weld up. And the list could go for quite a lenghth so will quit here! JIM
I have fond memories of growing up with a TR6, my dad owned one for a good few years, do you guys that are members of the owners club have access to a registration database, would love yo know where it is now.
Hi Brian
Yes, Contact the TR Register www.tr-register.co.uk or the TR6 register direct Derek Graham Email:saffrontr6@btinternet.com
they do keep lists if the owners register.
Geogg
Yes, Contact the TR Register www.tr-register.co.uk or the TR6 register direct Derek Graham Email:saffrontr6@btinternet.com
they do keep lists if the owners register.
Geogg
Just having The Z3 TR4 to keep going is enough for me. Age catches up with you and with my garden which you may remember got trashed by cows at night just before Christmas which I going to cost about £4000 to put stright but covered by farmers ins. work due to start soon when the weather dries up.
I remember as a kid in the 70's this chap a few doors down used to have a TR7 and I used to be in such wow of it, nice chap though being so he used to put up with this pesky kid. Hopefully you will show some pics or a work in progress of it Jim would be lovely to see.
See what I can do this spring after the snow's gone!! Shouldn't take much to get it mobile even though it has sat for a long time. Some kids pulled all the wires from the ignition switch so that's the first thing on the list to do. My shop is almost insulated should finish now that I'm feeling better health wise!! JIM
That's good that your health is improving Jim as they say can't keep a good man down. Maybe the TR7 was not the best rated of the series but was one of my childhood icons in the 70's be nice to see a good example of one again.
The thing is the TR7 was the car that out sold any other in the history of of Triumph
the car it's self is a worthy car way ahead of other car manufacturers, in design and safety but received a bad reputation because of all
the union strikes at the time, and lack of interest and enthusiasm for manufacturing by the workers at the time.
the car it's self is a worthy car way ahead of other car manufacturers, in design and safety but received a bad reputation because of all
the union strikes at the time, and lack of interest and enthusiasm for manufacturing by the workers at the time.
...and also because it wasn't as rugged or as powerful as those that preceded it.
BL tried to rectify this with initially the TR7 Sprint and then with the much more promising 3.5V8 TR8 but it was unfortunately too late.