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Hello and welcome to my auction of our 1971 TR6 roadster. I purchased this car in North Texas in 1992 and as a long time Triumph enthusiast we have loved and enjoyed the car for the past 25+ years. I bought the car from British Automotive in Fort Worth. I've had dozens of Triumphs, mostly GT6's. My last car sold was a race prepared 1970 GT-6+ that went to Pittsburgh this year and was acquired by the Dolan family that own two famous GT6's, one the Group 44 and the other the Kastner/ Brophy car... so,, Triumph's have been in my blood for a very long time. Alas, it has come time to thin the herd if you will so I'm offering up this fine example of an unmolested and fairly well sorted TR6. Owning the car all these years has been a pleasure but as I'm getting older I just want to concentrate on my other hobby, vintage road course racing with my '65 Mustang. When I first bought the TR6 it was a fairly decent car but through the years I've done my own restoring on the car. Never been a frame off restoration but when I decided to repaint the car I discovered two coats of paint so we soda blasted the whole car to start with a professional repaint to give the car what it needed. I have always been a stickler for original paint colors to cars I've owned and although this brown is not my favorite color it is original to the car. One amazing fact about this car during that process, every panel is the original panel in it's original position. The car has NEVER been wrecked. It did roll out of a trailer I was moving earlier this year by accident and caught the drivers side rear quarter panel on a trailer I had behind the one I was moving. Bummed me out that this was the first damage to the body, as far as we can tell, ever to need some body work. My painter is the original painter here in Weatherford Texas where I live... it was a tiny crease on the corner but you would be hard to see or tell if you tried. FULL DISCLOSURE. The body is in near perfect condition. Along the way I bought then new interior from Rimmer Brothers, seat covers and interior panels were made in England to factory specs. I added a new top several years back and had the frame powder coated when we restored it. Original matching cover when the top is down. I added a new dash top and a new instrument panel. All the gauges appear to be original to the car and show it. I believe the car to be a true 100,000 mile car as we've put around 40,000 on it the time we've owned it. The odometer and speedo have always worked and never been disconnected. I rebuilt the lower end around 1995, the pistons valves and rings were fine. It has great oil pressure at idle and averages about 50-60 psi after warmed up at speed. The engine has a mild cam. There is a header and a custom exhaust system I designed and had built for the car...nice tone but not a drone in the cabin, just sweet.. I converted the lever shocks on the rear to a shock conversion that used the wheel well as a mounting point. The shocks are adjustable. NON Overdrive car. Addco sway bars front and rear. Custom radiator shroud. All hose (including heater box) were replaced a few years back with period correct fasteners from The Roadster Factory. SOME spares but not much. Paint code 23 Trim code 33. Vredestein tires all the way around and one in the trunk that has never been on the ground. I had the wheels powder coated when I added the tires a few years back. December 1970 date of manufacturer. The carpet is about the worst thing on the car, it's not bad but it's not great either. I added the nice steering wheel a few years ago but may have the original if I look. Horn is a button where the radio would go, I never could get a horn button assembly in the steering wheel to work or I got tired of messing with it...it's BRITISH so I can have an issue with the blinkers working EVERY time... I just replaced a few lenses on the tail end and for a moment in time, EVERYTHING worked... I had the tail in painted flat back, I believe that is period correct. It is missing one of the TR6 white emblems on the rear quarter where we restored that panel. The white letter logo is period correct for this car although I've had the Union Jack emblems on there befor, bu, I like original. Original Lucas headlamps. I'm not hunger I'm just ready to sell....these are all over the place price wise and I get that, plus they made quite a few of them, but I think mine is better than most I've see...thanks for looking and Happy Trading!
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