Triumph TR8 - Unregistered
Posted: 01 Jul 2021 09:50
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Price £60,000
Make Triumph
Model TR8
Year 1981
Mileage 124 Miles
Country United Kingdom
Region Cambridgeshire
Town St.ives
30-Jun-2021
Offered here is an original unregistered right hand drive British Leyland TR8 with just 124 miles on the clock from new. This car is 40 years old, has never been registered to the road and is quite possibly the only unregistered British Leyland Triumph TR8 to still exist today in this condition.
British Leyland decided to introduce the TR8 to the UK and European markets in November 1981 and had assembled just 14 right-hand drive cars at the Lode Lane Solihull plant some weeks before. These cars went to the press shop at the Triumph works in Canley Coventry for final preparation, detailing etc. prior to the press launch. However, chaos continued to rule at BL and the management picked this moment to cancel the whole TR range and plans to build the TR8 in any volume were scrapped. The order was subsequently given by senior British Leyland management to clear all vehicle stocks which included the fourteen un-registered and unsold TR8s languishing at Canley.
Happily, this particular car was spared from the impending disposal and was purchased by its first owner 'out of the back door' having been tipped off by a BL director friend and the sale was channelled through a British Leyland dealer and has effectively been stored since . The history file contains the original V55/ 4.
The car is finished in striking Pharaoh Gold with a Tan and plaid interior and remains in a condition commensurate with its 124 miles. This special performance TR convertible is a very evocative piece of Triumph history that has been saved for posterity.
Price £60,000
Make Triumph
Model TR8
Year 1981
Mileage 124 Miles
Country United Kingdom
Region Cambridgeshire
Town St.ives
30-Jun-2021
Offered here is an original unregistered right hand drive British Leyland TR8 with just 124 miles on the clock from new. This car is 40 years old, has never been registered to the road and is quite possibly the only unregistered British Leyland Triumph TR8 to still exist today in this condition.
British Leyland decided to introduce the TR8 to the UK and European markets in November 1981 and had assembled just 14 right-hand drive cars at the Lode Lane Solihull plant some weeks before. These cars went to the press shop at the Triumph works in Canley Coventry for final preparation, detailing etc. prior to the press launch. However, chaos continued to rule at BL and the management picked this moment to cancel the whole TR range and plans to build the TR8 in any volume were scrapped. The order was subsequently given by senior British Leyland management to clear all vehicle stocks which included the fourteen un-registered and unsold TR8s languishing at Canley.
Happily, this particular car was spared from the impending disposal and was purchased by its first owner 'out of the back door' having been tipped off by a BL director friend and the sale was channelled through a British Leyland dealer and has effectively been stored since . The history file contains the original V55/ 4.
The car is finished in striking Pharaoh Gold with a Tan and plaid interior and remains in a condition commensurate with its 124 miles. This special performance TR convertible is a very evocative piece of Triumph history that has been saved for posterity.
