Optimistic Auction

richards · Postby **richards** » 25 May 2007 17:54

I think this guy may struggle to get Â£250, even if the engine sounds like a good spec.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Triumph-TR7-V8-3-5ltr-Ex-track-race-and-Rally-car_W0QQitemZ270123505285QQihZ017QQcategoryZ27383QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Get a lifestyle
Get a TR7!

www.ttr7.co.uk

TR Tony · Postby **TR Tony** » 25 May 2007 19:08

Well, leaving aside the engine, if it really has got a C/R LT77 box, plus the modified suspension parts & Salisbury axle, I think it will attract interest.

What condition those parts are in is another matter of course ....

Tony

1981 2L FHC Cavalry Blue - very original & not rusty!
1980 3.5L V8 DHC Regency Red - on the road again.

FI Spyder · Postby **FI Spyder** » 25 May 2007 19:30

A little bit of Bondo, a little bit of paint.....

Chris Turner · Postby **Chris Turner** » 25 May 2007 20:24

Im just trying to work out how to get it from Aberdeen to Sheffield.

Rblackadar · Postby **Rblackadar** » 25 May 2007 20:28

LOL one of the pictures shows the cars eyeball falling out of its sockets.....[:p]

TR Tony · Postby **TR Tony** » 25 May 2007 21:24

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Chris Turner

Im just trying to work out how to get it from Aberdeen to Sheffield.

www.triumphtr.co.uk
SJW 539S TR7 sprint
1980 TR7 Premium.
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Of course - interesting parts for your rally car project, Chris?

Tony

1981 2L FHC Cavalry Blue - very original & not rusty!
1980 3.5L V8 DHC Regency Red - on the road again.

omichaelshar · Postby **omichaelshar** » 26 May 2007 05:50

Does anyone know the history of this car? The mods suggest it is worth more than the starting bid. A rebuilt bottom end with dry sump and head work... needs to be checked out at least.

If anyone in the UK is willing to store it for me for a reasonable fee I will buy it! I am still seeking a late Solihull built DHC car and could look to ship both in 40' container to Sydney.

Owen - Sydney, Australia
78 FHC ACG363## KF red, sunroof, sprint engine - new toy
78 FHC ACG362##KF white, sunroof - Immaculate shell, in storage since 1989. Still on the spit
78 FHC ACG364##KF red, sunroof, air/cond - Nice shell. Next project?
80 FHC TCG1154##KF Inca Yellow, air/cond - Nice shell, missing original engine. Last to road?
(and the remants of 3 other FHCs sent to the bone yard)

Cobber · Postby **Cobber** » 26 May 2007 07:40

Omichaelshar I was thinking much the same thing, I've been trying to contact a mate's uncle over there to see if he could strip the good bits out of it and send them on to me!

80'Triumph TR7, 74'Jaguar XJ12 , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8), 61'International AA120 4x4,
85', 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100
The Volvo 760 and one of the alfa 90's have passed on RIP! (Rust in Pieces!)

RichardClarke · Postby **RichardClarke** » 26 May 2007 07:52

These Brits don't know when they're onto a good thing, do they!!!?

I'd like to have a look at the dry sump set-up. That car would be worth a fortune as parts.

Cobber · Postby **Cobber** » 26 May 2007 08:30

The dry sump stuff, close ratio box and the LSD would cost a motza here! let alone a few other goodies you'd score off it! 

80'Triumph TR7, 74'Jaguar XJ12 , 73'Land Rover (Ford 351. V8), 61'International AA120 4x4,
85', 69'Ford F250.
76' Ford F100
The Volvo 760 and one of the alfa 90's have passed on RIP! (Rust in Pieces!)

richards · Postby **richards** » 26 May 2007 08:56

reality check, chances are all that good stuff would not have been dropped into a piss poor shell, if the body has rotted that badly, what sort of mess is the mechanical stuff in, rats nesting in the carb, the dry sum dried up, sorry but you would have to be mad to touch it without having it running.

Get a lifestyle
Get a TR7!

www.ttr7.co.uk

RichardClarke · Postby **RichardClarke** » 27 May 2007 02:24

Have to be mad? You're talking to Australians here!

jclay (RIP 2018) · Postby **jclay (RIP 2018)** » 27 May 2007 03:05

TR7 Theorem,

We've done so much with so little for so long, that . . .

Now we can take any TR7, that hasn't run in 10 years, with massave tin worm distruction and make it into a screaming machine!

Nuf' said!!

Have fun, drive fast, be kewl!

jclay

View Photos of my TR7 & read Technical Notes here:
http://web.mac.com/jclaythompson/

Any information in this post is just an assumption on my part, is probably wrong, but who knows. I take full responsibility for my afore mentioned incorrect assumptions, if there are any! If you donâ€™t write it down, it didnâ€™t happen (Opps, too late!), I was out of town at the time, no-one saw be do it, you canâ€™t prove a thing!

zoooooom · Postby **zoooooom** » 28 May 2007 21:21

[quote]Originally posted by RichardClarke

These Brits don't know when they're onto a good thing, do they!!!?

I'd like to have a look at the dry sump set-up. That car would be worth a fortune as parts.
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I am in Aberdeen and I know a good thing[;)]

I also have know this car from new.

zoooooom · Postby **zoooooom** » 31 May 2007 08:00

Not too long to go with the auction now, If I dont get it then I just hope that it gets the restoration it deserves and not broken up and forgotten about.

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