Very rare TR's for sale

FI Spyder · Postby **FI Spyder** » 13 Mar 2012 13:38

What looks like rust starting at some of the edges isn't, doesn't look that way with the naked eye. Just the way the Olympus camera picks up the light in low light/flash condition.

- - - - TR7 Spider - - - - - - - - 1978 Spitfire - - - - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - - Yellow TCT

FI Spyder · Postby **FI Spyder** » 13 Mar 2012 13:51

Re: the Spider, Seats are redone (not unusual as the stitching goes), steering wheel isn't right (aftermarket), door cards not right), radio doesn't look close (not a good picture), as mentioned the graphics look silver, although red they hol;d their colour well and show up as if they are back lit, being reflective.

- - - - TR7 Spider - - - - - - - - 1978 Spitfire - - - - - - 1976 Spitfire - - 1988 Tercel 4X4 - Kali on Integra - 1991 Integra - - Yellow TCT

Terry B · Postby **Terry B** » 13 Mar 2012 15:39

Hello Everyone,

May be my brain is thawing like the snow here in Manitoba. But did the seller say the TR8 FHC is the last one ever made. He means the last one at Speke because I had for a short while a 1980 TR8 FHC and my friend had a 1979 TR8 FHC.

Terry B

tr8 · Postby **tr8** » 13 Mar 2012 16:41

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Terry B

Hello Everyone,

May be my brain is thawing like the snow here in Manitoba. But did the seller say the TR8 FHC is the last one ever made. He means the last one at Speke because I had for a short while a 1980 TR8 FHC and my friend had a 1979 TR8 FHC.

Terry B
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The 1979 would likely be TCN150xxx and the 1980 would be TCN160xxx series cars.That is the general rule, but weird out of sequence cars appear and the build dates are not the same identical sequence as the VIN numbers. The TR8 coupe for sale is, I believe TCN160145 which would make it the highest VIN number car produced in the TCN series, but as stated above, other 1980 coupes (TCN160xxx series) had build dates later than 8/79

Roy Hankins · Postby **Roy Hankins** » 13 Mar 2012 18:51

We all seem to have more questions than answers about these three cars.

It all seems a little bit messy to me.

Going back to the 74 TR7, I do find Tahiti Blue a strange choice of colour for a 1974 pre production car.

This colour I'm sure wasn't used for the federal market launch in 1975. You would of thought British Leyland would of used one of the colours they intended to launch with like French Blue, or Delft Blue rather than Tahiti Blue which was not available until the european launch in 1976 some two years later.

Just a thought but another oddity.

Need to know that Vin/commission number for a proper answer.

Roy

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 13 Mar 2012 20:09

Hi,

Also on here -

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C288840

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C288804

Plus one for you John from the same gent another very rare car [8D] -

http://www.carandclassic.co.uk/car/C288807

Would like a hour or two wondering around in this garage [8D]

Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6,ON THE ROAD NOW KICKING AR5E !!!!

Beans · Postby **Beans** » 13 Mar 2012 20:54

An original LHD TR7 Sprint, now that would be rare ...
Think I am going to sell 't Kreng, a very rare 1982 Sprint [}:)]

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1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
[url="http://www.tr7beans.blogspot.com/"]My Weblog[/url]</center>

John Wood · Postby **John Wood** » 13 Mar 2012 22:01

That Sprint looks like a conversion job to me without more info. It's got the late expansion tank, which is wrong. And a pretty common for conversions a tubular manifold.

I don't think as much of these cars as I did a couple of days ago, and as for his prices well they are quite frankly, Mental.

1975 TR7
1977 TR7 Sprint

silverseven · Postby **silverseven** » 13 Mar 2012 23:21

regardless of the stories and rather optimistic prices (which could prolly fill a forum thread on their own!) I would have to agreed with John that a hour or two in this shop would posible rival a short trip to heaven............

Ron.

gaz · Postby **gaz** » 14 Mar 2012 04:32

Ron,
perhaps thats what this place is, maybe just maybe it actually is the illusive " TR7 HEAVEN "

http://mytr7.weebly.com/

1981 DHC 2.0 Litre
1980 DHC pedal car
1976 FHC 2.0 Litre

Roy Hankins · Postby **Roy Hankins** » 14 Mar 2012 05:41

I picked up on those two points as well John about the sprint car.

Kinda makes you wonder. [:(]

Roy

DutchTriumph · Postby **DutchTriumph** » 14 Mar 2012 17:51

If I've got an original TR7 Sprint, I wouldn't sell the engine!

http://auto-onderdelen.marktplaats.nl/t ... nd=13&fs=1

I've visited that shop when I was looking for a TR7, about 1999.
At that time he had the TR8 for sale, it's the same car as in this advert.
Don't know about the originality of that car, I remember it has a aftermarket sunroof.

http://auto-onderdelen.marktplaats.nl/t ... nd=20&fs=1

I've bought my TR7 somewhere else, but went back over there to buy some parts.
Bad idea [xx(]
It's about 30km's from where I live, but I buy my parts in England................

Cheers,
Peter

1977 TR7 FHC, 1976 Spitfire 1500

paulheritage · Postby **paulheritage** » 14 Mar 2012 18:16

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Roy Hankins

We all seem to have more questions than answers about these three cars.

It all seems a little bit messy to me.

Going back to the 74 TR7, I do find Tahiti Blue a strange choice of colour for a 1974 pre production car.

This colour I'm sure wasn't used for the federal market launch in 1975. You would of thought British Leyland would of used one of the colours they intended to launch with like French Blue, or Delft Blue rather than Tahiti Blue which was not available until the european launch in 1976 some two years later.

Just a thought but another oddity.

Need to know that Vin/commission number for a proper answer.

Roy
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It looks very dark for Tahiti blue. My own rally car is Tahiti blue and lighter than the pictures seem to show this '74 car.

Cheers Paul,

1976 TR7 FHC (ACG 3115)
1977 TR7V8 3.9 FHC rally car (ACG 35005)
1980 TR7V8 3.5 DHC

www.Triumph-Cars.co.uk

Beans · Postby **Beans** » 14 Mar 2012 18:50

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

... but went back over there to buy some parts.
Bad idea [xx(] ... <hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">
Sounds familiar, last time I dealt with them was in '95 [B)]

As for the TR8, the more I look at it the more I get the idea that I've come across this car before.
Could wel be the same car that was offered to me in the early 90's by a Belgium ex BL-dealer.
Didn't buy it because I needed the money for the restoration of my Sprint.
Asking price was Â± Æ’ 14.000,- which is just under â‚¬ 6.500,- in todays money.

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1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, now restored and back on the road)
1981 TR7 FHC Sprint (better known as 't Kreng)
[url="http://www.tr7beans.blogspot.com/"]My Weblog[/url]</center>

moestr7v8 · Postby **moestr7v8** » 15 Mar 2012 21:16

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

Colorado TR8, there were no UK TR8 FHCs, I think the car could be the last ACN car made.

www.triumphtrs.co.uk
THE Coca Cola car
The C+C Conversions rally car
TR7 Sprint
TR7V8 rally car
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Hi Chris
I worked for BL/Rover/BMW at Cowley and Swindon plants as a Toolmaker from '81 to 2000,whilst at Cowley the maxi production ended and a lot of the stock was auctioned off and amongst the them were several TR8s which, we were told, were snapped up by dealers.
When I transfered to the Swindon plant one of the managers had a right hand drive TR8 fhc in one of the many workshop/garages on the site try as I might I was unable to find out who the owner was and I often wondered what happened to the car,I can't remember the reg and I think it was pimento red.
Cheers
Moe

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