Coming Home - an expat RHD DHC

[Neil W]

I met the owner of this TR at a Show a few months ago & have kept in touch ever since.
He is bringing his Late fathers DHC back to the UK from South Africa.
I know he won't mind me sharing photos of his stunning red car with a deep shine, which arrives after its 6,400 mile journey to Yorkshire mid October.
Looks great & looking forward to seeing it in the flesh.

From photos looks like a Solihull one so will be interesting to check VIN against mine.

A change from seeing photos of scrap ones & numbers dropping - in East Yorkshire they are increasing !

[silverseven]

looks very good all in red !
I like that they painted the lower frt spoiler to match the bumper.

Ron.

[FI Spyder]

Looking mighty fine but I can't say painting the bumpers the same colour as body, works. They have to be more incorporated into the body design (like new cars that have that feature). Although the TR7 started to go that direction they weren't there yet. Although Harris Mann wanted the bumpers body colour that only would have worked with his next generation TR7 design that he did on his own time (I believe that design was in John Clancy's Project Bullet DVD). If I recall correctly most every car that had body colour bumpers from the factory had them integrated into body design.




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

[john 215]

Hi,

Great looking car, make sure the gent waxoyl's her as looks like she has never seen rain ! Plus get him to jion us on here [8D] and naturaly the TRDC [8D][8D]

Cheers John




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1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

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

[Neil W]

Its going straight from the Docks onto a lowloader to the village garage for an MOT & full underseal & service.
Then registered at the local DVLA Office before they shut it down & off he goes.
Know he joined the local TR Register & I have sent him all the links for here & TRDC.

Will see when Tatton Park is on next year & go in convoy across to show him the TRDC.

[PeterTR7V8]

A good looking car. I hope it gets on with Spiders OK. [}:)]



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[TR Tony]

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Looking mighty fine but I can't say painting the bumpers the same colour as body, works. They have to be more incorporated into the body design (like new cars that have that feature). Although the TR7 started to go that direction they weren't there yet.
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Going slightly off topic here but Triumph did experiment with body colour bumpers on one of the TR8 development cars, X925. This was a DHC, in Silver (Platinum?), with a one off trim in brown velour including a different centre console, brown tinted glass, the one piece boot liner & of course the UK spec bumpers painted body colour. I think it has electric windows too, and was trying out trim ideas for the never to be 1982 model year.

The car still exists in very good condition, I saw it a couple of years ago.

Tony

<font size="1">1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow</font id="size1">

[Neil W]

Tony was spot on as usual [;)]


Factory Prototype - the next evolution but X925 did not get the Rover SD1 rear lights - brown inside though.


X925 was last experimental car, now reg'd PVC 568W ( Conventry reg VC ) in Silver Leaf, brown interior, brown tinted windows, modified centre consol & glove pockets in the doors

[silverseven]

nice frt valance on the prototype car too !

Ron.

[FI Spyder]

Looks like just a cosmetic upgrade. I wonder what happened to the original different alloys as the photo of car out in the wild shows regular alloys? Did they go up to 14" or did they stay with 13"s?


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[robleonard]

thanks for all the comments, the TR7 (as inherited from my Dad who owned it for the last 20 years and I have just imported back to the UK)is now in my garage in east yorkshire, MOT done, waxoyled, insured etc - all I need is DVLA to register and tax it, get a new UK plate and I am on the road again after nearly a year getting it back. Am hoping to get back to DVLA later this week or latest next to get everything sorted. Neil is right I joined the TR Register about 6 months ago as they meet about 5 miles from where i live so very convenient but I was at the classic car show on Saturday, met Kevin Morton and came away with a TR Drivers application form so guess i am joing this club as well. Look forward to meeting you all next year. Rob

If I can figure out how to attach photos will post some more that I have taken over here


rob leonard

[john 215]

Hi,


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Saw this car last year at a TR Register East group meeting a very intresting car





Hi Rob,

Great looking car, looking forward to seeing you and your car out and about esp when you join The TR7 Club ie TRDC [8D]

As far as picture follow this, dead easy must be i can do it !!


http://www.forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3738


Cheers John
Cheers John


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1976 Speke FHC Beauty

1979 3.5 FHC(STATUS PENDING!!)

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

[TR Tony]

Hope you will soon be on the road Rob - although a UK winter might be a bit of a shock to the car[:)] Look forward to some more pics.

John, interesting you saw PVC last year. The car was for sale at a rather up market sports car dealers in the Sandbanks area of Bournemouth (= expensive) maybe 2 to 3 years ago. I wondered where it had gone. What is that BMC sticker doing on the wing[:0]

Tony

<font size="1">1981 TR7 FHC Cavalry Blue
1980 TR7V8 DHC Jaguar Regency Red - sadly sold!
1977 TR8 FHC EFI Factory development car Inca Yellow</font id="size1">

[Chris Turner]

Great to see another car in Yorkshire, come down to one of our meetings near Rotherham when the weather gets better.
Tony, I think the trim development car is now owned by David Brand, fomer owner of X921.


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[john 215]

Hi Tony,

I think I am correct in saying that Ianftr8 know's the gent personaly, must admit have not seen the car this year, but then we have not had much of a summer have we [:(] if and when i see it again will get a lot more pictures, was'nt till i got home looking through the pictures i had taken i realised what car it actually was [:0]

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 !!!!