1974 Triumph TR-6

Convertible

2.5L Straight Six

Manual

Clear

Gasoline

This is a No Reserve auction of a 1974 Triumph TR6 restoration project. If you are looking for an easy project to finish with all the bells and whistles then you won't want to miss this opportunity. If you are looking for a car to rebuild you can buy another car and deal with all the tearing apart and hidden surprises. Or you can get this one where there's absolutely nothing hidden. Most of the hard work has been done but I no longer have the time or inclination to finish her so hopefully she can find a new home where she can be loved and brought back to life and enjoyed! The car sits as you see it. The only major parts I haven't been able to verify are there are the differential, I think this was sold since we planned to use a toyota or jag LSD dif, the original carbs, which I think were sold bc we were going to use a single weber to run it in then build it up using fuel injection with either a turbo or supercharger, the guages which should be there but I didn't immediately see in the car, and the cloth top (I don't think I ever got one but the frame is there). They may in fact be burried in the car but please expect that at least some of these parts will possibly need to be obtained. Half the parts are in the car and half are in the loft in the barn. I have not made an extensive listing of everything and honestly don't have time to so I can not be responsible for specific items that are not there but I honestly think its somewhere between 80% and 85% complete, maybe a little less but my gut expects it to at least be a little more, and there are a bunch of spares included as well, such as extra alu swing arms, rear hubs and axles, 10 wheels, etc. The car hasn't been touched since about 1991 as grad school, service in the navy, married life, kids, divorce, more grad school and a farm have kept me from finishing this project. The body is straight and rust free and painted in a signal red polyurethane with clear coat and has never seen sun or weather since then. It hasn't had its final buffing since the paint was applied. I still have a pint of the paint for touch ups as needed. The paint should buff out beautifully and the only blemishes I could find were 6 to 10 pin head sized bubbles up in the front corner of the hood that are so small I couldn't capture them in a picture and a garage ding in one door that will easily rub out. The frame appears to have only minor surface corrosion at most and looks to be in great shape as well. The windscreen is brand new and installed. Nothing was spared on the engine and transmission when they were rebuilt. They currently are in the car. The engine has a cross drilled and hardened crank, a mild cam and forged rods and pistons. It has not been run in but turns with a socket as it should. The head had extensive milling, porting, polishing and flow testing done. The biggest valves and hardened seats available were installed for both intake and exhaust along with new bronze guides, double springs, new rocker shaft and tubular push rods. It also now has hemispherical chambers giving it a calculated 7.9 to 8.0:1 compression ratio. The plan was to run it in using a single webber and then install fuel injection blocks and a turbo charger with innercooler and use the MSD to adjust timing to the gas from the cockpit if needed. The rear was goint to get a toyota or jag LSD. You'll need to switch the pistons out for domed ones if you want a decent boost in HP without running a turbo or supercharger. Both the transmission and J-type overdrive were rebuilt and all wearing parts were replaced regardless of how they looked. The whole clutch assembly was replaced at that time. There's a custom stainless Stebro exhaust that both looks and sounds absolutley amazing and is possibly one of a kind. Adjustable MSD I think is in the car that was triggered by a luminition module in the distributor. There was finned rear brake drums, a sealed gas tank, rebuilt front and rear brake calipers, a teak dashboard, a new wiring harness, etc that all should be there, plus a ton of other new, reconditioned or uprated parts such as braided brake lines, new front and rear sway bars, new steering rack with solid mounts, electric cooling fans etc. Things that aren't shown are the extra wheels, maybe 10 and 4 of which were powder coated black, 4 silver center caps for the wheels, steering wheel, and grill. I'll do my best to answer any questions but this is mostly a WYSIWYG situation and I have done what I can to list what I know here or show it in the pics. There is also a 2" binder completely full of receipts from TRF and MOSS that total between $10,000 and $15,000. And that's in 1990 dollars! And yes, I have a clear title in my name and in hand! This item is local pick up only. The car is currently located about 5 minutes south of Gettysburg, PA right next to Ski Liberty in Carroll Valley. Pick up can be done in the evenings after work or on a weekend. I have to get it out of the garage as my house is being sold so please only bid if you can come get it by April 14th, but the sooner the better.On Apr-04-13 at 10:04:10 PDT, seller added the following information: OK, I have taken 50+ more pics of the body, undercarriage, frame and parts. Except for some grime and undercoating everything looks to be in great to excellent shape. The engine has alloy valve retainers and I think it has a solid metal head gasket but can't be 100% sure. The body is really great. All 4 fenders, door skins, wheel arches, inner fenders, rockers, front and rear vallence, floors, etc look to be anywhere from excellent to brand new. There is just no issue at all with the body I can see or find. I'm 99% sure the car was originally owned by a Navy buddy of my dad's who brought the car east from San Diego. We bought it when he lived in Annapolis, drove it for a year or so. The car was side swiped while parked and so we decided to start the cosmetic and performance rebuild we always talked about. We got fairly far along, then life happened... Regarding the frame, it has grime and some undercoating but there is no indication of anything being even remotely an issue. The body was assembled and pained by Autosport Coachworks at the Gaithersburg Airpark by Lenny Renkenberger (SP?). It was independent shop specializing in Jags, Bentleys and Rolls'. The engine, trans and OD were refurbished and assembled by Spitfire Specialists also in the airpark. They were also the headquarters of the TVR COA at that time. The guages were found! The diff and carbs were not. I also didn't find wheel trim rings or window mechanisms. I think most everything else is there. I tried to get much better and more extensive pics of the parts that come with the car. You can see them here: Extra TR6 Photos (file://JIMMY-PC/Users/Jimmy/Dropbox/Extra%20TR6%20Photos) I set the permissions to everyone. Let me know if you can's access them. You can also email me off line and I'd be glad to talk over the phone with anyone about what I know about the car. Thanks for looking! On Apr-04-13 at 10:30:23 PDT, seller added the following information: Extra TR6 Photos (file://JIMMY-PC/Users/Jimmy/Dropbox/Extra%20TR6%20Photos) Try this hyperlink if the cut and paste above doesn't work.On Apr-04-13 at 11:20:57 PDT, seller added the following information: I also forgot to note that the 4 rims powdercoated black I mentioned above are 5 hole ones and don't go to this car so there are only 6 extra rims that come with the car. The redline tires actually look to be in usable condition. They are not visibly dryrotted that I can see but maybe I'm not looking the right way. Its just surprising to me. But if they are what my eyes see then they should clean up and look super nice. There is also a 5th redline mounted on one of the rims, I think it was the spare. It too looks to be in very usable condition.On Apr-04-13 at 13:07:32 PDT, seller added the following information: I'm not sure the dropbox link is working so I've created a photobucket account. Here's that link. http://s1299.photobucket.com/user/mcardlejl/library/Extra%20TR6%20Pics