Vehicle Description
1975 Triumph TR6 Convertible This 1975 Triumph TR6 factory is maple
brown with black trim, black convertible top. This is a very well
preserved car in appearance and in driving condition. This TR6 has
been recently serviced including a rebuilt front end with
alignment, new red line tires on factory rally wheels. Features a 6
cylinder engine with dual Stromberg carbs mated to a 4 speed manual
gear box. The Triumph TR6 has plenty for sporting drivers to love,
particularly Americans �€" and it sold in far higher numbers than
its predecessors. Today, it's more affordable than any of the
earlier TR Tweedsters, and it provides the hairshirt heritage in a
package that's easier to own. In essence, the TR6, with its appeal
and crisp �-la-mode styling, was the final flourish of the stout
true-Brit TR tradition. At the Triumph TR6's 1969 launch, The
Autocar presciently declared it 'the last of the real sports cars'.
And it really was on its own, for there was literally nothing to
compare with it in its price-performance class. Indeed, the most
valid comparisons are with its Triumph ancestors, for it was the
last of an evolutionary line of seat-of-the-pants TRs. The TR6
evolved by route of the Michelotti-styled TR4, and the TR4A's
independent rear suspension, then taking over the short-lived
TR5/TR250's smooth fuel-injected 2.5-litre six. It all sat in a
hull reworked on a tight budget by Karmann, with an effective nose
and tail face-lift; the centre section was unchanged. The TR6 isn't
the finest-handling sports car of its era, but many claim that it's
faster than an E-type on the wiggly bits. There's also an elephant
in the room in the form of the mechanical fuel-injection, which is
prone to fuel vapourisation on a warm day, but that's all part of
the experience (and easily fixable these days, anyway). Just ensure
you have a wicker picnic hamper so you can make out you intended to
pull over while you wait for the pump to cool. A useful expedient
is to make sure you keep the tank at least half full, which keeps
the fuel reasonably cool.
