Wheeler Dealers TR6

[TerryG]

Who else wants one then?

[zipgun]

I went in one ,bumpy B road ...amazing .. watching the changing bonnet to scuttle panel gap Is that the so called scuttle shake ?

[Oldcarnut]

I liked the way the chap that was selling it gave Mike a little taste of his own medicine." I took a leaf out of your book", after Mike mentioned that he was a bit cheeky asking 8k for the car .




I hope Neil was taking notes

[DoloMIGHTY]

It was a PI wasn't it?

I am sure I saw the injection system yet Edd said (when removing the cylinderhead) he was "removing the 3 carburetors".

I find it odd that the TR6 never had hardened valve inserts as standard (or did they for the US market?) as it was such a popular car in the States (I believe I read that over 80% of all TR6s produced went to America where they had been running unleaded since the 60s)

Not sure what all that business in Wheeler Dealers was about with the coolant substitute though - was it product placement or some sort of on screen promotion?

[JPB]

Alan, like many cars with iron heads, the TR6s destined for the States might have had induction hardened seat areas for the exhaust valves, just like the Volvo B20 engines in 140 series, P1800s and early 240s and that, in a Country where cars were pretty much disposable back then, would probably have seen the head through until the warranty was out!

Or maybe they came with a label near the filler cap stating that only leaded gasoline must be used? Yes, California had unleaded long before we did, but they also had leaded until around 1987.

[DoloMIGHTY]

Just found this image of the actual car on Discovery's site;



wot no carbs!

[chrismanchr]

it was a pretty good en this time ,the body looked good ,and can't believe they found a rust free tr6 ,although I'm into 80's cars and ive had a tr7 dh,944s,mr2mk1,309gti etc ,I do like the tr6 although it was probably the last real old school british sports car ,Ive never seen a woman driving one lol

I picked up on the carb comment as well ,but to be fair it was a very early injection system but I suppose they'd be called throttle bodies still though

but still even though the car looked great ,theres a different between doing a car up to get the maximum money verses effort to one of us
owning ,running and maybe some of us analy restoring a car to factory standard ,still a good episode and bubble car next week

[TerryG]

Ignoring the carbs / throttle bodies bit, it looks great, sounds wonderful and I WANT ONE!

Dear Santa, as i have been a really good boy this year could i please have a Triumph TR6.
Terry (Age 30)

[jb64das]

My second car was a 1970 TR6 which I bought in 1982 when I was 18. Haven't times changed? An 18 year old would have no chance of insuring such a beast now!
It was an awesome car and the one I always wish I had kept. 150BHP with overdrive in 2nd 3rd & 4th gears. I fitted XJS tyres to the wire wheels which made it look mean. I sold it to buy a SD1 Rover 3500!
I see from the DVLA database that RR0 279H is still about but it says that it is now red. It was red when I bought it but I had it resprayed back to it's original saffron colour to match the under bonnet area.
The Lucas indirect fuel injection was a bit temperamental even though mine had a Bosch fuel pump fitted.
It didn't like just doing short trips and would become lumpy at which point I would have to floor it in 2nd gear, it would cough and splutter then kick out a cloud of black smoke before clearing itself and accelerating up to 60mph with the overdrive engaged. Happy days!

[darrencambs]

Only just seen this post.

I didn't watch the programme, but in answer to the question "Who wants one?"...

Smug Grin

I've already got one!

Resto thread here: http://practicallyclassics.phpbbhosts.c ... .php?t=555

Plus I was fortunate enough to get it featured in Practical Classics mag recently which was a great experience.

I can thoroughly recommend owning one of these.