Triumph TR6 -- deal or no deal...

[olnacl]

My experience with an MGB:

took me about a year and I doubt I'd do it again.


It was fun to drive around when it wasn't raining and the fans worked and I had the carbs synched.
Lucas: The prince of darkness.
Brit cars: If they're not leaking, you need to add oil.

[Thrift Store Scott]

Ombligo wrote:
It's parked next to his other "collectible" that he thinks is much more valuable -- an '85 Camaro with cross-fire fuel injection :confused:

Wow... one of the few V8 Camaros that even die-hard Camaro fans sneer at. I suppose it might generate some collector interest as an example of quite possibly the least desirable V8 Camaro ever built.

[davester]

olnacl wrote:
My experience with an MGB:

took me about a year and I doubt I'd do it again.


It was fun to drive around when it wasn't raining and the fans worked and I had the carbs synched.

That one probably wasn't worth doing. It's a late, heavily smoggified model with raised ride height = lousy handling, and a significantly detuned gutless engine. Also, that model didn't have dual carburettors so there was nothing to sync unless somebody had done some substantial modifications. A TR6 would be a vastly better car.

[davester]

DeusxMac wrote:
[quote=voodoopenguin]
As davester said, the electrics are not a problem any more.
Paul

Which is why you'll have to calculate in the cost of updating any electrics if this car still has the original stuff.
That's overkill, and like I said, parts are cheap for these cars...generally vastly cheaper than parts for modern japanese cars. You're probably looking at less than $500 to replace most of the major electrical components on the car, and I wouldn't bother doing that if they're all working fine now. I'd probably limit it to having the fuel pump rebuilt and transistorized, putting an electronic ignition module in place of the points/condenser, and having the starter and alternator checked over by an auto electric shop.

[Speedy]

Put a Chevy motor and tranny in it and you'll be happy.

[RAMd®d]

Z, that is one beautiful resto! GORGEOUS!

An acquaintance did a Spitfire, but widened the wheel wells and used wider tires. And I think he lowered it a touch. He painted it a robin's egg blue or a shade lighter. That may have been a factory color. It was very, very well done. But somehow it lack syngerny. Maybe it was the color. His car, in real life doesn't come even close to yours in a pic,

A few years back, there was a local guy who shoe-horned a small block Mouse Motor (302, if I recall) into a 'Healey Sprite. Resto-ed the body and paint to the factory beige or whatever that was.

He never did hard launches, but did a lot of roll-on throttle stuff, and always stunned the "competition".

[olnacl]

davester wrote:
[quote=olnacl]
My experience with an MGB:
It was fun to drive around when it wasn't raining and the fans worked and I had the carbs synched.

That one probably wasn't worth doing. It's a late, heavily smoggified model with raised ride height = lousy handling, and a significantly detuned gutless engine. Also, that model didn't have dual carburettors so there was nothing to sync unless somebody had done some substantial modifications. A TR6 would be a vastly better car.
Thanks for the compliment, davester. The engine was from a 74 with dual carbs and while, with a re-bushed suspension and a few handling goodies, it wasn't much of a match for a Corvette - it was fun to drive.

[davester]

Sorry olnacl. I wasn't intending to slight you. It seemed that you were slighting the car so I was explaining perhaps why you weren't enthusiastic about the car.

[RAMd®d]

Thanks for the compliment, davester.

That was an amazingly civil response.

I thought he was being a huge dick head.

[davester]

RAMd®d wrote: small block Mouse Motor (302, if I recall) into a 'Healey Sprite. Resto-ed the body and paint to the factory beige or whatever that was.

He never did hard launches, but did a lot of roll-on throttle stuff, and always stunned the "competition".

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