TR6

[jleyton]

A friend of mine is thinking of buying a TR6 and knowing that I owned a Triumph, he's asked me for advice.

Trouble is, I know very little about them so does anybody out there know much?

Eg

• What's the best club to find out about them. (TSSC?)
• Known things to look for
• With a separate chassis I guess corrosion is easier to tackle?
• Do they suffer from ringers? :shock:
• 125 or 150 bhp bettter?
• Any good publications - either mags (Triumph world?) or buyers guides.
• The list could be endless but any thoughts gratefully received.

Cheers

Julian

Ps Somebody said earlier today something likeStags were undervalued. When I briefly looked at TR6s it seems like anything decent goes for at least £10,000. If that'sthe case then I reckon Stags should be worth FAR more :?

[nib]

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jleyton wrote:

A friend of mine is thinking of buying a TR6 and knowing that I owned a Triumph, he's asked me for advice.

Trouble is, I know very little about them so does anybody out there know much?

Eg

• What's the best club to find out about them. (TSSC?)
• Known things to look for
• With a separate chassis I guess corrosion is easier to tackle?
• Do they suffer from ringers? :shock:
• 125 or 150 bhp bettter?
• Any good publications - either mags (Triumph world?) or buyers guides.
• The list could be endless but any thoughts gratefully received.

Cheers

Julian

Ps Somebody said earlier today something likeStags were undervalued. When I briefly looked at TR6s it seems like anything decent goes for at least £10,000. If that'sthe case then I reckon Stags should be worth FAR more :?

Hi Julian

Like you I prefer the stag to the TR6,perhaps its the TR6 engines simplicity that people like,they certainly hold good money.

I looked at one in a dealers a few years ago,alarm bells rang when they had some for 11/12k and this was for sale at 7k,it had had work done and when the door was shut on the nearside it looked like it wasnt shut properly but that was as far as that door would go,only guessing but reckon it wasnt supported in the correct way when it had welding etc done on the chassis.

I followed one along the A14 the other day and it really looked small but was a lovely car none the less.

Mark

[singapore stag]

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I remember someone on here saying the TR6 resembled a shoe box, I had to laugh and silently agree.A coulpe of years ago at Stoneleigh most of the sellers were dealing in TR partsmostly TR6 I was surprised at the huge interest in the TR6.

Sukh.

p.s 150bhp would be my choice and in PI.

[Guest]

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Julian, I had a TR5 from about '86 till 2000 and the 6 is quite similar.

These cars have pretty much the same rust issue places as the Stag. Inner wheel arches rot out, A and B post bottom / sill junctions, door skins and then the frame frame, suspension / body junctions, base of sill - as I said very much like a Stag. Thewings also have a top "seam" where they join the body and they tend to rot there.

I don't think the suspension / steering hold any big probelms and the engines are also pretty good. The earlier cars were 150bhp and they are a little better performers than the later detuned 125bhp versions. The problem which 5 's and 6's were having around the time I had mine was with the Lucas fuel injection as on warm days the fuel in the pump would cavitate and it seemed you were either lucky or unlucky with your car if you were affected. Mine was ok was the fisrt 4 or 5 years then became a real pain - there were a number of running "fixes" but a lot of cars converted to a Bosch pump or full system which solved it. Converting to carbs was another option but reduced horsepower quite considerably.

Having been out of the 5/6 world for some time I can't say which are good clubs (trhe best used to be the TR Register) or forums and I can't imagine there is much ringing going on but who knows. A massive number of 6's were made (c94000) and I always felt it was best to get a GB car rather than an import. Originality is the key I think.

Hope that is of some use.

[jleyton]

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Hi Ian

Thanks for that - definitely ofuse.

I used to work in a Rover Triumph workshop way back but, for some reason, I hardly ever did anything on TRs. We used to get a lot of 2.5PIs in with fuel injection problems but not so many TR6s. We often found it was old folk driving the PIs too gently and just giving it some wellie would often clear them out :shock:

One of our mechanics used to take great pleasure in revving missfiring PIs which would hiccup and fart (am I still allowed to say that? ) and then suddenly there would be a hell of a bang and a 10 or 20 foot long flame would shoot out of the exhaust - then the car ran ok :shock::shock:

I wondered about the bodywork and thought it would be different to the Stag because of the TRs separate chassis?

And yes, I'd seen the 90 odd thousand production figure. Amazing, it dwarfs the Stags but I believe most of them went to the States.

Guess I'd better get some shuteye for now, but thanks again.

Cheers

Julian

[Guest]

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20' flames....that would have been great to see and would no doubt have found it's way onto Youtube if it had been around then. I don't think too many TR5 or 6 drivers would have had their problems cured in that way as they like a spirited drive!

As you say the chassis is seperate and does of course corrode. Jacking points (obviously) and juctions between main and side members. Repair sections are / were available for these......in fact you could buy whole new chassis if I remember correctly - the more myold brain is thinking oabout it the more it is recalling!

But I think that if you get under the car and poke about with a screwdriver you should find most chassis rot that is there.

[Dieter H. Marschall]

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Hello,

Almost 90% of all the TR6s went to North America - with Stromberg carbs and LHD. Most of the TR6s you find here in Germany are ex-Americans. Many of them are equipped with SU HS6s carbs by their new owners in the meantime.

Kind regards, Dieter.

[Rubce]

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piscean57 wrote:

Julian, I had a TR5 from about '86 till 2000 and the 6 is quite similar.

Ian

Why did you sell your TR5?:shock: I would love one of thoseIt seems to be that the TR5 is the pick of the TR4 - 6 bunch with the largest engine but still with the nice curves unlike the TR6 which looks a bit boxy in my humble opinion.

Bruce

[jleyton]

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Rubce wrote:

piscean57 wrote:

Julian, I had a TR5 from about '86 till 2000 and the 6 is quite similar.

Ian

Why did you sell your TR5?:shock: I would love one of thoseIt seems to be that the TR5 is the pick of the TR4 - 6 bunch with the largest engine but still with the nice curves unlike the TR6 which looks a bit boxy in my humble opinion.

Bruce

Each to their own, of course but I just could never get on with any of the earlier TRs but when the 6 came out I loved its lines - I reckoned it looked really purposeful.

And then my boss presented me with a 7 as a company car :X:X- having said that, after living with it for a while I did get to quite like it once I'd accepted it was really a 'sporty' bodiedDolomite.

Cheers

Julian

[Guest]

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I definitely think the 5 is the pick of all TR's. Less than 3000 were made of which under 1200 were in the UK - I would have one today in a heatbeat if I could afford to!

It was with huge regret that I sold mine and I did so due to the 90's recession making me unemployed for a number of years, having two young daughters and the 5 failing its MOT due to body / chassis issues.

It was a basket case by the time I was in a position to do something about it. I had about £10k I could spent but once it was at a restorers and the full horror was revealed, I knew I couldn't affored to do the work. I sold it to someone who had a fully restored TR3 and he spent around £27k on the 5. I saw it at Goodwood about 6 years ago and it looked wonderful - albeit there were a couple of things I thought had been wrongly done.

[jleyton]

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Way, way, way back,a mate of mine had virtually the whole line up of TRs IIRC he had a 2,3,4a and 6. Guess who had to help him keep them going

[flying farmer]

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TR register is the best bet (yes I am a member), I have always favoured imports converted to right hand drive as they are a lot cheaper and go just as well if fitted with the PI engine. They go even better fitted with stag engines

Expect rot everywhere, but back of chassis where suspension trailing arms mount is worse place and on the body the hard to spot bits are chassis mounts, bottom of B posts and inner wing to rear deck joint as it is double skinned and very difficult to see. Another favorite is the air plenum for the heater in the front bulkhead, it rots out and fills the footwells with water

150bhp TR6's are mostly tax exempt which helps

Neil

[singapore stag]

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This is a nice TR6, just over 9 grand...sold. What a bueaty, bargain.Every thing done on it.

[Guest]

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Not my cup of tea Sukh.

Wrong dashboard.....probably the wring seats (certainly been retrimmed) .... not sure if that's a standard colour paintjob....not a fan of the "sports" exhaust....apart from that it's lovely condition :P

[jleyton]

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Thanks to everybody for their input - much appreciated.

I have now put a lengthy email together to my friend and finished with sayiing he should have a Stag instead, but, as we all know, they are very, very different beasts.

Cheers

Julian