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914World.com _ 914World Garage _ OT Triumph GT6 MK111
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 05:14 PM
Fly Yellow...looks fast!
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Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 05:16 PM
E Type Charm
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Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 05:17 PM
Easy to access engine....Yea!
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Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 05:19 PM
Just a cool picture!
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Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 05:22 PM
One more to catch the finish 
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Posted by: Gint Jan 29 2005, 05:32 PM
Good looking GT6
Posted by: morgan Jan 29 2005, 05:55 PM
Great car had one many years ago . The police thought is was a porshe
JM 
Posted by: Hi_Fi_Guy Jan 29 2005, 08:01 PM
Looks great, I always loved the Spitfire and the GT6, faster than an MGB-GT too. 
Posted by: jd74914 Jan 29 2005, 08:08 PM
Nice car. 
I really like it in yellow. Are those minilite wheels?
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| Easy to access engine....Yea! |
Thats one of the best parts of all the Triumphs I have seen (and the only goof part of some other english cars)
Again for prosperity . . . Really nice car
Thanks for the pictures 
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 08:36 PM
| QUOTE (jd74914 @ Jan 29 2005, 06:08 PM) | ||
Nice car. I really like it in yellow. Are those minilite wheels?
Thats one of the best parts of all the Triumphs I have seen (and the only goof part of some other english cars) Again for prosperity . . . Really nice car Thanks for the pictures |
Those are "Minator" which are very similar in that they are painted aluminum like Minilites. Panasports are nicer due to the machined/polished with painted centers but they are pricey. I am running Dunlops and they stick real nice...now I have them on my 14.
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 08:38 PM
| QUOTE (morgan @ Jan 29 2005, 03:55 PM) |
| Great car had one many years ago . The police thought is was a porshe JM |
Yea...I had a cop stop by my driveway when I was doing the head and say "Is that a Vette" ?
Posted by: DuckRyder Jan 29 2005, 08:44 PM
Nice, I always liked those.
There was a guy with a silver one that cleaned up every time he showed at the autocross about 5 years ago. Everybody was always wondering what it was. 
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 08:52 PM
| QUOTE (DuckRyder @ Jan 29 2005, 06:44 PM) |
| Nice, I always liked those. There was a guy with a silver one that cleaned up every time he showed at the autocross about 5 years ago. Everybody was always wondering what it was. |
Yep...It won an SCCA Championship way back when...first independent suspension in a production car I have been told.
Posted by: jd74914 Jan 29 2005, 08:54 PM
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| Yep...It won an SCCA Championship way back when...first independent suspension in a production car I have been told. |
I never knew that; I learn something new everyday. Thanks for the trivia (I can see the bet $$ rolling in now)
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 09:00 PM
| QUOTE (jd74914 @ Jan 29 2005, 06:54 PM) | ||
I never knew that; I learn something new everyday. Thanks for the trivia (I can see the bet $$ rolling in now) |
Correction...on all 4 corners that is.
Posted by: plas76targa Jan 29 2005, 09:03 PM
That is one sweet GT6. A good friend in college had a '69 model I believe. He and his dad rebuilt it while he was in high school. Painted it Orange - very similar to the Signal Orange on the teener I now have.
What's the history on yours - have you just completed a ground up restoration or a PO had that done. It's looks awesome.
Posted by: xsboost90 Jan 29 2005, 09:06 PM
i saw a car in traffic the other day that kinda looked like a real square 914 and it said Bertone on the b pillar, what would that be? I think it would be this car..a fiat Kinda looks like they tried to copy but did a bad job.
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Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 09:09 PM
| QUOTE (plas76targa @ Jan 29 2005, 07:03 PM) |
| That is one sweet GT6. A good friend in college had a '69 model I believe. He and his dad rebuilt it while he was in high school. Painted it Orange - very similar to the Signal Orange on the teener I now have. What's the history on yours - have you just completed a ground up restoration or a PO had that done. It's looks awesome. |
I did "rolling resto". Did the mechanicals and suspension [all new poly busings, ball joint, coils, billstines, brakes, etc] and then took it to a local painter. I did the strip down to bare metal and he painted/polished the car.
Heres the car in bare metal:
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 09:10 PM
Here's the pic:
New floors , rockers and sills too.
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Posted by: jd74914 Jan 29 2005, 09:13 PM
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| Correction...on all 4 corners that is. |
I assumed on all four
Question: How did you strip the car to metal?
Posted by: bare 1 Jan 29 2005, 09:13 PM
A later model . 72-73? Great ride but they are SMALL. My son had one a couple years ago. Went UNDER a deer!!! At about 50. The front of the bonnet was smashed but nothin else. The 6 and the kid survived ,not the deer. As near as I can figure the 6 took the legs out from under the deer , it hit the hood ,flew up in the air and the car went under. Found the deer alongside the road. The 6 was still able to move under it's own power but it didn;t do it's looks any good.
The kid went off to school and I eventually found another bonnet. I ended up selling it cause I couldn't drive it for more than about 20 minutes without my leg aching. Messed up my knee in a motorcycle crash and I need to strech it out driving. No can do in a 6 and I'm only 5'10" Tiny cars--but fun!!
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 09:15 PM
The Spitfire and GT6 were designed by Micholetti. He did early Ferraris [I think the 275 GTB was one of his]. Odd isn't it, an Italian designer doing a British car 
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 09:17 PM
| QUOTE (bare 1 @ Jan 29 2005, 07:13 PM) |
| A later model . 72-73? Great ride but they are SMALL. My son had one a couple years ago. Went UNDER a deer!!! At about 50. The front of the bonnet was smashed but nothin else. The 6 and the kid survived ,not the deer. As near as I can figure the 6 took the legs out from under the deer , it hit the hood ,flew up in the air and the car went under. Found the deer alongside the road. The 6 was still able to move under it's own power but it didn;t do it's looks any good. The kid went off to school and I eventually found another bonnet. I ended up selling it cause I couldn't drive it for more than about 20 minutes without my leg aching. Messed up my knee in a motorcycle crash and I need to strech it out driving. No can do in a 6 and I'm only 5'10" Tiny cars--but fun!! |
Yep...that's why I swiched to the teener. The GT6 is best left to smaller types
I'm 6'1 and after I put in Miata seats it was all over
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 09:18 PM
PS...it's a 71, the first year with the new rear design
Posted by: redshift Jan 29 2005, 10:14 PM
British cars at 914 club?
Ok, we need an OT forum.
M
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 29 2005, 10:29 PM
| QUOTE (redshift @ Jan 29 2005, 08:14 PM) |
| British cars at 914 club? Ok, we need an OT forum. M |
Sorry...it was only by request.
Posted by: xitspd Jan 29 2005, 10:29 PM
GT 6's are classics! The engine exhaust note of a GT 6 is is a magical.... Nice work.
Posted by: jim912928 Jan 29 2005, 10:53 PM
Gorgeous GT6!!!!!. I had a 71 I restored in a steel blue. That was one fun car!
Hang on to it!
Posted by: brant Jan 30 2005, 01:18 AM
boy that is just beautiful...
I always wanted a gt-6.
I test drove one in hopes of building it up for vintage racing (it was a 67)..
but then my vintage group decided to let teeners in and I backed out..
first independant?
what about the e-types and the lotus elans?
62 or 63 I think?
Posted by: redshift Jan 30 2005, 01:28 AM
It is very pretty, I love the color... never seen one like that before.
I like yellow on it better than a teener.. I like the way the nice panel lines show up.
M
Posted by: Steve Thacker Jan 30 2005, 06:07 AM
| QUOTE (xsboost90 @ Jan 29 2005, 11:06 PM) |
| i saw a car in traffic the other day that kinda looked like a real square 914 and it said Bertone on the b pillar, what would that be? I think it would be this car..a fiat Kinda looks like they tried to copy but did a bad job. |
That is the X/19
I had one of those puppys. They were really neat to drive. Mid engine 1290cc, but water cooled. They stuck to the road like glue. The only problem with them, they had a tendency to overheat. I ripped out the 1290 and replaced it with a 1500 cc new Strata engine and the damn thing flew.
Posted by: maf914 Jan 30 2005, 06:43 AM
| QUOTE (newdeal2 @ Jan 29 2005, 07:15 PM) |
| The Spitfire and GT6 were designed by Micholetti. He did early Ferraris [I think the 275 GTB was one of his]. Odd isn't it, an Italian designer doing a British car |
Micholetti also styled the TR-4, which I think is a very nice looking car. Of course, following the TR-2 and TR-3, anything would look good!
That is a very nice GT-6. I always liked those.
Looking at it reminds me of how busy the old British sportscar designs were. So many trim pieces and panel lines. They are cool today, though.
Posted by: newdeal2 Jan 30 2005, 10:34 PM
| QUOTE (xitspd @ Jan 29 2005, 08:29 PM) |
| GT 6's are classics! The engine exhaust note of a GT 6 is is a magical.... Nice work. |
Yep...and even sweeter with the SS system I put in. I have a buyer coming to look at it Friday...I hope he walks
Posted by: tdgray Jan 31 2005, 06:51 AM
| QUOTE (redshift @ Jan 29 2005, 08:14 PM) |
| British cars at 914 club? Ok, we need an OT forum. M |
NAW.... British cars and German cars go together like peas and carrots.
Stupid is as Stupid Does
Posted by: red914 Jan 31 2005, 08:49 AM
Peter, that GT6 is gorgeous! 
i have always loved those and spitfires; always wanted a spitfire, either in green or painted like the airplane!
back in 1986 i was a passenger in a GT6 when a deer jumped up from the low right hand bank and came through the windscreen. i still feel sad when i remember the caved roofline of that car, and the poor deer that didn't know what hit her. 
Posted by: fiid Jan 31 2005, 10:22 AM
Nice looking GT6 - Reminds me of my spitfire. I miss the lound long stroke engine by my feet and the low road position, but the handling was abysmal.
Some guy put an all aluminium V8 in one and figured out that the v8 was lighter than the stock engine and improved the handling !!
Fiid.
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