OT: any comments on the triumph gt6+? Options

[emerygt350]

"Still have two of them...and one was wrecked...the other sold off to my nephew". I assume your are referring to the cars and not the children? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[fixer34]

Remember, the reason the British drink warm beer is they have Lucas refridgerators...

[windforfun]

Remember, the reason the British drink warm beer is they have Lucas refridgerators...

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The only good tech to come out of the UK are Tannoy loudspeakers & Marconi radio equipment. Even the Titanic wasn't designed right.

[worn]

The major problem is reliability. Yes?

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I don’t think so. With SU carbs and the cast iron engine and ready access to the engine, they ought to be very reliable. I have driven across country many times in the 914, but always thought I would have less trouble with the TR6. As for wiring, the car has 4 fuses total. My biggest problem is that the car is geared for short trips on county roads. The revs would drive me crazy when the speed limit switches to 85. And I installed overdrive.

[emerygt350]

Okay, I am never going to complain about getting into my 914 again.

I am definitely a little too tall and broad shouldered to comfortably drive a gt6.  If the windows open and I can hang my arm out it was almost tolerable and that nice little pocket down below on the left helped with my left leg but my head was really close to the ceiling (so no helmet) and my right arm is basically in the passenger seat.  Oh well.The car was pretty solid though.  The frame (which looked a little sketchy in the photos) was actually good and looked good throughout.  The engine and hood are all nice, he has the chrome bit for the driver side over the seam.  Rotoflex in the rear, doors fit nicely but they are obviously from a spitfire or something.  Floor is rotten but he has a new pan for both sides sitting in the shop.  I detected a little bondo low on the rear quarter where they rust but nothing in the rockers which looked pretty good.   The paint is terrible but functional, apparently it was red from the factory.  Wood replaced on the dash (not the wood I would have chosen).  Apparently the lights and such all work.  Ed, the guy selling it, was very nice.  Something of a hobbiest rebuilder.  Said he mostly did MGAs and Bs.  

Anyway, if you know somebody looking, I think it may be worth a visit if somebody is looking to do some floor repair and painting. The sills on the roof and trunk looked good too. Searched the car with my magnet and the only bondo was the 'coverup' of the lic. plate light and that spot on the lower front of the rear quarter.


https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/754302760071552/

no relationship with the seller yadda yadda.

[emerygt350]

front sill

[technicalninja]

My wife drove a Fiat X-19 (before children) and the car always was a tiny bit tight to me.

It was fine to drive just tight.

Right up till I had to drive it, from Denver to Ft. Worth, in December with a non-functioning heater...

Found out how important heated socks and underwear really are!

Couldn't walk for a day due to the fact I need 1.5 inches more leg room than it could provide...

If it felt tight just sitting in it, I'd pass too.

[Tdskip]

I’ve had more Triumphs, and I would care to publicly admit to.

In general, you buy these and body condition, rather than mechanical because it mechanical stuff is all easy to sort out and well supplied and it expensive.

Once a body is in good shape, you then look at mechanical condition with interior being the last consideration, because here again, all that is readily available and inexpensive.

I have found my British cars to be quite reliable, once sorted out, if you follow the wiring diagrams and connect everything as it came from the factory, he won’t have issues with the electrical system. Make sure the grounds are good, consider upgrading to a higher output, alternator and electronic ignition in the car will be reliable enough to be a daily driver.

These can get warm in the summer.

[mrholland2]

Okay, I am never going to complain about getting into my 914 again.
  Rotoflex in the rear, doors fit nicely but they are obviously from a spitfire or something. 


https://m.facebook.com/marketplace/item/754302760071552/

no relationship with the seller yadda yadda.

There are likely a bunch of parts that fit the GT6 and the Spitfire as they have a lot of the same parts. LOL

[live free & drive]

Maybe this could scratch the itch:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4..._type=top_picks

[emerygt350]

Maybe this could scratch the itch:

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/4..._type=top_picks

Wow, that is nice. too bad it's in the smog years.