Triumph TR's ........are they all that?

[fossway]

Just browsings like you do and have noticed that TR5' s are now advertised at £30-£37000 and TR4's are climbing up to the £20,000+ mark. I think they are fine cars but really, are they this good? Are the TR6's likely to catch up soon making this a good time to invest?

[Huntsman]

i've long wanted a TR4, early one, very nice, given where Healey's and MGC are I rekcon a top notch TR4 should be £20k, TR5, I dunno, always been expensive, v rare I guess.

To my mind the TR6 is a different matter, bit to BL.

[Pistom]

It's rarity that gives the earlier TRs their value.

TR6s are great value and will remain so as there are so many of them.

[cjgreaves41]

I helped restore a TR5 (DLG771F) when I was a teenager with my uncle he sold it an bought an E-type before we had completely finished restoring it. Would love to find that!

[garagewidow]

there's way fewer tr5's than e types around,so who knows maybe the coventry bruisers time has come.

[wmo418]

Early TRs are still relatively cheap on historic levels. When new a TR4 was about 10-15% cheaper than a big Healey now they are a third of the price. Either the Healeys are grossly over-valued in today's market or the TRs will catch up. In my opinion it's the latter and that is what has been happening over the last 3-4 years. For what it's worth, having owned both, I think the TR4/4A is a much nicer car for all round use and consequently great value.
TR5s will always be a special case - a combination of low numbers from a short production run and a very desirable spec means demand will always exceed supply by a considerable margin.

[neutral 3]

I had at least 8 TR6s and rebuilt 2 of them. Would I have another .... No, certainly not an IRS car, but yes to a TR4, preferably in White.

[Flatinfourth]

Built and raced a live axle TR4, driven to one hour races, super low centre of gravity, fabulous handling, great noise on Webers, wouldn't consider one for anything other than a fabulously roar driving experience. wouldn't touch an IRS one - unless it was a full race stripped out TR6!!!

[esso]

Bought a TR5 in 1978 for £500 (KEB 745F),was a runner but the body was falling of it,was intending to restore it but crashed it and sold it for spares for £300..............if only!

[medieval]

When I wsa but young lad with a head full of hair and dreams, the more mature chap opposite where I lived had an immaculate white TR5 - such a distinctive sound and quite a rarity now.

Thinking back it was that car that got me into classics in the mid 80's

[neutral 3]

My 72 Safron TR6 ( EJH 638K ) complete with an Alley Bars Roll Bar at High Beach , circa late 1982. It was pretty rotten then, I rebuilt it and colour changed it to Mimosa Yellow.

[SilverStar]

My dad had a 1959 TR3A a few years back, was a great car when it was running right, which most of the time it wasn't due to the twin Webbers the previous owner fitted it with.

Paid £11k, spent £8k and sold for £14k which was near top money back then. Would be north of £20k now i should imagine.

Where are you know 3164 DU??

[dmitsi]

A friend of mine had two tr2 in his garage on a rolling resto. He might read this. Hi Steve. I think its been quite a few years work so far. My offer of assistance is always there.

[devs]

Almost 6 years in the making! Be on the road next month!

[itsrodders]

I drove TS2 (one of two factory prototypes for the TR2) over several hundred miles for a Practical Classics TR anniversary feature.

An example of every variant from 2-8 was assembled, and I have to say that even though driving the most rocking horse-poop-iest TR ever was an incredible treat, it was the 5 - as, indeed, it has always been - that stiffened my pecker most.

Whwnever I think of that magic two days, I thank all deities that it wasn't me who had to drive the Coke/Levis special edition TR7 from Oxford to North Wales and back...

[devs]

I caught that article in Classic Car Weekly. Looked like a great weekend, Lucky lucky having the wheel of TS2!

[itsrodders]

The TR register - who own TS2, as you probably know - instructed me to "drive it properly". So I did, much to the consternation of some of the more po-faced 'enthusiasts' who were on the trip. Hanging its arse out round wet Welsh hairpins seemed to me to be entirely appropriate, but if looks could kill I'd be dead many times over!

[tr7v8]

itsrodders said:

I drove TS2 (one of two factory prototypes for the TR2) over several hundred miles for a Practical Classics TR anniversary feature.

An example of every variant from 2-8 was assembled, and I have to say that even though driving the most rocking horse-poop-iest TR ever was an incredible treat, it was the 5 - as, indeed, it has always been - that stiffened my pecker most.

Whwnever I think of that magic two days, I thank all deities that it wasn't me who had to drive the Coke/Levis special edition TR7 from Oxford to North Wales and back...

I'd have preferred the TR7 personally, never went in any TR2-6 that I didn't think was slow rattly & archaic. Bloody uncomfortable unless it was a 6 with MX 5 seats as well.

[Yertis]

I don't get why people think the TR5 is so much better than a TR6. Apart from the nose and tail they're identical (the CP series cars anyway).

(I think I'll get mine out and fire it up this weekend...)

Edited by Yertis on Thursday 28th February 17:35

[tr7v8]

Yertis said:

I don't get why people think the TR5 is so much better than a TR6. Apart from the nose and tail they're identical (the CP series cars anyway).

(I think I'll get mine out and fire it up this weekend...)

Edited by Yertis on Thursday 28th February 17:35

I believe it is rarity that drives the value.