50 years old

[hilly10]

Certain parts of my car are 50 years old this year and I am really proud of it. The bits I know of, are Chassis, bonnet, doors, tub, rear wings, dashboard clocks engine and gearbox. I love my TR6

Edited by hilly10 on Thursday 25th April 22:43

[Mr Tidy]

Birthday wishes to your TR!

I wish I had looked that pristine when I was 50.

[Mr.Chips]

That does look to be in lovely condition OP!

[GTRene]

50 and stil going strong.

[Super Sonic]

Cleaner than my dinner plates!

[hilly10]

Mr.Chips said:

That does look to be in lovely condition OP!

This is a picture from a couple of years ago but it still the same. I use it all year round but never if there is any chance of rain

[Rumdoodle]

What a great colour for a TR6.

[Blue62]

That is something special Hilly, absolute credit to you, stunning.

[hilly10]

Blue62 said:

That is something special Hilly, absolute credit to you, stunning.

Thanks Blue. It’s a special moment to me every time I drive it, cannot imagine my life without it

It looked very different in 2012 before its restoration which was carried out by a talented engineer in his garage over four years.

Edited by hilly10 on Friday 26th April 08:09

[abzmike]

Wonderful example.

[5 In a Row]

Fantastic.
40+ years ago a neighbour had an identical one - although not so immaculate - that was his only car.
It made a big impression on an 8 or 9 year old.

[Yertis]

hilly10 said:

This is a picture from a couple of years ago but it still the same. I use it all year round but never if there is any chance of rain

Mine is always covered in mud and dung

[Glassman]

/aroused.

[crankedup5]

Extremely nice, congratulations.

[Sticks.]

This was the most lusted after car of my youth. I'm not surprised you love it, it's gorgeous. And glad you get to enjoy it regularly. The colour coordinated HT leads made me

[Nyloc20]

Well done, that looks great. I’ve always liked these but never got round to buying one. The only Triumph I ever owned was a GT6 amongst a load of Fast Ford and Lotus stuff. Still not too late though!

[hilly10]

Nyloc20 said:

Well done, that looks great. I’ve always liked these but never got round to buying one. The only Triumph I ever owned was a GT6 amongst a load of Fast Ford and Lotus stuff. Still not too late though!

Many moons ago I had a GT6 and a Spitfire both in Mimosa Yellow, both great much loved cars

[GTRene]

personally I look lately (online for now) at the models before the TR6, I find those more 'classic' by looks, but then those with all round undependable? suspension like say the TR4 IRS and TR250/TR5? also like some GT6, no idea if all of those have such suspension, not looked in that yet, mk1, mk2, mk3 of those.

ow, and the very lovely Triumph Italia GT, such lovely lines ala some old small Ferrari model.

[stevep944]

That is a lovely looking car!

[vpr]

Scary think is, when I was younger a 50 yr old car looked ancient….from a very long time ago.

I cannot comprehend how a TR6 can be this old already.

Mad.