What is the next triumph to go through the roof?
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I always liked the shape of the TR5 combined with the power from the straight six. But the prices have gone through the roof. As an investment the 5 would have been a good bet. Are any other triumphs likely to go the same way? My money is on the GT6 and the TR4a, but the Dolomite Sprint seems good value at the moment.
Any other opinions??
Any other opinions??
I can see that happening with Spitfires and the smaller Triumphs. Until recently you could pick up a running, MOT'd TR6 for under £10K whereas now they've reach £12K which is the price you could pick a good one up for 10 years ago and decent ones are now reaching the £20K-£25K mark.
As a result, people will look to the cheaper cars pushing the price up. You can't really pick up a decent Spitfire for less than £5K any more. I recently had to make the choice of semi-restoring mine or buying another one but in looking around over the last 6 months the prices have been steadily rising.
As a result, people will look to the cheaper cars pushing the price up. You can't really pick up a decent Spitfire for less than £5K any more. I recently had to make the choice of semi-restoring mine or buying another one but in looking around over the last 6 months the prices have been steadily rising.
I think the dolomite sprint is undervalued, there was a yellow one at the restoration show that was up at 7500 it was a beauty. Look at the same era escort and they are three times the price.
I have a heritage bodied TR6 and would be interested to know how that affects the value, not that I want to sell it.
I have a heritage bodied TR6 and would be interested to know how that affects the value, not that I want to sell it.
My money is on the Spitfire, quiet literally as I have just purchased one as a project!!
Like with all the classics they tend to be a simple process of following the more expensive ones.
I have gone for a real late 1500 but I think done the right way at today's prices it's worth throwing some money into one.
Like so many cheaper classics A lot of the spits have been messed around with and changed, I have stuck to trying to return this one to how it would have looked from new including little details like the correct seat trim.
I am hopeing this will make it stand out from the rest.
The TR7 seems to be creeping up as well I'm seeing a lot of love for wedge's at the moment. I have a Fiat X1/9 for sale and have had a lot of interest in that, so could the 7/8's over take the spitfires?
Like with all the classics they tend to be a simple process of following the more expensive ones.
I have gone for a real late 1500 but I think done the right way at today's prices it's worth throwing some money into one.
Like so many cheaper classics A lot of the spits have been messed around with and changed, I have stuck to trying to return this one to how it would have looked from new including little details like the correct seat trim.
I am hopeing this will make it stand out from the rest.
The TR7 seems to be creeping up as well I'm seeing a lot of love for wedge's at the moment. I have a Fiat X1/9 for sale and have had a lot of interest in that, so could the 7/8's over take the spitfires?
andrewws said:
I think the dolomite sprint is undervalued, there was a yellow one at the restoration show that was up at 7500 it was a beauty. Look at the same era escort and they are three times the price.
I have a heritage bodied TR6 and would be interested to know how that affects the value, not that I want to sell it.
It's an interesting point. Is a (presumably) rust-free, reshelled TR6 worth more or less than a welded up original shell, or a converted rust-free LHD import. Probably an absolutely original rust-free TR6 would be worth more, but it would also be crap to drive.I have a heritage bodied TR6 and would be interested to know how that affects the value, not that I want to sell it.
I'm seeing a lot of interest in unmodified original MK1 2.0 Litre Vitesse Saloons . The cars are getting so old now and over the years for various reasons they have mostly been subjected to modifications. The convertibles have also always been more popular due to the sunshine factor so the saloons have been somewhat under appreciated. A good original saloon is now a rarer beast and therefore values are starting to rocket. I've just had a bodywork resto on mine and it is valued at north of £10000.
Yertis said:
It's an interesting point. Is a (presumably) rust-free, reshelled TR6 worth more or less than a welded up original shell, or a converted rust-free LHD import. Probably an absolutely original rust-free TR6 would be worth more, but it would also be crap to drive.
I was lucky enough to find a time warp TR6 a few years ago. It had a genuine 32K miles and rust free. It had always been a high days and holiday car for previous owners and very little had worn on the car, anything that did was replaced with original, not upgraded parts wherever possible. I'm sure there are much better drivers cars with mods but it is far from crap to drive.
The appeal to me is that it looks and drives close to how it did 40 years ago.
What is nice is that almost all previous owners wrote their history of how they acquired the car, the things they did in it etc and this kind of history, I feel really adds value to an old car.
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