Classics left to die/rotting pics
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RoverP6B said:
Although I personally would never view the TR7 as anything other than a heap of junk, the coupé seems to be gaining popularity as a rally car these days...
Ignorant & stupid comment. 120,000+ people disagreed with you, out sold all the other TR models by a long way. It also had a rally & Le Mans heritage.tr7v8 said:
RoverP6B said:
Although I personally would never view the TR7 as anything other than a heap of junk, the coupé seems to be gaining popularity as a rally car these days...
Ignorant & stupid comment. 120,000+ people disagreed with you, out sold all the other TR models by a long way. It also had a rally & Le Mans heritage.It can't be a 'stupid and ignorant comment' if it's his opinion that it's a heap of junk, he simply doesn't like them.
Such an amazing over-reaction, you'd have though he'd called your mum a w
e!DickyC said:
One of the principles is that the car and its registration had to be on the DVLA radar recently. This was one of the reasons behind the SORN. It's no good finding a wreck with a valuable plate and renovating it to MoT standard with the hope of transferring the plate if it doesn't appear in their records.
If you could do that, believe me, we would all be doing it. From the DVLA's perspective it was a problem of Where will this stop?
There was an Austin 7 in the woods near where I grew up and I bet it's still there. But there's no possibility of anyone claiming the registration.
I sold an old seventies Alfa recently that had been 'carefully stored' *cough* for the last 20 years. It was last on the road in 1979. Yet 3 weeks later, it had an MOT and is awaiting a plate transfer.If you could do that, believe me, we would all be doing it. From the DVLA's perspective it was a problem of Where will this stop?
There was an Austin 7 in the woods near where I grew up and I bet it's still there. But there's no possibility of anyone claiming the registration.
Bent MOT without the car even being anywhere near a testing station? You betcha.
Do I give a flying f
k?Nope.
It's a number plate that looks nice and whilst the rules have been bent somewhat, it doesn't hurt anyone and some enterprising soul has made some money from it - fair play. Trust me, the car will never, ever see the road again. It was junk 35 years ago.
TR7's might have been poorly made ste when new, but that was 40 years ago and it doesn't matter anymore. Given a decent bit of road, a well driven example was probably faster A to B than any TR6 that was (imo) an absolutely hateful car. I was a nipper (7 or 8) when these came out and to my eyes and those of many other impressionable schoolboys, the TR7 with the pop up headlights was a cracking thing. I did drive a well restored 1976 example a few years back and it was surprisingly pleasant - torquey engine with great throttle response, good handling, steering and ride and a very good driving position.
The TR7 is a classic, perhaps for the wrong reasons but it's as worthy of the title as a lot of other cars. Plus they look great. A one owner early example for restoration? Clean it up, stick it on Ebay and prepare to be amazed. I'd expect that to make a grand, perhaps a bit more.
te when new, but that was 40 years ago and it doesn't matter anymore. Given a decent bit of road, a well driven example was probably faster A to B than any TR6 that was (imo) an absolutely hateful car. I was a nipper (7 or 8) when these came out and to my eyes and those of many other impressionable schoolboys, the TR7 with the pop up headlights was a cracking thing. I did drive a well restored 1976 example a few years back and it was surprisingly pleasant - torquey engine with great throttle response, good handling, steering and ride and a very good driving position.The TR7 is a classic, perhaps for the wrong reasons but it's as worthy of the title as a lot of other cars. Plus they look great. A one owner early example for restoration? Clean it up, stick it on Ebay and prepare to be amazed. I'd expect that to make a grand, perhaps a bit more.
LotusOmega375D said:
iSore said:
Clean it up, stick it on Ebay and prepare to be amazed. I'd expect that to make a grand, perhaps a bit more.
Noooo!Don't clean it up and it'll make much more!
No reserve if you're brave. I think it'd do quite well if there's not any, or much, body rot.
uk66fastback said:
LotusOmega375D said:
iSore said:
Clean it up, stick it on Ebay and prepare to be amazed. I'd expect that to make a grand, perhaps a bit more.
Noooo!Don't clean it up and it'll make much more!
No reserve if you're brave. I think it'd do quite well if there's not any, or much, body rot.
Thanks guys for all your comments,I really wasn't expecting so much info and apologize to those that are not interested in the little old 7. (I feel like I've hijacked the thread)
As always and to be expected there are mixed opinions,I must be one of few but I don't have an Ebay account but I like the idea of approaching the TR club so it goes to an enthusiast.
Those last couple of comments are interesting (Clean it up or leave as it is) as it stands at the moment it's got 23 years of dust and grime and that is a real good question as to clean or not.
If it helps I'm happy to receive private messages so not to overload the forum.
Thanks again for your kind comments
As always and to be expected there are mixed opinions,I must be one of few but I don't have an Ebay account but I like the idea of approaching the TR club so it goes to an enthusiast.
Those last couple of comments are interesting (Clean it up or leave as it is) as it stands at the moment it's got 23 years of dust and grime and that is a real good question as to clean or not.
If it helps I'm happy to receive private messages so not to overload the forum.
Thanks again for your kind comments
TVRJAS said:
...I must be one of few but I don't have an Ebay account but I like the idea of approaching the TR club so it goes to an enthusiast.
Those last couple of comments are interesting (Clean it up or leave as it is) as it stands at the moment it's got 23 years of dust and grime and that is a real good question as to clean or not.
If you haven't got an eBay account, but want to raise as much as possible, then contact one of the many auction houses - and DO NOT clean it in the meantime; otherwise, if you just want rid and see it go to a good home, then I'm sure a TR Club member will be knocking on you door real soon!Those last couple of comments are interesting (Clean it up or leave as it is) as it stands at the moment it's got 23 years of dust and grime and that is a real good question as to clean or not.
yonex said:
RoverP6B said:
Although I personally would never view the TR7 as anything other than a heap of junk, the coupé seems to be gaining popularity as a rally car these days...
Says the owner...... of a heap of junk.I called the TR7 a heap of junk because it was. Live axle rear (where the earlier TRs, and the Dolomite, had a superb fully independent rear axle), truly appalling build quality, engines missing vital oil-ways (causing frequent engine failures - my best man, who had a Dolomite with the same engine, went through three engines in the one-year warranty period), steering wheel often not properly fastened to the column (another friend had a scary experience where his steering wheel came off completely on a motorway - thankfully, it went back on with the same ease with which it had come off), oh, and did I mention the rampant rust? The Harris Mann styling was a disaster too - hence the well known comment, made at the 1975 Geneva Motor Show by Giorgetto Giugiaro, after looking at one side of the TR7, then the other: "My God! They've done it to the other side as well!".
My P6 wasn't perfect, it too was built under British Leyland, but there wasn't a Leyland logo on the car, and apart from the initially slow-spreading rust, it never suffered from any major build quality issues. BL went downhill very rapidly in the mid to late 1970s. A combination of catastrophic mismanagement, factory refits creating problems where none previously existed, and rampantly mutinous trade unions, all contributed to the destruction of the leviathan.
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