Triumph TR5 Fastback

[ChasW]

Never seen of of these before. Outside my local MoT station this morning. In beautiful condition. Interior looked restored

[TooMany2cvs]

ChasW said:

Never seen of of these before. Outside my local MoT station this morning. In beautiful condition. Interior looked restored

It's a Dove GTR4/GTR4A - built by Harrington, who also did hardtop Alpines. 40-odd built.

[ChasW]

Thanks

Meant to put a question mark at the end of the topic title as I was not sure. When I have worked out how to avoid the pictures rotating I'll post the others I took. Not the most attractive car but unusual.

[threespires]

Triumph Dove GTR4A


Triumph TR6 Estate - a one-off

[52classic]

Is that a Polo tailgate on the TR6?

[TooMany2cvs]

52classic said:

Is that a Polo tailgate on the TR6?

A quick google suggests the roof is made of TR6 hardtops, together with a TR6 bootlid.

[threespires]

52classic said:

Is that a Polo tailgate on the TR6?

This is what the owner told me

" Two fibre glass hard tops cut up with sections added, the tailgate is a TR6 boot lid with a glass installed.
The tank has been moved under the boot floor with a custom flap in side panel.
Triple Weber conversion fitted."




Some more rare ones :-

Triumph Italia 2000



Triumph TR3 Francorchamps

[threespires]

[mac96]

That Italia is just lovely. Huge improvement over a TR3. (And a TR3 not that bad anyway!)

[threespires]

mac96 said:

That Italia is just lovely. Huge improvement over a TR3. (And a TR3 not that bad anyway!)

That car is one of two that were kept from new by an Italian dealer. Both were sold recently with very low miles. There's a red one from Canada at Coventry museum.

[threespires]

mac96 said:

That Italia is just lovely. Huge improvement over a TR3. (And a TR3 not that bad anyway!)

The TR3 has a transparent roof which must be nice. It was beautifully built, wind up windows too.

[ChasW]

threespires said:

Thanks for putting it right

[TR4man]

threespires said:

mac96 said:

That Italia is just lovely. Huge improvement over a TR3. (And a TR3 not that bad anyway!)

The TR3 has a transparent roof which must be nice. It was beautifully built, wind up windows too.

It was called a Francorchamps and was made by a Belgian coach builder in very small numbers.

[MikeT66]

threespires said:

Triumph Italia 2000

These are utterly fabulous. I've never seen the Italia before - stunning car.

[Lowtimer]

Both new to me too, and I am now immediately a big fan of both. The TR6 estate in particular is something they really should have done at the factory.

[1962]

[threespires]

Some more unusual Triumphs :-

Dove GTR4



Dove GTR4



TRS Sabrina with SU DU6 carbs. A facsimile of the original engine using a cleverly modified Alfa engine.



TRS



TR2 - Coupé Francorchamps



TR2 - Coupé Francorchamps winding window

[737 FLF]

Lowtimer said:

Both new to me too, and I am now immediately a big fan of both. The TR6 estate in particular is something they really should have done at the factory.

Like Jensen-Healey did.

[TR4man]

threespires said:

Some more unusual Triumphs :-

Dove GTR4

Hey!

Never mind the Dove, that's my old Wedgwood Blue TR4 parked in front of it (a much, much prettier car )

[threespires]

TR4man said:

threespires said:

Some more unusual Triumphs :-

Dove GTR4

Hey!

Never mind the Dove, that's my old Wedgwood Blue TR4 parked in front of it (a much, much prettier car )

Brilliant! Sorry I chopped it in half!

This is L F Dove,where the cars were built :-