COOL CLASSIC CAR SPOTTERS POST! (Vol 3)

[Dapster]

lukeharding said:

I used to think that the XJS looked like a dogs breakfast when they were new but I think they look absolutely spectacular now - just fantastic.

[Yertis]

I feel the same about TR7s

[Dapster]

Yertis said:

I feel the same about TR7s

Ha ha! Now they really are minging!!!

[vixen1700]

Loved this! Absolutely spotless inside and out 230E parked in Wanstead High Street today. Manual too.

[dudleybloke]

Lovely Jensen GT spotted this morning.

[4rephill]

dudleybloke said:

Lovely Jensen GT spotted this morning.

Always like those!

(If I owned one though, I think I'd have to change the US-Spec/style bumpers - They just look too big for the car, and spoil the design for me, especially the rear bumper!)

[Doofus]

4rephill said:

Always like those!

(If I owned one though, I think I'd have to change the US-Spec/style bumpers - They just look too big for the car, and spoil the design for me, especially the rear bumper!)

Aren't they all like that?

To me, this and the J-H convertible represent something of a nadir in British car design.

[4rephill]

Doofus said:

4rephill said:

Always like those!

(If I owned one though, I think I'd have to change the US-Spec/style bumpers - They just look too big for the car, and spoil the design for me, especially the rear bumper!)

Aren't they all like that?

To me, this and the J-H convertible represent something of a nadir in British car design.

Sadly, yes, they're standard from the factory - Doesn't make them look good though!

[Huntsman]

dudleybloke said:

Lovely Jensen GT spotted this morning.

Good grief. I had complerely forgotten these existed!

[RDMcG]

Huntsman said:

Good grief. I had complerely forgotten these existed!

I did like them at the time, but now the overhangs seem too much.

[DickyC]

RDMcG said:

Huntsman said:

Good grief. I had complerely forgotten these existed!

I did like them at the time, but now the overhangs seem too much.

Good name though.

The Jensen Healey Nadir.

[Pericoloso]

Saw this TR7 during the week .





With period slot mag wheels fitted too .

[Escort3500]

Good spot, and looks to be in decent condition, though I was never really a fan of the TR7.

I’d almost forgotten what tyres with conventional profiles look like

[4rephill]

Personally speaking, I think the TR7's design gets knocked a little unfairly - Especially when you consider what else was around at the time it first came out in 1975, and the fact that it was a front engine/rear drive layout.

Reputedly, when Giorgetto Giugiaro first saw the TR7, he looked aghast at the sweeping body-line down the side of the car, went round to the other side an exclaimed: "Oh my God!......They've done the same thing on this side!" (The funny thing being, today, almost every car has similar body-lines down their sides).

It works even better as a convertible, and the fact that you can get it with a V8 is a massive bonus.

Could the hard top version have looked better? - As I've noted before, yes it could:



Flared wheel arches, extended flying buttresses, a loss of the bumpers (and a scantily clad model ) help improve the design to me.

(I'm not convinced by the pointy shark-nose on "seventh Heaven" today, but back then, it looked good)

I can't see myself ever owning a TR7 hardtop if I'm being totally, honest, but a TR8 convertible? - I wouldn't rule it out!

[Escort3500]

Ah, the Ray Bennis TR7 ‘Seventh Heaven’. I’m old enough to remember it in CC, and in its previous incarnation as ‘Trafalgar’ with (I think) Geoff Ridgeway murals (although I think Ray Mumford might have had a hand in it too):



And then as ‘Old Glory’:



And yes, a TR8 would be quite interesting, esp in Tony Pond rally guise

Edited by Escort3500 on Sunday 15th November 15:03

[CharlesdeGaulle]

I always rather liked the TR7. I've never had one, and the unfashionable reputation and shoddy interior put me off I suppose, but I'd happily have either body shape now. I think they have aged pretty well.

[LotusOmega375D]

Grinnall did much to sort the looks and performance with their TR8 convertible. Bulging arches and Rover SD1 rear lights. Or you could just by a TVR wedge.

[Yertis]

LotusOmega375D said:

Grinnall did much to sort the looks and performance with their TR8 convertible. Bulging arches and Rover SD1 rear lights. Or you could just by a TVR wedge.

I’ll admit this thread has had me looking at TR7s over the last few days. In the interests of brand loyalty, if only it were posdible to fit one with a V8 formed of two Triumph slant-fours.

[anonymous-user]

vixen1700 said:

Loved this! Absolutely spotless inside and out 230E parked in Wanstead High Street today. Manual too.

perfect!

[brownspeed]

LotusOmega375D said:

Grinnall did much to sort the looks and performance with their TR8 convertible. Bulging arches and Rover SD1 rear lights. Or you could just by a TVR wedge.

I used to have a tvr wedge in the early 90's. I lost count of the number of people who confused it with a sodding TR7.!