50 years old

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Drabbesttunic said:

Very nice hilly.

Thank you.

It’s my heart and soul and very often the wife plays second fiddle, not that I let her know that.

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uk66fastback said:

My mate's brother had one in the early 80s - 8 DBK - in French blue - it was a lovely looking and sounding car. He later sold it for £350 with a cracked block.

Yup the engine is renowned as one of the best sounding out the box Classic Straight Six’s

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Mine has the six into two into one big bore SS lovely burble in overdrive, but wails like a banshee at full chat. I have since fitted an end tip to direct the exhaust gas downwards.

Edited by hilly10 on Monday 29th April 13:59

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spoodler said:

Sat in the garage is the 2.5 straight six engine from my Herald/Vitesse 6/TR6 convertible saloon thingy, that I built back in the '90s. It started life as a 1600cc Vitesse saloon, and I rebuilt it into a lowered 2.5 litre convertible.
At the time, I was also running many custom motorcycles - my daily ride being a hardtailed Kawasaki Z650 chopper on open drag pipes. My mate's daughter used to refer to me as noisy John, as they lived at the far end of the street and I had to pass their house to get to mine. I thought for years that the name referred to the Kawasakis and Harleys that I rode, but recently found that it was due to the sound the Triumph six made through its home made manifold and six into one into two exhaust system - never had a complaint from any of my neighbours (probably due to not taking the piss), but unlike the bikes, the Triumph's low pitched drone, apparently, could be felt through the house...



As for the fiftieth anniversary - my custom van shares the same birth year as me, which I can't understand as that would make me nearly sixty!!!

Love the Herald Vitesse.

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You are right Yertis it’s the earlier bumper but as you say it’s only the TR people amongst us that know it’s wrong, never bothered me to be honest. Dead right on the light colours the black just looks so right with them. My first observation of the TR6 was back in 1974 and the colour I lusted after was the Magenta.

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spoodler said:

Sat in the garage is the 2.5 straight six engine from my Herald/Vitesse 6/TR6 convertible saloon thingy, that I built back in the '90s. It started life as a 1600cc Vitesse saloon, and I rebuilt it into a lowered 2.5 litre convertible.
At the time, I was also running many custom motorcycles - my daily ride being a hardtailed Kawasaki Z650 chopper on open drag pipes. My mate's daughter used to refer to me as noisy John, as they lived at the far end of the street and I had to pass their house to get to mine. I thought for years that the name referred to the Kawasakis and Harleys that I rode, but recently found that it was due to the sound the Triumph six made through its home made manifold and six into one into two exhaust system - never had a complaint from any of my neighbours (probably due to not taking the piss), but unlike the bikes, the Triumph's low pitched drone, apparently, could be felt through the house...



As for the fiftieth anniversary - my custom van shares the same birth year as me, which I can't understand as that would make me nearly sixty!!!

Love the Herald Vitesse.

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tberg said:

A friend and fellow Pantera owner has an identical TR6 in exceptional condition that he loves, and it's quite beautiful, I must admit. My 53 year old entry is my early '72 De Tomaso Pantera (built late '71) that I've owned for approximately 30 years. Coincidentally, my next door neighbor has a '73 Pantera that he bought new in '73 for about $9800. My car was barely driveable for the first 20 years with so many issues and overheating problems within the first 10 or so meters. When I bought my Jag XKR in 2013, I just gave up driving the Pantera altogether. A couple of years of it just sitting in my driveway forced me to make a decision to either get rid of it or finally make it the car I always hoped it would be. After four years of modification and restoration, it is now a luxurious, ferocious beast that I drive every weekend with few hiccups.

That is beautiful

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Mine would have been 56 this year. My first Classic car back in 1998

Edited by hilly10 on Tuesday 30th April 14:30

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Some lovely cars