SOLD: 1972 Triumph TR6 (‘CP’ 150bhp)

Home-market (UK), RHD car (earlier CP chassis prefix). Presented in Sapphire blue with black trim and hood in superb condition. Has been in the same family ownership since September 1987. When the son of the current owner decided to sell the car in the 1990’s, his father liked the car so much he bought it off him and treated it to a full nut and bolt restoration.

There are various pieces of historical documentation, including the bill of sale in 1987 and a stack of MOT certificates (26 in total). These are unbroken from 1997 (with the mileage recorded as 7,775 miles) up to today (2023) when the mileage was just 12,042 miles (112,042 miles). Yes, that really is just 4,267 miles since 1997. During this time the car has been garaged and thus the chassis, body, brightwork and paint have been preserved extremely well. The interior has also worn well with the black vinyl seats appearing virtually unworn with only the drivers carpet and wood veneer dashboard showing some signs of age (although not cracked). The black mohair hood is in near perfect condition and the rear screen is free from cracks and colour distortion or otherwise. There is an equally good condition matching black mohair tonneau cover included also.

The car sits on 15” period Wolfrace (slot mag) roadwheels which also present superbly (including spare).

Being a UK car this TR6 is fuel injected unlike export (US) cars which were carbed. It starts very well and quickly settles to a purposeful sounding idle. On the move there is no hesitation at any point and progress is smooth. This being an earlier CP commission numbered fuel-injected TR, it uses the Lucas mechanical fuel injection system which featured in the previous generation TR5. The benefit of this is more power (150bhp compared to 125bhp of the later fuel-injected cars). The chassis number of this car denotes that it was one of the last CP models to be manufactured and the first registration date of 24th August 1972 on the log-book confirms this, making it more desirable than most. The gearbox is precise and free from synchro issues and the overdrive functions perfectly as intended. Again, the chassis number for this particular car ends with ‘O’ denoting that overdrive was optioned from the factory. The advantage of this car (again being a CP model) is that overdrive functions on 2nd, 3rd and 4th rather than just 3rd and 4th on the cars that followed. The brakes are also reassuring and even in their effort. Though it does not have any cooling issues it has had a Kenlow fan fitted for extra reassurance.

In summary, a fantastic restored and more unusually coloured right hand drive UK example of the most desirable (and powerful) denomination with long-term family ownership.

£SOLD