1972 Triumph GT6

[guapo337]

my friend got one for his first car. looks pretty sweet. i dont know anything about it though. whats it like? fast?

 

[Ronstang]

OK

 

[NutBucket]

Google?

 

[guapo337]

Originally posted by: NutBucket
Google?

ATOT?

postcount++?

 

[Cyberian]

Not my favorite Triumph - I preferred the TR-3 and TR-4, but still a nice car. Not really fast, but a lot of fun if you know how to drive it.
Is your friend best buddies with a Triumph mechanic?

 

[Goosemaster]

I thought triumph made bikes?

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Not my favorite Triumph - I preferred the TR-3 and TR-4, but still a nice car. Not really fast, but a lot of fun if you know how to drive it.
Is your friend best buddies with a Triumph mechanic?

TR-6 was the last of an era, the TR-7 was ass ugly in comparison.

 

[Brutuskend]

Fun to drive YES, fast NO.

I owned a 64 TR 4
Same story.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Not my favorite Triumph - I preferred the TR-3 and TR-4, but still a nice car. Not really fast, but a lot of fun if you know how to drive it.
Is your friend best buddies with a Triumph mechanic?

TR-6 was the last of an era, the TR-7 was ass ugly in comparison.

I agree - but I think that the GT-6 was a whole different animal.
(Actually, I really didn't care that much for the TR-7 or the "Stag" -- I think that was the name of one of their latest models.

 

[Jzero]

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I thought triumph made bikes?

I thought BMW made cars?

 

[Sluggo]

Originally posted by: Cyberian

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Not my favorite Triumph - I preferred the TR-3 and TR-4, but still a nice car. Not really fast, but a lot of fun if you know how to drive it.
Is your friend best buddies with a Triumph mechanic?

TR-6 was the last of an era, the TR-7 was ass ugly in comparison.

I agree - but I think that the GT-6 was a whole different animal.
(Actually, I really didn't care that much for the TR-7 or the "Stag" -- I think that was the name of one of their latest models.

Ahhh, I misread the title as TR-6, thats what I get for paying attention.

Wasnt there a TR-8, with of course a V-8 engine as well?

 

[malbojah]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Ahhh, I misread the title as TR-6, thats what I get for paying attention.

Wasnt there a TR-8, with of course a V-8 engine as well?

Yes, built from 1978 - 1981 from what I can tell on ebay.

Nice engine jobs on a couple of them, but the speedos only go up to 85 mph...

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: Sluggo

Ahhh, I misread the title as TR-6, thats what I get for paying attention.

Wasnt there a TR-8, with of course a V-8 engine as well?

Yes there was - which I never knew about until I read your post.

I kind of lost interest in British sports cars somewhere in the mid '70s.

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I thought triumph made bikes?

I thought BMW made cars?

I thought Honda made lawnmowers.

 

[Lithium381]

Originally posted by: WinkOsmosis

Originally posted by: Jzero

Originally posted by: Goosemaster
I thought triumph made bikes?

I thought BMW made cars?

I thought Honda made lawnmowers.

i thought mitsubishi made TV's!

 

[fronic2]

I had a 59 TR-3A that I drove for 10 years. Really fun to drive.
Rebuilt it twice, Jager instruments and Lucas electrical are for SUCK. Try to find a color coded wire when they all turn black.

 

[Brutuskend]

Lucas= Prince of darkness

 

[Siddhartha]

Originally posted by: guapo337
my friend got one for his first car. looks pretty sweet. i dont know anything about it though. whats it like? fast?

TR6 is slow and handles like a pig. It has a truck suspension. low tech engine, a body that flexes like a piece of wet cardboard, and unless you live in a desert it will rust. But if he likes the way it looks....

 

[guapo337]

Originally posted by: Dr Smooth

Originally posted by: guapo337
my friend got one for his first car. looks pretty sweet. i dont know anything about it though. whats it like? fast?

TR6 is slow and handles like a pig. It has a truck suspension. low tech engine, a body that flexes like a piece of wet cardboard, and unless you live in a desert it will rust. But if he likes the way it looks....

it's the GT6 MK3. not the TR6. there's a difference right?

and yes, he's best buds with a triumph mechanic (his dad)