Triumph developments

"Cé hé sin" (michael-m-mouse) 02/04/2015 at 11:55 • Filed to: None

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Here we have a TR5. Made for just a year in the late 1960s, the TR5 has the distinction of being the first British car and one of the very few at the time to have fuel injection.

Quite a number survive and if you want a decent one it's likely to set you back something approaching £35 or £40,000, a figure which surprised me too.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Cé hé sin 02/04/2015 at 12:02

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And gorgeous things they are too :)

Cé hé sin > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/04/2015 at 12:05

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... and bottomless money pits, like any fifty year old car made from steel.

Interestingly you can get a TR6 for a lot less. Equally a money pit of course.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Cé hé sin 02/04/2015 at 12:08

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It is interesting considering that the only difference between them is a facelift and some rear-end plastic surgery.

I wouldn't be so quick to dismiss them as bottomless money-pits though. Parts are cheap and plentiful thanks to a great Triumph aftermarket here in the UK, and the rest of them is pretty damn simple.

I think you'd be surprised compared to the cost of a modern car.

Cé hé sin > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires 02/04/2015 at 13:47

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Yes, I suppose the parts are relatively inexpensive and a degree in rocket science may not be needed to install them but I fear that owning a classic car isn't going to be a cheap pastime. Second car for daily use, somewhere dry to store it, the tools needed to keep it intact or the cash to pay someone to do so...it goes on and on.

Meanwhile I see that a Healey 3000 could cost you somewhere well on the way to a six figure sum. Another crash coming?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Cé hé sin 02/05/2015 at 05:33

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True, it isn't going to be a cheap pastime at all, but if you use it as your sole daily driver I'm not convinced it would be much more expensive than running a modern car day-to-day. Perhaps more than a little hatchback, but something like a 3-series or an A4 I'd wager would be just as, if not more expensive.