triumph tr6

was designed and built by karmman, bet you never knew that huh!!!

just been to a vintage car rally (pre1972) saw some amazing mk1 mg's, and a few nice triumphs, the guy with the mk6 told me about karmann, talk about red rag to a bull, got loads o respec from the old boys for me golf, seems like alot of the old classic car restorers consider mk1s to be a future classic too,

which is nice 8)

all this future classic stuff  :roll:  my series 1 is over 26 years old, and one of rajans GTIs is now 30. So tell me when its supposed to be a classic :dontknow:

TR6 lovely old motor ,

 I went and hence the picture below to a local classic car meet , i wasn't very welcome in my 'front wheel drive boy racer GTI' quote "from an MGB driver"    

yeah, but in there time they must have been a bit boy racery?? I.e young lads used to burn around in them, or have they always been for old duffers

There's no formal definition of what makes a car "classic". I suppose the nearest official thing that you could say pre-1972 (ie tax exempt) but this is a crude 'cut-off' year for tax reasons and does not really prove anything. Some insurers use arbitary ages such as 25 years, but this doesn't really work either - what about cars (such as the Golf) which have the same model (1981 vs 1982) which fall either side of the line? In any case, insurers don't agree because different companies use a different age of car.

I think a good arbitary rule to use, is that if the car's been featured in a well-known classic car magazine, then its a classic. I know it lets in things like Austin Allegro, though.

i totally agree, i asked the car section secretary at the rally and the cut off date for this event is 1972, anyone can exhibit there if its dated b4 that, when the cut off year will be raised, god knows ,

oh well :?

I think the mk1 still has such cult status and popularity that it`ll be along time before it is said to be a "real" classic . Because the car is still accepted by such a wide range of inthusiasts its seen in alot of differnt lights . By definition of the word though it has always been a classic.

Maybe when im so old that a cap , pipe and slippers has become the norm ill be critasising a mk3 gti owner for turning up to a classic car meet  

No doubt ill still be rolling around in the cab slagging off new car drivers !

Apparently, the plan was to 'roll on' the tax-exempt year, so its always 25 year old cars which are exempt, but the government hasn't done it because they couldn't afford to.

i believe what makes a car classic is how its seen by the people, no doubt anyone will recognise one of those old MG's as a classic car. it irritates me sometimes that the mk1 doesnt seem to have the same classic status as fords of a similar age  i think the fact that the cabbys were produced until 1993 didnt help too much and also that the mk2 looks identical to the mk1 to joe public :? , which are still around in their thousands.

i see the car as a classic, so will everyone else on here i suppose, but its not instantly recognisable as a classic to everyone else. this is interesting - some people who see my car will laugh, 'what the hell is that!!??' 'its an old banger!' but if they ask me, what do you drive? and i say a mk1 golf, usually theyre like, woahh, really?? in amazement! so i do think there is a lot of respect out there for them

Greg 8)

paul_c said

Apparently, the plan was to 'roll on' the tax-exempt year, so its always 25 year old cars which are exempt, but the government hasn't done it because they couldn't afford to.

It was the conservatives idea which they brought in. then labour got in and thought - hang on, thats a load of income lost, so they capped it    

tr6 had a 2 1/2l block with lucas injection , weight about 900 to to 1000kg, later ones came with overdrive in 2nd 3rd and 4th. i think best bhp was 148

not slow, not for duffers!!

there was a guy with a 1968 mk1 mg completely original, paintwork, everything with 40k on the clock
he reckoned hed had 135mph out of it,
he also offered me a twin lamp mk1 golf grill!!

anyhow i asked him how he kept his paintwork so good and he reckoned mr sheen or pledge!!!

i am corrently undertakin experiments on this!!

Mr_GTI said

paul_c said

Apparently, the plan was to 'roll on' the tax-exempt year, so its always 25 year old cars which are exempt, but the government hasn't done it because they couldn't afford to.

It was the conservatives idea which they brought in. then labour got in and thought - hang on, thats a load of income lost, so they capped it    

It narks me off because cars like the Golf GTI cost loads to tax, because the engine capacity is above the whatever it is, 1549cc or something. They've tried a number of different ways to tax cars over the years and its quite a muddle now. It will be better when they bring in "road pricing" and we're charged on usage rather than the combination of flat yearly fee and a tax on fuel.

It costs me more to tax my car than to insure it 8O

my insurance for my first years drivin, in mine is ?780,

dread to think what ll happen when me points go on!!

thats not good, 3 points won't make too much differance but 6 or more will :?

cabriaulait said

tr6 had a 2 1/2l block with lucas injection , weight about 900 to to 1000kg, later ones came with overdrive in 2nd 3rd and 4th. i think best bhp was 148

eh urh….thats the wrong answer(trust me i know i helped my dad rebuild one of the two he had)
TR6`s from 68-71 came with overdrive in 2nd 3rd and 4th, then in 72 the car was detuned a gay T bar roll bar was added for the american market,  and overdrive was removed from 2nd gear and changed to just 3rd and 4th, which was also used in the spitfires and GT6s. they were a 2.5 straight 6(also used in GT6) they put 150 brake out and most of the time now you will find there running of bosch fuel injection because the lucas one was crap. they wieghed a lot more than 1000kg the spitfire wieghs about that, and the spitfire is only 4 cylinder straight engine and tiny compared to the TR6. and yes they were designed by karmann and another intresting fact aswell about the TR6, they are now very few of them on the road because the same amount to restore as an aston martin, there big bucks to do.
superb car, will try find the pics of my dads TR6 that had a no expenses spared 7 year nut and bolt resto, the only thing he didnt do himself was the paint job, and the paint job was superb in a flame red. he drove it regualary and you wouldnt tell you open the bonnet, not a drop of oil anywhere and not a spec of dirt even on the inner arches, was immaculate. and the first day it was back on the road in about 1990 my mum was offered 25k on the spot for it. now 25k was a lot of money back then, ended up getting sold on due to lack of garage space in like 95 for 8k would love to find it now adays

thanks!!

i was right about the karmman bit tho eh!!

My dad has got a triumph tr6, tis lush! he has the fuel injected one. My brother has a gt6 mk3 with a hotted up tr6 engine in it, that thing is ace!

The best thing ever thou is driving to le mans in convoy with them, and pushing their fuel guzzling cars along, whilts hardly touching the stuff!

there was a guy with a 1968 mk1 mg completely original, paintwork, everything with 40k on the clock
he reckoned hed had 135mph out of it,

I wouldn't belevie a word of it, I had and MG Midget and the Smiths speedo just waved at me. It really wasn't that accurate.

The top speed of an mgb wasn't that high , the MGC with 3.0l straight 6 could top 120mph

Your golf will out accelarete it! and stay for the corner too!!!