'Normal' TR7's

john 215 · Postby **john 215** » 03 Dec 2014 18:27

Hi,

I am too love them all THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE STANDARD, THE MODIFIED, THE CONCOURSE AND THE HARDLY RUNNING IN FACT THEM ALL

Paul my car's are always available for any show you need either.

Cheers John

LIVE LIFE A QUARTER OF A MILE AT A TIME!

1976 Speke FHC BEAUTY FITTED WITH OVERDRIVE GEARBOX

1979 3.5 FHC CURRENTLY GARDEN ART !

1982 2.0 DHC NOW A 4.6, BUILT NOT BROUGHT !!!!

Paul_TR8 · Postby **Paul_TR8** » 03 Dec 2014 18:44

Sorry Chris I have not forgotten Tony,s fantastic TR6 I was just answering the question on normal TR7' s.

JRV459X TR8 DHC EFI Cashmere Gold
UPK688S TR7 FHC Auto Inca Yellow
TCK162P TR7 FHC New White
TFX458R TR7 FHC Pimento Red
NDP505X TR7 DHC Triton Green
XCK645R TR7 FHC Inca Yellow VICTORY Replica?

tr8 · Postby **tr8** » 03 Dec 2014 20:03

After having LBCs for over 40 years and 7/8s for the last 20 I tell people that I have a PhD in British cars...Permanent Head Damage.

spanner · Postby **spanner** » 03 Dec 2014 20:49

The normal Tr7 is the motoring equivalent of the political silent majority that is so much in the news!!
The common denominator must be the enjoyment of driving a wedge.

atb Mike

Near Penrith and the Lake District

nick · Postby **nick** » 04 Dec 2014 16:04

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Beans

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... Normal cars are purchased and owed buy normal owners. There are no normal owners on this forum. They are all crazy. <s>About their cars that is</s> [:p]<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote">

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1976 TR7 FHC (needs some TLC ...)
1980 TR7 DHC (my first car, a.k.a. Kermette)
1981 TR7 FHC (Sprint engined a.k.a. 't Kreng
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Something most have been lost in the translation[?]

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nick
'79 TR7 DHC
'76 TR7 FHC

Workshop Help · Postby **Workshop Help** » 04 Dec 2014 18:13

Yet more lost in the translation.

What is this 'silent majority' reference? The last time I heard that was back in the 1968 or 1972 presidential election. Be it known, I am neither 'silent' nor a 'majority', and am happy to believe none of us here are either. Particularly when the topic is a certain British Sports Car.

Mildred Hargis

tr7jim · Postby **tr7jim** » 04 Dec 2014 18:22

Paul,

I totally agree EVERY TR7 now are rare and should be appreciate

whitenviro · Postby **whitenviro** » 04 Dec 2014 19:02

My car was made at just about the mid point of Canley production along with thousands of others like it. It was completely standard with none of those fancy add-ons like door mirrors or air conditioning or stripe kits or special edition anything. The only thing not "Normal" is how much I love it!!!

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1980 Pageant Blue DHC with removable hardtop.

seven · Postby **seven** » 04 Dec 2014 19:15

I too think that every TR7 out there is special, ever since I first feast eyes on the memo sent out to dealers when they were being launched in New Zealand, I did think at the time this is so much more modern looking than the TR6 and of course fell in love with it on the spot, and my first ride in one when they were still being built really clenched my heart to buy one, although it took over 30 years for that to happen, it would be so unlike me not to have one somewhere in amongst my small collection [;)]

Triumph TR7 DHC
Triumph 2.5 Estate
Triumph 2000 Saloon

Mercedes 320SLK
Jaguar X-Type Estate
Rover Vitesse SD1
Kawasaki GPZ

The car is unable to handle my driving capabilities

spanner · Postby **spanner** » 05 Dec 2014 12:26

<blockquote id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Mildred

Yet more lost in the translation.

What is this 'silent majority' reference? The last time I heard that was back in the 1968 or 1972 presidential election. Be it known, I am neither 'silent' nor a 'majority', and am happy to believe none of us here are either. Particularly when the topic is a certain British Sports Car.

Mildred Hargis
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#128518; Hi Mildred 1968 is going back a bit! The point I was making was that for every car that hits the headline there will be loads more being equally enjoyed behind the scenes.

Near Penrith and the Lake District

Steve-LPS-Thomas · Postby **Steve-LPS-Thomas** » 05 Dec 2014 17:12

Every TR7/8 has a individual history and a collective history. Although it's fun to find 'rare' ones, the collective history makes them all interesting and special.

http://www.croyde-bay.com/triumph.htm

croydebay@aol.com

john · Postby **john** » 05 Dec 2014 18:20

Mildred you are wasted Poetry in Motion TR& motion that is [:D]

[8 whole cylinders worth of punch to ram the world through the windshield and out the rear view mirror. Car & Driver]
1981 Grinnall TR7 v8
1982 Persian Aqua FHC = sold ;-(
1981 Black FHC - Sold
1979 & 1980 Black Premium FHC(laid to rest) Sorry :-(

John

Roy Hankins · Postby **Roy Hankins** » 06 Dec 2014 08:21

I love the so called normal TR7.

When I was asked to display my very normal automatic TR7 at the NEC classic show in 2012, I had serious misgivings about doing so, as I thought no one would be that interested in a normal bog standard automatic TR7. As it turned out my doubts were quite unfounded and the complete opposite happened. I was kept busy all weekend with interested people, coming up and commenting how lovely to see such a nice early standard TR7.

So Paul, it would be fantastic to see that lovely 1976 coupe on the club stand at a show sometime. The TRDC is very keen to promote the TR7/8 in all it's many guises, including the so called normal car.

TR7 Coupe KDU 366N (development car)
TR7 Sprint ARW 181S (pre-production sprint)
TR7 Drophead KHP 646V (drophead press car)

REPLIC8 · Postby **REPLIC8** » 06 Dec 2014 09:04

I think it's great to have "normal" cars in amongst the great & the good. My cars about as normal as they come, not the first or last, not a rare model or special edition. But it does show what a car of it's era came out the factory like. The TR7 must be one of the most modified cars about so having a few basic untouched ones around must only be a good thing. [:)]

Andy
1981 TR7 FHC

Workshop Help · Postby **Workshop Help** » 06 Dec 2014 12:18

So what we're saying here is, 'Hurrah! for the normal cars and their abnormal owners'?

I've heard of some sick & twisted support groups in my time, but this is getting out of hand, tho in a very stylish vehicular manner.

Mildred Hargis

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