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Originally posted by lakefire
Man, my dad has a 74.5 Triumph Tr6 and it's been running perhaps 20% of it's life. It's gone from one problem to the next.
They have a design flaw where they will forever leak oil. Needless to say it's hella fun to drive and I'd love for my dad to completely rebuild it, but the parts for an old import aren't too cheap.
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The TR6 is a fantastic fun car. Almost should be illegal they are so much fun.
Shouldn't leak that much oil. You are basically talking a 30 year old car here, so odds are you have some brittle main seals, or gaskets.
I have restored my TR6 from the frame on up. It's a very simple and fun car to work on. I have a British cam in it, a 10:1 head, totally done out head for that matter as per Kas Kastner's book on Triumphs.
Parts are readily available, and very cheap in my eyes. Far cheaper than my buick.
You can get a complete body shell from the Roadster Factory in Armagh Penn. for about 7 grand i think.
Carpets - all original WOOL sets for 399 US. Compare that to a carpet set for a new car. You'll be looking at well over a grand.
If you want every TR6 part under the sun, or any other Triumph part check out the Roadster Factory.
http://www.the-roadster-factory.com
I highly reccomend this place. The owner is a triumph nut, and he loves the cars. His work is his passion.
For perfomance, you can order from Triumph Tune in England. Actually, I think they go by Moss UK now, having been bought out. They have all the parts you could ever want to make that baby rock.