Wow, that is extremely ROUGH!! and they want $19K !!! I don't think so.
I might consider selling my Great Running, rust free, all original, all
matching numbers 1968 Triumph TR250 in Triumph Racing Green with new SS
Bell Exhaust, tires and a pile of new parts for about $27k and the owner
can even drive it home in time to put it under the Christmas Tree!
Compare that value to this TR5 for $84,888 USD fully restored Ebay #
171963637820
Glenn TSN Admin, aka StagByTriumph
On 10/27/2015 3:54 PM, John Macartney wrote:
> Anyone want a TR5 badly enough to spend US$19000 odd to acquire and rebuild
> this rustbucket on that's on ebay in the UK ref # 121798961189?
> Only reason I'm posting this is the car was clearly built at the assembly
> plant in Belgium which explains the 1 prefix to the commission number.
> Interestingly, while the picture of the interior shows an overdrive switch
> on the column, there's no reference to it on the commission number which
> suggests it was fitted after leaving Belgium. The last suffix P confirms the
> car left Coventry painted and in a kit for completion in Belgium.
> Interestingly, the additional plate must have been added for the German
> domestic market as cars for Austria and Switzerland were built in Coventry
> to meet European Free Trade Area regs. Note too that the stated horsepower
> is the DIN equivalent of SAE. It looks like 143 at first glance but is
> actually 147.94 rounded up to 148. Looks like someone has tried to alter the
> last figure 3 into an 8. Submitted for the interest of those who get excited
> about commission numbers
>
> Jonmac
>
>
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