[TR] One owner 69 TR6 @ 60k miles

[Keith Richard Stewart]

Love it. Here is my 57 that was once in the Desert Triumph Club out of Phoenix

 

Keith

From: Andrew Uprichard <auprichard at uprichard.net> 
Sent: April 20, 2019 5:14 PM
To: 'Geo Hahn' <ahwahneetr at gmail.com>; 'Tom Householder' <trhouse at columbus.rr.com>
Cc: 'Triumphs' <triumphs at autox.team.net>; 'triumph fot' <fot at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [TR] One owner 69 TR6 @ 60k miles

 

Eight months ago I came across a smallmouth TR3 which was the worst case of rot I have seen to date.  I bought it as a parts car but as I left the seller said his father had bought the car new in 1957, had gotten married in it, and had driven it from one coast to the other (with pics to prove it).  The old man was now in a nursing home and his wish was that he could get one last drive in the car.  So the seller (his son) asked if he could buy it back if I were to restore it.

 

Yesterday I fired the car up and went through all the gears and overdrive with the car in the air (since it was raining here).  This has been the most time-consuming and frustrating restoration I have done, but (apart from putting a couple of hundred miles on the clock) it is done – see pic.

 

Sadly the old man passed away last month.  He was cremated, but the family has delayed the funeral until June so I can get the car finished and back to them for dad’s last drive !!

 

It is a touching story and I am glad to have played a part in it.  Watch out for an article in VTR later in the year.

 

Andrew

 

Oh – and the reason I replied to Geo’s email?  Because I will never take on a rust bucket like this again !!!

 

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