[TR] Triumph Renown For Sale

[Bill Brewer]

Hi Everyone,

      I have to let 2 of my 4 British cars go. The first is my 1952 Triumph
Renown Saloon.

     Here is a youtube video I made yesterday.

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmEkHD8RpE
<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=shmEkHD8RpE&t=31s> &t=31s

     Here is the Craigslist posting:

 
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/ant/cto/d/tehachapi-1952-triumph-renown-tr
3-tr4/7082477839.html

 

     The car is priced for a quick sale.

     The car has 46,785 original miles.

     The brakes were rebuilt top to bottom within the last 1000 miles or so.
Sleeved master cylinder, all new wheel cylinders. It uses MG TD brakes. The
fuel system is untouched and never a problem. Same with the cooling system.

     The current steering box has lots of play. I have a rebuilt steering
box (uninstalled)  that I sourced from a parts car in the UK. I had it
rebuilt by a pre-war steering specialist in England before he retired. The
TROC (Renown club) has written instructions on how to change out the
steering box as this is a common problem. I have a printed copy of the
instructions.

     The tires have about 2,000 miles on them.

     I've driven this car to work many times. It is about 34 miles each way.

     I have new rubber treads that go on the running boards.

     All electrical works.

     I got an overdrive transmission from a car being broken in England. It
might be the last one on the planet. Renowns were the first car to have a
Laycock de Normanville OD.

     I have an original temperature gauge. It is unobtanium.

     This car has one big problem. This is reflected in the price.  I have
started getting water in the oil and the block is getting pressurized,
blowing oil past the rear seal. It probably has a blown head gasket. If I
was going to keep the car, I would just go completely through the engine and
install the extra OD trans that comes with this car. If you can do a TR3 or
4 engine, this will all look familiar. The short block uses all TR3
mechanicals and the head parts & carburetor parts are available from
morgan-spares.com. I have a 1953 Morgan +4 and the Renown has the identical
engine.

     It's a good "dry" car.

     If the oil leak were fixed then you could just enjoy the car as is. It
was a good driver before the oil/water thing raised its head.

 

     -Bill Brewer

     661-303-7372

     Billbrewer59 at yahoo.com

 

 

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