1974 Triumph TR6: Regular Car Reviews
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- We review and drive one of British Leyland's best exports: The TR6
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I work as cashier at a grocery store. About a year ago I was working a closing shift as a bagger and I had walked and elderly gentleman out to his car and this was what he had. A blue 1977 TR6 with a factory hard top. His wife was sitting in the passenger seat quietly reading through a book. The early florida spring night air blew coolly and softly through the air, and I asked the man how long he had the car and where he got it. As he popped the trunk he told me that he had ordered it in 1977 after he got a promotion at the stock brokering firm he worked for in Jacksonville. He relayed to me in perfect detail the day and time when he got the phone call to come down to the docks to pick it up. He told me how his wife drove him down in the families sedan and how he watched it being unloaded from the ship. He said it was like love at first sight. The car has now (at the time i saw him) some 100,000 miles on it and it still looks as fresh as it was when it was new. The man told me he was in his 80s but still did most of the routine maintenance himself and how his grandson helped him out on the more complicated repairs. It’s stories like this that’s attract me to older cars, because sometimes the best part about these cars is you can always tell when the car has a story, and you feel privelaged to be a part of and to continue that story so that more people can know about it,
This man does not sound like the snob twats in my country who look at you with mild disgust when you ask them the simplest thing about their classic/sports car
No TR 6 in 1977. Last year was 197y
@@mikeleach3048 Maybe by the time it was imported it was 1977? After all production stopped only a year prior
Nice story to cap off an awesome video.
Takes a special type of car to attract that kind of sentiment. Nothing modern can compare anymore, where are Tesla Model S’ going to be in 50 years? In the dump, because it’s been replaced 20 times over with new models.
"we think you drive around in these and classic minis like you think we drive around in mustangs and silverados"
SO. ACCURATE.
"But really its just hondas for both of us"
Also 100% accurate
In my small Midwest town there is some form of Chevy truck at nearly every house and then there is something that actually has milage like a honda or toyota
Lmao yeah I'm british and can confirm this
Edit: although Fiestas are probably the most common small car. You'll see around 20 on just a short drive
I'm British, and while Honda's are fairly common, they're not as common as in the US. Its all Ford Fiesta's and Focus's, VW's, Skoda's (budget VW's), and Vauxhalls (rebadged Opel's).
At least around here classic mustangs and c10s are pretty common
@@jordanbell4420 don't forget your financed or company car Audis, Beemers and Mercs.
that under inflated tire is running me into the wall
literally
It might be a bias ply and if so, they do tend to look underinflated even at the proper pressure.
@@Prototheria If they are bias ply it'd explain why Mr Regular felt like the tires were skipping across the pavement in hard cornering. They probably were.
They definitely look like bias-ply tires.
The car might even call for staggered tire pressure. I know my Spitfire does to alleviate some of the handling issues caused by the rear swing axle.
Q: Why do the British drink warm beer?
A: Our refrigerators are made by Lucas
voltagemaxx ROFLMAO...SPOT ON!
Different types of beer have different serving temperatures. UK beer usually have better quality and taste, therefore that beer i served at warmer temperature than US piss they call "beer". US beer might as well be served totaly frozen like ice cream.
@@kebabaluba woooosh
@@kebabaluba Color. Left-hand drive. FAHRENHEIT > CELSIUS
Not sure what my point is, but I know it's better than yours 🤷♂️
@@kebabaluba Amen to that.
So many Lucas jokes:
This vehicle has the three position Lucas switch - Dim, Flicker and Off.
Lucas once manufactured a vacuum cleaner. It was their only product that didn't suck.
@@DinsdalePiranha67 LOL!!!
Yep , joe lucas the prince of darkness .
Yeah, yeah, yeah. I've never had electrical issues with any of the 6 British cars I've owned, other than bad grounds which are common to all older cars.
As much as the jokes are funny, I have to agree, I've never had an electrical problem with my Austin Healey Sprite. It's a rather reliable car.
There’s an E Type in that garage under a wrap, I hope you managed to wrangle a drive in that thing as well.
Your profile picture made that twice as intense as what I think you were aiming for.
My uncle owns one with a v12
@@despamosquito9845 hoo boy
I didn't know Toby liked RCR, I used to see you on Phly Daily's videos
Adam Mendoza I get around the place
Tr6 was always called Tr6 in both UK and US.
Tr5 of UK was equipped with Lucas fuel injection on 2.5 inline 6. Tr250 was US only version of Tr5, equipped with twin stromberg carbs with emission control device. You are confusing Tr5 and Tr6.
Came to post this!
TR250 was pretty much a TR4 body with a TR6 engine. I think UK had both a PI and carbed version of the TR6 available, US was only carbed.
This is correct.
FlashDriveFilms I will never forgive him for the AE88 incident.
truth
youd think hed get these things right when he went to a place like this to review it
3:03
When someone asks me why I tilt to one side when preparing a fart.
If I ever see you in public doing that you know damn well you'll be staring at the back of my head as it gets smaller and smaller fast!
That, good sir, was a quality fart joke.
Tell your boyfriend to try the other side.
"Nope. It's Hondas for the both of us" hahahahahaha I laughed way too hard at that 😂
😂😂
kiwirider&carnut I hope you like CIVICS
@@jacnel I do!
@@Kiwiriderandcarnut Good because that's what we drive 😉
Rover, which had been under British Leyland, released the Quintet in the 1980s. It was built by Honda in Japan.
In James May's words. The only roadster bloke can drive and still keep his manhood.
That's probably the least socially progressive quote James May is probably associated to.
@@LouisSubearth I dont know. he did piss off the whole of Mexico
@@LouisSubearth I'm sure he had at least a dozen over that bar. Clarkson just burned so bright he drew all the attention. And is it not socially progressive to take the temperature of current society?
All TVR’s exempt from this comment 😉
@@Harryjw67 Wasn't that Hammond?
0:00 Me every morning
Same
Fellow bretherin
Inflatable mattress?
You’ll go blind!
@Floda Brin how does that affect health
"I felt like a good person, arriving to be thanked for something. People wave at you." So good.
“For the queen ! Coventry !”
This is why I’ve been following Mr. Regular for so long, basically we both share the same condition, spewing diarrhea adjectives and angry verbs upon the unsuspecting populace. You’re doing the lords work Mr. Regular, keep it up good sir !
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN !
Not when he drives sh*tty cars like this for a living!!!
Amen to that
Indeed mate, just one thing...
it's hard to save someone when the someone is dead
The TR5 was called the TR250 in the US. TR6 was the same in the UK and US.
And WHY is that important to me????
@Willie Dynamite Here's another fact: it's a boring-a** car to drive!!!!
cuz the vid was wrong@@michaelmeliambro5117
If I were to imagine what "Cool Dad's" weekend fun car was, this is absolutely a contender.
That an MGB or a mid 70s smog Corvette
You’re all confused in the beginning. TR6 is TR6 everywhere. The USA TR250 is a UK spec TR5 without the “petrol injection”.
*fuel injection...
@@branon6565 Actually was *petrol injection as per the Triumph 2500PI (petrol injection) saloon.
I owe much of my love for cars to this thing. When my Mom learned to drive her brother hatched a plot to get the family car all to himself by convincing her Dad to swap the autotragic LTD for a TR6. Long story short: Ma had none of it and learned stick anyway, proceeding to dust many a MG in the process.
The triumph was long gone before I came along, but Mom's stories about it, and her lasting affinity for the manual transmission right up until her knees couldn't handle the heavy clutch in her Ramcharger were a huge impression.
I love this car but the Alfa outside at 11:40 is like having that hot girl you knew from school walk past on the street as you hold your wife hand. Yep I got caught looking and now I can go out the house any more!
Your wife sucks. My wife and I both like checking out hot chicks lol.
My wife decided that we should go eat at Hooters while we were in The Mall of America. That goes beyond feeling like you're walking into a trap, I knew I was walking into a trap.
There are way more cool cars at that shop
Did he ever reviewed an Alfa? Hell I would let him review mine 156 1.6 if I lived in the States, it's a Frankenstein of car with an suprisingly economic engine
Good eye. I didn't even see it, let alone identify the make.
Perfect timing for me, just sat down with my buttered toast with MARMITE
The modern TR7 was very cool but the TR6 is my favorite it looks angry it looks serious , what a lovely bygone era of cars this was .
I love coming home from a long night shift and finding a fresh new video from you...
"Brakes feel wooden", Going to knoebels, reminds me to ride the Phoenix!
One of my closest friend from LOU U , NC had this very car when we were in college.. She passed away over a week ago.. I can see her smiling face, long blonde hair blowing in the wind, blue twinkling eyes as she drove around campus .. Will miss you Elizabeth " Libby " Coleman ..
5am in the Midwest damn.. used to be between 3 and 4 month from now it'll be breakfast with rcr
"Nope... it's Hondas for both of us". Honest world traveller Mr. Regular right there :-)
Sharp car. Love the looks of the TR6s and 7s
7's are hideous.
TR7s are great looking. The only short coming is the popup headlights but that was an issue with all wedge cars.
@@MrSilnev Really? The thing looks like a piece of Double Gloucester.
I think the TR7 looks great but I know wedge shaped sports cars are pretty divisive
@@R33Racer They're the shape of things to come!
when i was a kid in the early 2000s i got a really detailed 1/18 tr6 as a Christmas gift and thought it was weird having a father that owned many late 60s early 70s muscle cars camaros and mopars to get me somthing diggrent to play with ...but i thought this little British sports car was the coolest having irs and a strait 6 ..i was use to strait axle and big v8 power ..
I had a hotwheels of a TR6 as a kid... Dont know where it went
@@misterbuklau4053
A landfill probably. In 4500 CE some archeologist grad student will dig it up and note it as a relihous icon dedicated to the God TR
I was in college when I drove my first TR6. I had a friend who had one and loved it. Finally came across one on a car lot. It was in rough condition but drive-able, and after a test drive I was hooked. Unfortunately my parents weren't as enamored and I stayed in my trusty Ford XL for another year, after which they got me a used LTD to go to grad school. Moved to NW Arkansas where you have twisty, mountainous roads just made for cars like MGs and TR6s. As fate would have it, I ended up with a roommate who drove a TR6! Better yet, he didn't hesitate to pitch me the keys and let me take it out for hours at at time. I got to do some real driving in the hills and with the roof down, it was an experience I've never forgotten. Yeah, I'm a Boomer of grandad age now but I'd give willingly give my left nut for a refurbished TR6.
I'm British & the TR6 is still an achingly cool car. Great review guys 👍
the c7 doesnt have a 7 speed it has a 3 speed with a granny low and a triple overdrive
No, still a seven speed. Overdrives don't need to be stated anymore because they're standard.
@@Robert-jv4hf a joke has been missed here.
I bought a TR6 new, in 1976. It was a great car, that I loved dearly. It was stolen while I was in Fenway Park watching the Red Sox beat the Yankees. I was heartbroken. Well it took me 40 years or so, before I was able to buy another 1976 TR 6. I love this one as much as my prior one. Have had to spend many $$$ for repairs, but its all worth it.
Best review in a long time. I like hearing the history of the car and the philosophy of why the car was built
TR250 just sounds like a motorcycle
ClumsyGarage...there's still a Triumph brand in UK (another owner) making motorcycles.
syxepop I didn't realize there's was a difference between the motorcycle and car brands
2006 Impreza, even though it may have been the same owner at a certain point, there have been no Triumph cars for quite a while, meanwhile the Triumph motorcycle brand still exists (in Puerto Rico it is imported by the same people who import everything w/the Honda brand, from cars and trucks, power equipment, ATV's...).
Triumph Motorcycles are awesome, come @ me bro
bruh. TR250 is the equivalent to the tr5, which was made from 1967 until 1968. That is a real tr6
I was going to say the same. TR6 is TR6, whether it's UK or US. TR250 is the US/Canada version of the TR5
I own a tr-250 white with a red stripe instead of silver. Bored 30 over Gp-3 cam mild port , 10 to 1 comp,roller rocker's 13 row oil cooler,electric fan, alum radiator , electronic ignition headers with supertrap, toyota supra trans 5 speed infiniti limited slip and a recently new interior thank's to Moss Motors sway bars front and back drilled rotor's, Alfin rear drum;s Spax on all four corner's...With only about 600 in the world it's mine till the day i die Happy Motoring
Not once did I hear the sound this magnificent car makes.
My next door neighbour had one and you would hear that lovely motor and exhaust as it wound around the bends before finally appearing and coming to a landing.
This was in the 70s kid.
Your take of the 70's is almost always dead wrong but then again you weren't even born yet were you?
Probably the best birthday present I could have ever asked for. Thank you Mr. Regular
Oh TR6 How Do I Love You... First Classic I ever got my butt in.
The UK was making the TR6, Japan was making the Celica, and we were making... The Gremlin... Funny enough this and the Celica aren't only my 2 favorite cars from the early 70's they're outright 2 of my favorite cars
Kenny Meh the 70’s and 80’s were disappointing eras for cars in all countries. Don’t feel bad.
I think the Datsun 240Z was the real Japanese answer to the TR6
"... in the time it took for the second doctor to become the fourth one ..."
One of the best rcr videos ever with a "doctor who" reference to boot? Can it be?
Thanks for this video. It was brilliant.
Had a UK-spec 1969 model tuned to 165 bhp, great tail-squatting, tire-squealing fun, yet also classy and docile when called for :-)
YES FINALLY, SOMETHING I CAN SHOW MY DAD WITHOUT GETTING THE DISAPPOINTMENT FACE.
“Breaking is wooden, you do stop, it just doesn’t have any bite.” 👀...Connecticut/New York still didn’t change half those 55 mph zones to 65 after the oil issue.
Welcome To The Madness yum I remember it being 55 in CT and MA up to the early 00’s. The old jimmy carter 55 stay alive saying was still popular then
@@jimmym5262 55 everywhere in Maryland.
Yep, upstate New Yorker here. It was well into the 90's, maybe even early 2000s before all our limited access expressways (outside of busier urban areas) were raised to 65. And now that we finally have that, most other states have gone to at least 70.
This is the car that got me into cars. Thank you rcr, just don't let the prices go up.
I love these old triumphs ( and MG's) thank you
i thought it was a law to drive one of those things you need a newspaper boy cap and wool scarf. Pipe optional
Ya, Elbow patches and gloves full of holes. Then you need to learn how to sneer, and talk with a hot potato in your gob.
a jew with glasses will do.
By then it was a giant shirt collar, a big medallion, and a hairy chest.
Another one of my favourites.
"COVENTRY!"
Haha.
Bought my 74 New in August of 1974 still have to this day Though I have passed it on to my son I still get to maintain original owner Great to finally see a review after 45 years.
I had a '74 TR6; I bought it on Ebay when I was deployed in the middle east back in 2003 -- I put in a bid in when I was on on R&R, drunk on rot gut bathtub swill. Later that day I found out that I actually "won" it. I had it shipped to my mothers place; I still had about 6 months left on my orders and I didn't see it until the following April. I don't know what I was thinking but I decided to take a victory lap and drove it all the way from Corpus Christi, TX all the way to Wilmington, NC to see a girl I had been exchanging letters with -- I literally rolled into the hotel parking lot when the car died. As luck would have it, that very weekend there was a British Car club meet up in the parking lot at the hotel across the street. A guy there helped me nurse my car back to health and after a 3 week stay there, I drove all the way back only to have my brakes fail on a bridge on the way back. I practically coasted the whole way home. It never ran after that, I sold it to go to grad school about 4 years later. Not sure if I regret it, but 10 years later I have a '79 Spitfire sitting on blocks in my carport reminding me of the heartache.
When I first saw the thumb nail , I for some reason instantly thought about will smith saying "ohh that's hot"
Love the design of those triumphs!!
That was one of the prettiest cars I have ever seen! Always loved TR6s.
Just to be clear, despite my previously written critiques, this video, as all your videos I've seen, is awesome. Thank you.
I have been waiting for this video for too long. Thank you.
On any piston engine the air-fuel mixture comes to a screeching halt in the combustion chamber so whether after that it must go left, right, forward or aft doesn't matter at all in terms of mass flow losses. The problem with the reverse flow heads is the intake and exhaust ports have to occupy the same space and they suffer for it.
My friend's dad had a red TR6 on the island of Jersey (Channel Islands). Riding in it was amazing, even going 40 (which is the highest speed limit on the island) was exciting.
my dad had one of these... such a cool car . beautiful
Lucas; The prince of darkness.
Left Us Cold And Strandard.
@ I've heard most of them from people who are from pre-internet era. I have a 1970s LUCAS car, if you hit a bump hard enough the fuses fall out.
5:38 that's a really nice big rig. pls review that.
myMotoring Kenworth W900
Beautiful trucks
Yessir, we need more Regular Rig Reviews :(
Dude, you make my favorite content on the internet. Keep it up!
Something about the stance on the TR6 is just so righteous. The flared fenders, the way the wheels fit flush, somehow even those 14" wheels look massive on that car. Also tip of the hat to the owner of that particular TR6, he keeps it in lovely condition. Whoever restored that car did a great job.
Owned TR3A, TR4 and TR4A (independent rear suspension) and thought they were all great cars, all bought used never could afford new. The TR5s and TR6s in Britain in the early 1970s were still too costly for my budget and now....forget it!
But one of my best drives ever was at night in the TR3 coming back from watching the RAC Rally cars thundering along tiny forest tracks at blinding speeds in the Kielder Forest, Northumberland (wild and woolly country), I found myself moving along very briskly on tiny country roads, uphill and down dale, in a sweeping rythm of surefootedness and speed.
That car, agricultural though it was in it's 4 cylinder motor and very basic suspension, performed like a star that night, never forgot it!
If Charles Bukowski and Hunter S. Thompson had procreated, you would be their car geeking love child.
I love gonzo journalism!
I've had three of them. You have to do something about handling.
Koni's on the front, three quarter valves on the rear. 205 70 15 Michelin radials. Heat shield, cam,
and exhaust. Electronic ignition.
It's like flying a Cessna, you have to maintain your air speed.
Pick roads that match your car.
My grandpa had one of these. He found it in a field, like one does in upstate NY, in pretty rough shape. I think he found it in the late 80's or early 90's. The engine was still good and the body was salvageable. The interior was gone. At some point, someone replaced the seats with a pair taken out of a small airplane. No idea how, or why. Just something something upstate NY. He bought it off the people who owned the land (they didn't even know it was there) and spent years fixing this thing up in his garage. There was this chain hanging from the garage ceiling from when he had to lift the engine out of this thing. But anyways, he restored it down to every little detail and would take me with him on back-road joyrides when I was a kid. It was one of the the best things about going to visit. Still wish he didn't have to sell it before he passed. His TR6 got me interested in cars in the first place because it was so different from anything I had seen before. Anyway, if anyone bought a cherry red TR6 off an old guy in Big Flats you take good care of that car.
As a British person who once owned a Triumph 2.5 PI with Lucas injection I have to say I'd take the carbs every time. Like the TR6/250 however, good if you can get the oily gubbins sorted out. Magnet for posh totty as well, bet you'd get pick up nice bit of crumpet in that.
Google translate says this is too British to translate.
Lucas Electric; Prince of Darkness, inventor of the short circuit
Is the short circuit, the one with Beckett's corner?
I have no personal affinity for the Triumph, but where you guys shot this brings back two distinct memories.
I'm born and raised Poconos for context. At 4:15 you drive past my grandmother's old house in central NJ. She lived there from the early 40s up until 2014 when we had to move her to assisted living in Bethlehem because of dementia. Me being born in 1987 I have nearly 30 years of memories of that property, especially the last 5 years of her ownership where I took care of it most weekends.
Second, where you guys did the garage shots is very personal as well. That used to be a Dodge dealership and my grandmother was good friends with the now late owner John. Around 1999 I discovered Dodge Vipers and it became the first car I would be obsessed with. John knew this and would just give me all of the literature he could get on Vipers to satisfy my fanboyism. Memorial Day weekend 2001 he came by my grandmother's and wanted me to go downtown to the dealership to see something. They had brought in a newer 1st gen RT/10 as a loaner for some pharma rep (Pfizer is nearby so the phallic symbolism isn't lost). He took me into that same garage and it was my first upclose look at a Viper. I wasn't old enough to drive, but he let me sit in the damn thing. It was the equivalent of a teenage boy grabbing his first boob. I wasn't legal to drive, let alone knew how to drive stick, so that was completely out of the question but it was enough 14 year old me.
I watched this video when you first released it, but I'm just commenting now. Thank you for all that everyone does for this channel. Coming back to this video is a fun trip down memory lane and immediately appreciate it.
enjoyed this very much. It´s not a comercial like many other videos. Thanks from Germany.
I got tr6 with a Datsun 240Z straight 6 engine on it,,,, i just plain love it,,,,,,,,,,,,more reliable ,,,,,
You should try driving my friends aluminum head 302 powered tr6
Sounds like it would be as much fun as the Sunbeam Tiger with a Ford engine in it.
1977 I moved into my Uncle's home in Beverly Hills, Coldwater canyon when I was 15, he got me the sweetest TR6 in LA, we looked at 20 of them, he had a 1967 AC Cobra 427 a real one. It was a dream a magical time in my life. Mullholland drive, Coldwater canyon, University High school, The coast highway, I had the world by the tail.
I owned this car back when. The most fun to drive car I ever had.
sew fahunseh.
DaniXks quite right, it’s seeeeeewwww faunsay!
I'm going to need a second monocle!
You know it’s a British car from the ‘70s when you’re afraid to touch the dashboard for fear of getting splinters. It looks like they were rationing sandpaper tighter than they rationed petrol.
Love seeing these at cars and coffee, especially in BRG but this blue is sweet too❗
I had a 1980 TR8 roadster, with the 3.5 l Buick/Rover V8. It had been heavily tinkered with by the previous owner, and passed everything but the gas station. My northern Canadian ownership , prompted storage for at least five months, and the ubiquitous wait for the winter sand and gravel to be removed from the streets prior to driving in the spring, resulted in maybe four to five months of actual driving. It was 1988, and to this day, was my favourite car. It smelled of gasoline and there was a slight mustiness when the top was up. Off the line, the car surprised a few Mustang 5.0 l owners, as like I previously said, the car had been heavily tinkered with. The sound at low rev when pulling into the parking lots on a Friday night, had me opening the bonnet more often than I was driving....all those years ago! I had the car less than two years, with two full winters bookending one full summer, and another half summer at the end, when I sold the car for way more than I paid for it.
People can say what they like, ive.I had a lot of cars come through my life but I would never part with my TR6
My father keeps telling me stories about how he almost bought one. I finally asked last friday what he bought instead.
Is a Plymouth Horizon TC3 next because thats the car he actually bought
The L-body was a more practical car, much more interior volume for both people and cargo.
A friend's dad gave me a ride in one of these down some English country roads on the way back from cricket practice when I was 10 years old. It had an overdrive switch on top of the gear knob and I remember the steering wheel skipping about in his hands the same way it does in this video. We had an E36 328i at the time so the TR6 wasn't an impressive performance machine to me by any means, but it did give me a taste of the classic British roadster which I experience whenever I get a blast in an MX-5.
I love the TR6, had a 71 in college. My roommate and I were almost killed on the Garden Grove freeway in it when knocked out of control at speed. Got it back under control by down shifting. Traded it in for a 79 Trans AM after that, wish I still had both cars.
Can we get a 10hr asmr of that leather handbreak gripping shot?
This is my favorite car.
This video makes it worth while being shut in, & very informative & funny as hell lmao... I miss my. "6"
10:42 as someone who lives in Coventry, this is the best thing I’ve heard involving Triumph.
Nice review. Hopefully you can find a Triumph Staaaaaag with a 3500 V8.
so you can have that true british car experience when it cooks itself to death...
(yeah I know, with proper head gasket and bigger radiator it doesn't overheat and so on...)
Triumph had a (terrible) 3 litre V8, Rover was the one with the 3500.
@@vulekv93 A Stag will do fine with the standard radiator. The problem was they were assembled terribly.
My father bought a Stag when I was a kid, overheated all the time until the radiator was removed, disassembled and rebuilt from the ground up. Clocked 100k on it with no issues.
Triumph TR6 was probably the most macho small roadster, it's no 'hairdressers' car like an MG B or a MX-5 a big 'bloke' can drive this and nobody doubts his masculinity with that punched up face and cut off rear end. This and the Staaaaaag were working class heroes (That is when they were working)
I wouldn't say the Stag was working class. They were too expensive.
A TR6 (in todays money) would cost around £18,000 a Stag would be around £32,000.
@@Max-gz7ik I fear you're taking my poetic writing too literally, you see you don't own a hero, you look up to them. The Stag is actually a pretty terrible car but it was desirable like a Mk1 Capri or later a Sierra Cozza. In a world of high rolling Jaguar XKEs and Jensen Interceptors Triumphs where something everyday folk would see occasionally on the street and know if they worked hard & saved it could be achievable.
@@PMGF As a Stag owner I'm going to disagree on the terrible part. For a car that started production in the '60s it feels incredibly modern to drive. The T-Bar setup means the chassis is very stiff and it drives beautifully.
I will agree that they were more achievable of you were a hard worker, particularly compared to the likes of Jagaurs and Rovers of the same era.
@@Max-gz7ik I didn't mean to offend you nor want to get into semantics but In my opinion they were very desirable cars but poorly engineered. The T-Bar was it's USP. But Triumph management was incompetent and they were too focused on competing with Rover even though they were part of the same company! So many parts on the Stag (and other Triumphs) could have been simplified or shared but ohhhh no Triumph management had a point to prove and pissed away money they didn't have.
As a Stag owner you'll know the engine is a nightmare, pair a company with bigger aspirations than budget with 1970's British Leyland build quality and you get a car ranked among one of the worst in the world.
Now I think that's really harsh because it's so utterly drop dead gorgeous, as a kid I admired them but just like Lancias as an adult I don't want to own one.
@@PMGF Oh not offended at all, I know they have their issues. In this day and age though they're pretty solid. The main issue with the Triumph 3.0 is the radiator, if they weren't assembled correctly they couldn't cool a cup of tea. Since having it rebuilt the car clocked 100k with no issues at all!
Fuel injected TR6's had a waaay grumper cam in them the us models too, you guys got nailed on the British sports car dream, all the drop top and creeks with none of the go.
The TR6 was my first car, in high school, earned from dish washing money. It was an exciting car to drive and look at! Had an amazing exhaust note. The 15" wheels were huge in those days. One time I raced my friend in his Chevy station wagon. His wagon went around a particular corner just fine. The TR had such lousy grip, I did a 360 into the dirt, unscathed. I will get another someday!
That car looks so fucking cool and I want one.
No you don't !
My experience in 70s British Leyland triumphs is summarized with "maybe"
Not sure what they were thinking when they designed the head but anytime you have hot exhaust manifold right beside the intake it can't be very efficient.
The A series has this and also a Siamese port set up... they run just fine the proximity of the exhaust to inlet manifold isn't an issue.
At college I was told it was done deliberately to prevent freezing carbs and create better fuel atomisation upon cold-start. Obviously as carb technology became better, and with the introduction of fuel injection, it became out dated.
With the Chrysler engine, it meant that they could lean the engine over to one side so it would clear lower hoods like on the A-bodies, while still being a long-stroke engine.
Thanks, sir, for volumes of informative automotive entertainment. Yeah!!!!
My brother and I had one of these in high school. So much fun.
The British know how to have fun at low speed. Electrical and frames that don't rust, not so much. And it looks so good.
Are you and your brother still virgins?
@@billywaynemcwilliams9063 Not since we met your mom. Hey-OOOOO!
@@Nickpaflas I deserve that. Hahaha cool yo
I love the design of these things, however I always feel like the GT6 would drive better. I can't afford either despite ogling both at a car show yesterday. There was a yellow one.
Actually a GT6 with a TR6 engine and complete Nissan rear end (so it works and nothing breaks) would be a superb car. (and some have done just that)
I caught that Dr. Who reference in there, nice.
Nicholas I don't even watch that show and I still caught it.
They should call the color of this car Tardis Blue
Great video. Funny, informative, relatable, good songs.
One of the best outro songs yet. Top notch.
why is 35 amps the "mark of death" for an electrical system?
The "mark of death" was Lucas, the company that manufactured the system. They have a stereotyped reputation for horrible quality.
We always called it, lucas prince of darkness.
Joe Lucas, Prince of Darkness.
Lucas electrical items aren't that bad, yes, they weren't as good as some Japanese items, but they are still working on my classic Humber and my wife's 'classic' Mini, (I did have to replace the fuse box and indicator relay on the Mini).
I don't even really care about cars but this guy is just so entertaining
That closing song... Well done, Roman!