That TR7 brings back memories for me. With that wedge shape, the TV commercials advertised it as "the shape of things to come." I drove a red 1976 TR7 in high school. It was a USA left hand drive with a 5-speed stick. Not a lot of HP, but for a small car it was enough power. Low to the ground made for excellent cornering. Front engine and rear wheel drive gave the car good balance. But the year 1976 was not kind to any cars made for the California market. Catalytic converters were a new smog requirement which robbed the car of HP and the car ran hot. It blew a head gasket going up a steep mountain highway, followed by a tank full of water contaminated gasoline from a gas station that was flooded during a rain storm. The engine was also filled with vacuum hoses everywhere. Needless to say, this car did not have a very long life. The pop-up headlights were so cool. Today, I still have two Corvettes with pop-up headlights and they are also manual transmissions, but 6-speed stick. Save the manual transmissions!
Lovely TR7... hard to believe it came from the Speke factory ! There's clearly a 70s Starsky and Hutch vibe going on with the side stripe and the chrome 8-spoke steelies....
The TR7 is my car, and as Chris said it is a genuine one owner (before me) 18000 mile example but it had not been used for 12 years. Chris has done a really nice recommissioning job on it including a full tune up. I picked it up and drove 60 miles home, it drove sweet as a nut. Pity he isn't based closer to me.
Thanks for that. That has to be the best TR7 I have ever seen to date. The 4-speed box never lasted much past 33K miles if I remember. I did my 12 vane water pump last year for the same issue. My car was standing or let for 9 years and guessing the rubber seals perished during that time. I bought a seal kit as opposed to a new assembly.
Fuel hoses are rated we use R9 fuel hose which is rated to cope with ethanol it will more than cope with this percentage of ethanol that is in modern pump fuels
That TR7 brings back memories for me. With that wedge shape, the TV commercials advertised it as "the shape of things to come." I drove a red 1976 TR7 in high school. It was a USA left hand drive with a 5-speed stick. Not a lot of HP, but for a small car it was enough power. Low to the ground made for excellent cornering. Front engine and rear wheel drive gave the car good balance. But the year 1976 was not kind to any cars made for the California market. Catalytic converters were a new smog requirement which robbed the car of HP and the car ran hot. It blew a head gasket going up a steep mountain highway, followed by a tank full of water contaminated gasoline from a gas station that was flooded during a rain storm. The engine was also filled with vacuum hoses everywhere. Needless to say, this car did not have a very long life. The pop-up headlights were so cool. Today, I still have two Corvettes with pop-up headlights and they are also manual transmissions, but 6-speed stick. Save the manual transmissions!
Lovely TR7... hard to believe it came from the Speke factory !
There's clearly a 70s Starsky and Hutch vibe going on with the side stripe and the chrome 8-spoke steelies....
The TR7 is my car, and as Chris said it is a genuine one owner (before me) 18000 mile example but it had not been used for 12 years. Chris has done a really nice recommissioning job on it including a full tune up. I picked it up and drove 60 miles home, it drove sweet as a nut. Pity he isn't based closer to me.
Thanks for that. That has to be the best TR7 I have ever seen to date. The 4-speed box never lasted much past 33K miles if I remember. I did my 12 vane water pump last year for the same issue. My car was standing or let for 9 years and guessing the rubber seals perished during that time. I bought a seal kit as opposed to a new assembly.
Thanks for the great video. Love that TR7👍🏻
Love the TR7 I've got one from the speke factory it is solid but it does not look like that😂 great video looking forward to some more
What Make/Brand of fuel one do you recommend for the modern ethanol fuel ?
Fuel hoses are rated we use R9 fuel hose which is rated to cope with ethanol it will more than cope with this percentage of ethanol that is in modern pump fuels