tr6 v mgb

the triumph tr6 what a car is this the car that every mg owner wanted but would not buy as it was a triumph and would it have sold more if it had had a V8 engine in it like the 74 mgbgt
was the tr6 the car that was the under study to the tr7 or was the tr7 the car the baby boom children of the 1960 and now this group of people nearing there 50s are now making it a cult car beter late thannever

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Permalink Reply by Tony Merrygold on May 12, 2009 at 3:53pm

In my younger days I had a Spitfire and hankered after a TR6 which was out of my price range. Now I own an MGB Roadster, a TR4A and a TR6 as well as few others - I run a classic car hire company - The Open Road.

Our MGB is great fun to drive, easy steering, lovely engine and fantastic gearchange. But the TR6 can wipe the floor with it. Two more cylinders and loads more bhp makes it a much quicker drive. The brakes are better, servo assisted (unlike the MGB) and I have upgraded them a bit. The road-holding is vastly superior thanks to the independent rear suspension which Triumph started on the TR4A. We have driven it across Europe 6 times and it has only let us down once (if running on 5 cylinders counts as letting us down).

For details of the cars have a look at www.theopenroad.co.uk

My wife and I have spent most of today driving our TR6 and our E-TYPE around the Cotswolds with a photographer, taking a load of photos for the web site which I am in the process of re-building. As Wallace and Gromit would say - a Grand Day Out.

Permalink Reply by kev todd on May 12, 2009 at 4:21pm

i had a 79 mgb gt in black it was great fun and i useed it all one winter so my bmw did not get damaged on the winter roads but its only problom was if you did not get it started 1st time and let it stall that was it four the day if it run then it would start every time i use to do banger racing so it had so many new baturys and leads ect but i could never sort it yes you can banger racea mgb gt i sold it in the end made good money on it and it was last heard of in dublin irland take a look at my web site http;//essexrebels.web.com we have a tr6 v8 chevy engine on there