Registration - ACF 620L

Chassis No. - CP773930

M.O.T. - Exempt

Odometer - 41,170

Featuring effortless good-looks and traditional roadster styling, Triumph’s TR6 has aged superbly well, and this example in refined deep Saphire Blue looks ready to hit the road as sunnier weather arrives. Fitted with a black interior and classic Triumph pepperpot wheels, ‘ACF 620L’ comes with the standard – and glorious-sounding – 2.5-litre straight six petrol engine, and four-speed manual gearbox with overdrive. It’s a home-market car, from time when a significant number of British sportscars were exported to the United States, producing 150bhp when new.

Offered complete with folding canvas roof, removable body-coloured hard-top, and tonneau cover, this TR6 has all aspects of convertible motoring covered for the buyer. It’s previously been subject to restoration, which enables the new owner to use it on fair days immediately. The seller has had ‘ACF 620L’ for around five years, and before that it was owned for more than 30 years by one owner, a significant reason behind this 50+ year old car only having had seven keepers since it rolled off the production line.

There is an extensive history available, with MOTs dating back to 1977 – though it’s now clearly MOT exempt – and it is considered in fine condition for its age. The seller describes the bodywork and interior as in ‘average’ condition, the paintwork as ‘good’, and the engine, transmission, and electrics all as ‘excellent’, all presented with only 41,170 (unwarranted) miles on the clock.

The Triumph TR6 was launched in 1969, having had a short gestation caused primarily by financial shortcomings. It was a time of quick turn-arounds for the British sportscar maker, since its predecessor – the TR5 – was only in production for a little over a year, and was itself essentially just a larger-engined version of the Michelotti-designed TR4 from 1961. For the TR6, Triumph engaged Karmann in Germany to restyle the TR5, which it successfully did, retaining many of the same key components and dimensions, but updating the look to that of a roadster ready for the Seventies. Because of the limited budget and engineering constraints placed upon Karmann, the TR6 was turned around from sketches to production in less than a year, with new wings, bonnet, external trim, front and rear panels, and boot the only changes. The chassis and engine remained, in the latter’s case the 2.5-litre straight six, available initially only with a carburettor, but quickly became available as a petrol-injection unit as well, and Overdrive was available as an option from the factory too. By the time the TR6 ended production, more than 90,000 models had been produced.