Read the Williams book cover to cover 5 or 6 times now (also
Practical Classics) and my wife thinks I'm insane ("That is
NOT bedtime reading!"). :) When I pull out the workshop
manual she really freaks out.
I hear what your saying though. Here is my problem, I could
afford to go buy one of those great rare TR6's that are all
original and showroom perfect but that does not seem fun,
that would just be a car to drive and look at.
I'm starting to think that this particular car is best
passed over but my problem is that in 6 months of looking
I've found, well, a bunch of crud that is over-priced by
large margins in my book. My goal is to get a mid-range
restoration project (I write code and manage engineers all
day, if I don't have another outlet I go bonkers) that
results in a zippy, nice looking but almost positively
non-original pre-73 TR6. I'm no concurs guy, that takes it
to a whole other level.
Who knew it would be so hard to get into the TR6 club!:)
Thanks everyone for helping me out on this.
John-
----- Original Message Follows -----
From: "John & Allison Cyganowski" <janah@att.net>
To: <siberian@siberian.org>
Cc: <6pack@autox.team.net>
Subject: Opinion
Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:25:18 -0500
> Hi John,
>
> Only you can make the final decision. If it was me, I
> would continue to shop.
>
> You should be sure of your objectives before you purchase
> any car. What do you want the car for? Project? Driver?
> Concours? Since you have done this before with a Camero,
> I think you have some idea of what you are in for.
>
> When I was looking for a car, the most valuable piece of
> advice came from this list. It was, "Buy the best car
> you can afford. Do not expect that $8000 can turn a
> $1000 car into a $9000 car."
>
> The rust bubbles on the rear wing are of great concern. If
> you have bubbling here you must assume it is very bad
> underneath. Don't fall for "surface rust". There are no
> pleasent surprises on old TR6s. On the other hand, if the
> car really had Ziebart, then maybe the frame is okay on
> the inside.
>
> Here is a website I was looking at today. This guy did a
> hell of a lot of work on a car that did not look too bad
> on the outside. He spent $30k AU (okay it's Australian,
> but it ain't chump change either - say $20K US) and even
> then he had to scale back his ambitions.
> http://home.iprimus.com.au/tridim/triumph/
>
> Yes it can be done with enough time money and patience,
> but you a probabaly looking at a frame off restoration or
> at least a lot of work with a frame on refit. I higly
> recommend the Roger Williams books How tor Restore/Improve
> the TriumpH TR5, 250 & 6. Yes, you can spend $50 (US) on
> these 2 books, but unlike a Heritage Certificate, these
> will be good for every car and you will better be able to
> gauge what needs to be done.
>
> Best of Luck,
> John Cyg.
> Jalopy CC52927LO, '70 Damson
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