Ok! Enough talk and speculation. I have seen this car myself at a few
shows and it is flawless. The owner does Triumph restorations, and has been
doing so for twenty five or so odd years. The tr6 was his own driver for
many years, and was a clean, unmolested original. Recently he completed the
restoration, and it is quite stunning. It was a frame off nut and bolt
resto, and in my mind done to perfection. As far as price/value go I think
it is a deal, considering that when RHD p.i. cars come up for sale in the
states they seem to go for roughly 2 times what an equivilant "normal" TR6
goes for. How many "real" (not conversions) injected cars have you seen.
Does anybody remember 4 or 5 years ago when Charles from the
Roadster/Backorder Factory put his p.i. TR5 up for sale.... a car needing a
COMPLETE restoration $18,500.00 if I remember corectly. Anyhow sorry
for ranting, but I thought the TR6 was a fair deal, although unfortunately I
can't afford it right now.
Cheers,
Scott Drake
----- Original Message -----
From: George Richardson <gprtech@frontiernet.net>
To: Jim Hill <Jim_Hill@chsra.wisc.edu>
Cc: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2000 11:13 AM
Subject: Re: Do I hear $40,000?
>
> Offended is a pretty strong word. I suspect that most of us are just...
well I
> guess "amused" is the best word to use.
>
> As for getting out of a car what money you put in, the name of the game
has
> always been that you don't.
>
> Jim Hill wrote:
>
> > Regarding the Canadian TR6 FI for sale on Ebay, Bill Miller wrote:
> >
> > >Very nice car, not near worth what he's
> > >asking (IMHO), but a very nice car none the less...
> >
> > Am I the only person on this list who's not offended by someone trying
to
> > sell what appears to be an _extremely_ well restored FI TR6 in a
national
> > market for some $20k USD?
> >
> > If the time you've spent restoring your car has any value at all, it
> > wouldn't be difficult to have $20k or more in parts and time tied up in
a
> > car that's that well done (and, again, I'm assuming for the moment that
it's
> > really as nice as it looks in the pictures).
> >
> > I bought my TR6 for $2500 and spent three years restoring it. When I
look
> > back at all the $ spent on parts, all the time I spent on it and the
cost of
> > engine and body work I couldn't do myself . . . well, $20,000 doesn't
sound
> > so outrageous.
> >
> > Jim Hill
> > Madison WI
>
> --
> George Richardson
> The Wyvern - '57 Triumph TR3, TS15559L -
http://www.merlingroupinc.com/tr3.htm
> The Hippogrif - '71 Triumph Stag MKI, LE8176E - soon to get a site of it's
own
> Kitty - '83 Jaguar XJ6 Vanden Plas - Daily Driver (when running)
>
>
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