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[TR] Did 1969 tr6 come with cheesy hubcaps?

Subject: [TR] Did 1969 tr6 come with cheesy hubcaps?
From: KingsCreekTrees at aol.com (KingsCreekTrees at aol.com)
Date: Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:00:02 -0500 (EST)
The early TR6 did indeed come with mag-style wheel covers. In fact, they  
were a trademark of many of the higher performance vehicles that Triumph  
produced in the '69-78 era. My dad's '70 Vitesse had them (but 13"), as did his 
 '70 2.5PI saloon and his later Stag. They were on the TR5 (TR250), the GT6 
Mk.2  (at least in UK and Euro markets). At the time, they were definitely 
not  considered cheesy, and I still look at them with an element of 
nostalgic  admiration. Something tells me they are worth nothing, but 
nevertheless 
liked by  many, at least those Triumph enthusiasts who remember them when 
they were new. I  am thrown off by your reference to long wheel studs, though. 
The original early  wheel covers were not held on by studs; they just 
clipped on like any other  wheel cover.
 
Tim
 
There are 4 hubcaps in the trunk. It looks like they riveted tr3  hubcaps to
cheesy mag wheel covers.  The rims also  have overly long wheel cover studs.
A friend thinks they could be tr250 rims  and covers and postulates that
they may have some been on the early  six.

Any value to  these?


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