This beautiful example cost probably $2k in '59, I think worth $35-40k today ( after a lot of work and TLC)

Not really a great return but a lot of fun. Similar to the S2000 I think[attachment=66551:tr3 2.JPG]

 

Although I'm a Triumph guy, I was always a bigger fan of the Austin Healeys myself.

 

By 1959, if new, that would be a TR3A? Wide grille? (hard to tell in photo). I like the narrow-grille myself but it's not a deal-breaker.

They had come a long way in a decade from the Triumph 2000.

 

Tr5 is the one you want...

I have a TR6 and a Spitfire.. Let me tell you.. British Leyland sucks!

 

[attachment=66552:tr3 1.jpg]another Pic.

Had an Alpine myself ( POS), Tiger was the way to go[attachment=66552:tr3 1.jpg]

 

Think the TR5 was the TR4a here.

Always have admired the TR6 from afar.

You're right though, British Leyland was the original Government Motors

 

My uncle just bought a TR7 a couple of months ago.

It's the same car that my aunt used to own, which she had sold in the early '90's.

The TR7 replaced a Spitfire that he sold last year.

He's just turned 81 and he said it's much easier to get in and out of the TR7.

 

Actually I believe it was called the TR250

The TR4a is the predecessor of the TR5/TR250. one year wonder.
All the looks of the TR4, all the mechanicals of the TR6.

 

Yes. But 105HP vs 150HP in the home market, had to be a major let-down.

Lots of neat Triumphs. My favorite is the late-30's Dolomite with the "fencer's mask" grille; OK, you'll get passed a lot -- but you'll look good while doing it.