Lunar240z Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 i saw this on the side of the road, so i stopped to take some pictures, it didn't have any badges. I've never seen one of these before. My first instinct was lancia...then mazda, but idk... So what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olie05 Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 reminds me of the fiat x19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar240z Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 yea i just came across a picture... they sure do look similar... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 It's a Triumph TR7. I had one once. I was going to do a Chevy V6 swap (John's cars makes a kit for this) but decided against it since I could get a Z and do a V8 swap for as much money but get better power and have a better car (IMO). Most old British cars have Lucas electrics, something you'd rather not get to know... A friend in college had a TR8 (215 ci Rover V8). It was fast, but not furious like a V8Z. Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
280Zone Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Triumph TR7 or maybe a TR8. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcelectronics Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Its a Triumph TR7 possably a TR8? (V8? twin exhaust) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DavyZ Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 Its a Triumph TR7 possably a TR8? (V8? twin exhaust) Ah yes, I had not noticed the dual exhausts. The hood is a TR7 hood; I believe the TR8 has an extra 'power bulge.' This may be a V6 swap or something like that. They are cool cars, RWD and everything. If I were to do one, I'd redo the electrics. Davy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunar240z Posted August 1, 2006 Author Share Posted August 1, 2006 that was quick.... yeah it does look pretty cool. looks like they've got some potential. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcelectronics Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I Like the car but the wheels/tyres diameter always looked too small for the rest of the car? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veritech-z Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 I was reading in last month's Retro Car magazine about a guy that has two v-8 conversions. He was saying most of the real TR-8's ended up in the US market and they are hard to come by in the UK, so poeple do the rover swap a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slownrusty Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 One of England's feeble attempt in the late '70s to save their drowning automobile industry.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pop N Wood Posted August 1, 2006 Share Posted August 1, 2006 When I was in the Navy I had a buddy who re enlisted just to get enough money to trade his TR7 for a TR8. No offense to those who really liked that car, but I can think of better things to trade 2 years of my life for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgia Flash Posted August 2, 2006 Share Posted August 2, 2006 Remember the commercial slogans in the 70's for this car. "Triumph TR-7, the shape of things to come." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
COZY Z COLE Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 Lunar240z, Your picture brings back old memories. My first new car was a 76 TR-7 with a retractable top just like the one pictured. The top was made of canvas and when you pushed it back it would go into small folds. The wiring system was LUCAS and after a few months of driving it the car went completely dead and it spent two weeks in the shop as they tried to find the problem ( burned out resister coil in the middle of a wiring harness). Still I had great times with it when I lived in the Chicago area. LARRY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silicone boy Posted August 3, 2006 Share Posted August 3, 2006 One of England's feeble attempt in the late '70s to save their drowning automobile industry.... Yeah, those TR7's pretty much sucked. The TR8 was cool, but too little too late. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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