Rent a Classic Triumph

1974 Triumph TR6 2.5 150 BHP - Group A

Finished in red with black interior

Reg: SBH 160H

This car  joined our fleet in March 2011 following the sale of SBH 150H, another classic british sports car. One of the last true Triumphs.

Daily hire rate £200 plus VAT plus Insurance @ £35 per day

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The HERO Arrive & Drive program is just that you arrive & drive. The car is cleaned and ready for you. If you are doing a classic car event the car it is equipped with:

You just need to Arrive, Drive & fuel it!

History of Model

The Triumph TR6 was the ultimate incarnation of the chassis-based Triumph TR series that had begun with the TR2 in 1953. It ran from late 1968 to 1976, just under 95,000 were built, with 91% exported, mainly of course, to the US.

Many saw the TR6 as the last of a breed of hairy-chested British sports cars, and as the only appropriate replacement for the Austin Healey 3000, which had ceased production in 1968. Under the skin, the TR6 is essentially a TR5 PI. The 2.5 litre six-cylinder engine actually traces its roots back to the 803cc 4 cylinder Standard Eight engine, but 

you would never know from enjoying its sweet-revving exuberance, or its very musical exhaust note. The Lucas Fuel Injection system was configured purely for power, and the TR6’s original 150 bhp was considered to be quite something for a pushrod 2.5 litre in 1969 - it more than matched the output of the 3 litre unit in the last Big Healey.

The TR6 continued the TR tradition of having an overdrive option - something Triumph sometimes made great use of in competition to give close ratios yet retain a wide gearing range. On the TR6, which had six ratios, including overdrive third, the gearing in 4th went up from 21.2 mph/1000 rpm to 26.6 mph/1000 rpm in overdrive. Or to put it another way, at 100 mph, engaging overdrive dropped the revs from 4700 to 3760.

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