stuart Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) One of my customers in France has decided to sell his 57 TR3 that he converted for rallying. It is located down near Clermont Ferrand. For anyone interested I am waiting on photos at the moment. Car is a US import and is Red with stone colour interior and hard top. Spec to follow. Stuart. Edited September 2, 2015 by stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted September 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 (edited) Spec as per below. TS16803 LO Original overdrive and disk braked car Engine Uprated Engine rebuilt in 2012 done 1000 km since, 88.5mm Omega forged pistons, Carrillo rods, hardened / balanced crank, Peter burgess fast road head, NOS SAH cam. Original Vintage DCOE Webers on SAH manifold Racetorations steel lightweight flywheel Racetorations roller rockers Thin belt conversion with damper Lightweight 45amp Nippon denso alternator Alloy sump and rocker cover Modern geared starter motor 123 distributor Phoenix full SS fast road system Gearbox Racetorations Heavy duty 4 syncro, stag G box, steel syncros and big overdrive new 2013 (500 km) Front end Steering rack conversion (split column with slip joint so trafficator works) Racetorations heavy duty stub axles with alloy HD hubs Racetorations adjustable upper control arms Ap racing 4 pot calipers with vented and drilled disks, Pagid pads. Racetorations adjustable dual brake master cylinder set-up Spax adjustable front shocks Heavy duty ARB Rear end Armstrong dual piston lever arm shocks (very rare) Racetorations fast road springs with rose jointed shock links Chassis strenghthened Interior Original Derrington steering wheel Racetorations bucket seats Clayton uprated heater 2 x Halda tripmasters calibrated and rebuilt by the late Martin Jubb Ractorations roll over bar Supplied with works steel hardtop, original lucas roof mounted spotlight, sidescreens, repro works style aeroscreens, original lucas alto horns + lucas slr 700 spot lights, TR2 grill, 72 spoke 15 x 6.5 wheels with Pirelli P6000 tyres. On the button and ready to go 42,000 eur Available separately Good original engine + good original 3 syncro Od box , everything taken off to return to std car all in v good condition Edited September 2, 2015 by stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Stuart It is a bitsa over valued imho sorry. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alec Pringle Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 For £31K that's an awful lot of uprated and go faster bits, and many of them seem like the right bits too . . . . . depending, of course, on the detail tech regs of a particular event or series in terms of its eligibility. For sure it has the potential to be a seriously quick machine. With that degree of modification I'd want a whole album full of good photographs to even consider offering a view, and a Mk1 eyeball inspection for preference. Cheers Alec Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 For £31K that's an awful lot of uprated and go faster bits, and many of them seem like the right bits too . . . . . depending, of course, on the detail tech regs of a particular event or series in terms of its eligibility. For sure it has the potential to be a seriously quick machine. With that degree of modification I'd want a whole album full of good photographs to even consider offering a view, and a Mk1 eyeball inspection for preference. Cheers Alec Results also count. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Boyd Posted September 2, 2015 Report Share Posted September 2, 2015 Stuart, Looks bloody good value to me!! Nice car, nice spec, worth the money all day long ???? Tom Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dave Larnder Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Tom It´s only worth the money when somebody forks it out. Are you in the market for it? Dave Quote Link to post Share on other sites
monty Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Stuart, Looks bloody good value to me!! Nice car, nice spec, worth the money all day long Tom Yes, looks good to me too! Look @ general prices for TR3 & TR4 @ auctions/dealers/private sellers. You may say that they are 'asking' prices but how many dealers drop their prices very much to enable a sale! A top car is likely to get a good price in my view. People appear to want these cars & indeed most classics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 (edited) Stuart It is a bitsa over valued imho sorry. No. This is a LHD car and on the continent, prices are a lot higher than in the UK. I know for sure that there are several Continental forum members here who have TRs with a higher price tag than this one when it comes to selling their car. I have written this before: a lot of the UK forum members remember their first TR being run on a shoestring. Often their first car. During that same period, a TR was still an exotic car on the Continent. It never lost its value completely and since there were not many around, demand stayed high. And that's the reason why this is an expensive car from a UK owner's point of view. Having said that: when Stuart posts a 'heads-up' like this, combined with the fact that it's a car from one of his customers, I wouldn't question the car's quality. For me and for a lot of others (I think), is Stuart's posting about the car it is a sign that you'll have to look hard for a better specimen. Menno Edited September 3, 2015 by Menno van Rij 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest ntc Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 I know the car and stand by what I posted. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tom Boyd Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 Would cost £60k to build one to that spec from a bare tub....... Bitsa car??? I think not..... Will spread the word to the necessary folks Stuart Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EdwinTiben Posted September 3, 2015 Report Share Posted September 3, 2015 No. This is a LHD car and on the continent, prices are a lot higher than in the UK. I know for sure that there are several Continental forum members here who have TRs with a higher price tag than this one when it comes to selling their car. Menno Well the tr2 at the gallery is an example of your statement.! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Well the tr2 at the gallery is an example of your statement.! Yes that car would cost you 120,000 euros... Perhaps over the top? Apart from that specimen, we both know a handful of people here in Holland with TRs that will sell for more than 42,000. And when insuring a TR here in Holland, the appraiser tends to look at market prices when it comes to estimating a car's value. And we see that the market prices for TRs are up and rising. Menno Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steves_TR6 Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 Looks great to me, and having had experience of Racetorations cars I'm a fan of their work. My ideal car wold be a 5 in that sort of spec, but a 4a would do ! Steve Quote Link to post Share on other sites
EdwinTiben Posted September 4, 2015 Report Share Posted September 4, 2015 (edited) Yes that car would cost you 120,000 euros... Perhaps over the top? Apart from that specimen, we both know a handful of people here in Holland with TRs that will sell for more than 42,000. And when insuring a TR here in Holland, the appraiser tends to look at market prices when it comes to estimating a car's value. And we see that the market prices for TRs are up and rising. Menno *off looking for mille miglia entryforms...* Edited September 4, 2015 by EdwinTiben Quote Link to post Share on other sites
roy53 Posted September 5, 2015 Report Share Posted September 5, 2015 For those who like that amount of non period modifications then i think that is a very good price.Look at a good rust free car which alone will be near that price then the costs of purchase / fitting all those goodies ,i think it's a no brainer. If it had been to FIA spec which this is miles away from in the current spec then the price would be double. Roy Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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JJC Posted September 8, 2015 Report Share Posted September 8, 2015 That does look very much like a Derrington wheel. Stuart (son of Vic) told me that they were made locally in Kingston. JJC Quote Link to post Share on other sites
D1070 Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Looks really sharp Stuart,I'm not usually a fan of sidescreen cars, but this one really looks the business, Cheers Laurence Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Posted September 9, 2015 Report Share Posted September 9, 2015 Looks good! A few details like re-organising the routing of the fuel and brake pipes would clean things up under the bonnet. But, as said, that's a detail! I love the look of the Brooklands screens and the roll-over bar! Menno Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ianc Posted September 10, 2015 Report Share Posted September 10, 2015 Odd that a car prepared for rallying has just one coil on the left inner wing. Standard practice is to mount two coils side by side so that, in the event of failure, it takes just a few seconds to swap over. Otherwise, it would seem that almost everything has been included in the package and, with a competent driver/navigator should prove competitive straight out of the box. Ian Cornish Quote Link to post Share on other sites
stuart Posted December 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Sold to a man in Scotland to use in a South American rally. Stuart. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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