Rusty Pelican Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Just found a 1966 Triumph 2000 for sale , MOTed til sept tax is till july but free anyway , its a manual with overdrive on 3rd and 4th body is rot free having had 3 grands worth of work 9 with bills ) a good few years ago , everything works , its a drab grey primer like colour and its sat on 15 inch TR6 wheels , I cant find anything wrong with it other than the paints not fantastic , a used look would be a good description , bloke wants £1800 for it and as I know him sort off will drive to mine for free , Thinking it would make a good daily instead of the computer controlled Astra . Is this a good price or not Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXrescuer Posted February 13, 2010 Share Posted February 13, 2010 Condition 1 price is £2000 Have a lickle look here: http://www.practicalclassics.co.uk/car.php?c=909 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cedric280 Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 go in with size 12 s on....................... 1200.00 and see where you go? just got a nice 2500tc started at 1800 and paid 700. buyers market at mo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Not down west somewhere is it? Sounds kind of like this one we saw last year in Somerset: Looked pretty purposeful I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted February 15, 2010 Author Share Posted February 15, 2010 Not down west somewhere is it? Sounds kind of like this one we saw last year in Somerset:Looked pretty purposeful I thought.Thats the one , I thought it looked good too , hence the spending , see you didnt need a picture , you had one already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HillmanImp Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Not down west somewhere is it? Sounds kind of like this one we saw last year in Somerset:Looked pretty purposeful I thought.Thats the one , I thought it looked good too , hence the spending , see you didnt need a picture , you had one already That quite a coincidence. Looks nice. Buy it. Better than a Disastra. Plus you can maintain it easily enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollywobbler Posted February 15, 2010 Share Posted February 15, 2010 Doesn't seem a bad price at all to me. Oh, unless the owner's looking in which case it's well steep innit! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Norman Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 If the body is genuinely rot free and it drives OK I wouldn't give a stuff about the paintwork to be honest, particularly if you're actually going to be using the thing. That said, it would be rude not to try and lever a couple of hundred off the asking price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spottedlaurel Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Not down west somewhere is it? Sounds kind of like this one we saw last year in Somerset:Looked pretty purposeful I thought.Thats the one , I thought it looked good too , hence the spending , see you didnt need a picture , you had one already The Autoshite net is closing on everything old and interesting. It was actually Mrs SL who took this on-the-move photo, in hindsight it's shame more of the 800 couldn't be seen but I remember it being taken in a hurry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Mk 1's are nice.Just check for the dreaded rear axle "twitch" [ungreased splines, vicar] annoying more than anything, but scares the crap out of you if you're not expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 Well ive just been informed of a problem on the trump , Someone whos seen the car and is a bit of a trump expert having had them for yonks and currenly owns two has said that the four jacking points and the sill drain holes are missing , not the sort of thing a 3 grand " pro " resto would do , umm im thinking cover sills and a bodge job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25v6turbo Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 I,ve owned 35 mk1 and 2s and just been offered a tidy tax exempt 72 MK2 which i might buy???Yep i tell you everything you want to know....If no jacking points then its had sills,HOPEFULLY done well and not slap over jobbies,the sills rot badly,so does everything elseoutriggers,front floors,rear spring hangers,boot spare wheel,rear shock tops,A posts,bonnet hinge panels,front valance,all 4 arches etc,etc...Looks nice,late pre facelift on a D reg,dolphin grey.keep us updated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted February 16, 2010 Author Share Posted February 16, 2010 I,ve owned 35 mk1 and 2s and just been offered a tidy tax exempt 72 MK2 which i might buy???Yep i tell you everything you want to know....If no jacking points then its had sills,HOPEFULLY done well and not slap over jobbies,the sills rot badly,so does everything elseoutriggers,front floors,rear spring hangers,boot spare wheel,rear shock tops,A posts,bonnet hinge panels,front valance,all 4 arches etc,etc...Looks nice,late pre facelift on a D reg,dolphin grey.keep us updated.Cheers , Ive found out the work was done by Yorkshire Triumph at a cost of £2675.89 , two outer sills , inner sill repairs , bottoms of both front wings which is reasuring as these need removing to do the Sill correctly apparently, couple of outriggers , both rear arches , forgot the rest but it goes on and on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
25v6turbo Posted February 16, 2010 Share Posted February 16, 2010 Sounds good,and properly done,keep it rust proofed and it should be goodIf you get any probs get in contact,i,il help the best i can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilko Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 Re. price, the "Book valuations" I've seen on trummys don't seem to differentiate between mk1 and mk2 - in my humble opinion, the look of the mk1 has aged rather better than the mk2 at the present moment and values are starting to reflect that & their scarcity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket88 Posted February 17, 2010 Share Posted February 17, 2010 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Totally agree, prefer the dashboards as well.They're also a bit lighter, a 2.5 Mk1 P.I is a quick old car Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rusty Pelican Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 Managed after much haggling to knock another £100 off ( I hope , hes calling back ) , looks like it may soon be mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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