Hi,
Welcome back the lawnsman.
I'd much rather have Doug's beast F-250 any day over the Triumph TR6? The only problem here in the UK trying to run the F-250 would be to obtain a mortgage just to fill it with fuel?
You mentioning a TR6 reminds me of when Bron and I were just about to be married; a friend had a TR6 and it needed its gearbox/overdrive sorting out and of course I was asked to do the work; with our marriage imminent and sorting out our house mortgage I didn't have the time but my friend then said if I could remove the gearbox unit he had another friend who could repair it? I pulled out the unit and my friend collected it; about a week later my friend arrived saying his other friend had really messed up; he had stripped the overdrive but didn't know how to put it all back together; a brand new gearbox was supplied but the overdrive was just a big box of springs etc, anyway I completed the job and took Bron for a spin in it to try it out; yes everything was now working so my friend was absolutely delighted.
A short while later my friend informed me the TR6 was now a wreck having been written off; he had been towing it on a trailer behind his Land Rover when the towing hitch snapped. If I recall I think the TR6 was rated at 160bhp? Oh um such is life.
Below is a picture of a car exactly as I used to own it being an Austin Healey 100/4. I'd like to own it now but not with a price tag of £80,000 in top condition; I paid £150 for mine in showroom condition but over 40 years ago.
Kind regards, Colin.
