1972 Triumph GT6 Mk3

81,000 miles; new tires, suspension, exhaust, and much more;

Safety certified (Ontario)

I sold this car on September 1st 2013. Enjoy the pictures.  It now sports the licence plate "1972 GT6"; give it a wave if you see it. 

The car is very dusty in the paintshop.  You should be able to right-click to view the full size picture.

A few notes:

• The radio is NOT installed, but I have one (with speakers) ready to install.  I have pre-laid the wired under the carpet.
• I have PLENTY of spares ranging fron a new fibreglass gearbox tunnel/cover (the original is in fine condition), to block studs, to a spare rocker shaft, and more...
• There are new carpets, paneling, tires, suspension.

Below is for historic purposes.  I left it for your reference......

There is not too much structure to this page as it started off as a sales tool for the car. Enjoy the stories; enjoy the pictures.

Spring 2008

This is a Triumph GT6 with about 80,600 miles on the Odometer -With boxes of new parts for restoration..

VIN: KF3660L

A new clutch and a rebuilt gearbox were fitted several hundred miles ago (about 20 years ago!).

Watch this space as I do some checking in response to people's request.

To Do: Turn engine over manually.

Done (evening sept 11th, 2008). I removed the plugs and could turn the engine easily via the engine fan.

I have no doubt that the engine will start - given the right coaxing. Of course, if nobody buys the car, then I am committed to renovating the vehicle myself. Then it will be running by next spring - if not sooner. This would be my fifth Triumph renovation..... Two Vitesses, and two TR4s (a feature of a video in the Triumph Club Of Toronto's video collection).

I had a question about the storage. It was stored in a town-house garage, so the temperature & humidity would be reasonably stable. The car was rolled occasionally and oil was squirted into the cylinders. Each cylinder does suck and blow (on my finger anyway as I turn the engine). The vehicle was a running vehicle when it was stored.

With the aid of a new battery, some coaxing, some fiddling with the points, I got the engine started. It runs well except it pours water out of a hole from an expansion plug in the head. I filled the clutch hydraulic system, so that appears to be functional now. The brake system level was OK.

May 2008: I have rebuilt the front suspension and have dismantled the rear suspension. I had a major problem with the rear lower wishbone; the connecting bolt had seized inside the vertical arm. No amount of heat and "percussion" adjustment could free the bolt.

So here is what I did:

July 2008: Now I am getting somewhere; all the suspension is done and I replaced some of the hydraulic and fuel lines which were corroded. Then I find the clutch is stuck. This M.G. site gave me some solutions. So I jacked up the rear of the car, started the engine in gear an stomped on the brakes. So I broke the last piece of hydraulic pipe I had not already replaced. Never mind, The hand-brake did the job so I drove the car around the court as a victory lap. See my youtube submission for the exciting video.

I locally sourced the hydraulic piping. Typically they are male-male connections; so with female-female unions I got the whole rear brake system replaced. US thread is interchangeable with British.

September 2008:

I have scraped the plaster of the front of the roof to reveal:

November 2009:

Not much done in the last year, but it is in the paint shop.

May 2010:

Still in the paint shop.... but they are working on it....

May 2011:

Still in the paint shop.... but they are working on it.... I have now moved to a condo, and hence no working garage...