1968 Triumph TR5
A numbers-matching, right-hand-drive UK-market Triumph TR5, one of just 1,161 produced for the home market out of a total run of 2,947 cars built between August 1967 and September 1968. Powered by a Lucas fuel-injected 2.5-litre straight-six producing 150 bhp, the TR5 combined the clean styling of the TR4 with genuine performance. This example underwent a comprehensive body-off restoration in the late 1990s costing approximately £24,000 and retains its Heritage Certificate and original logbook documenting three prior owners.
Ownership
- 2024-02-24Auction saleEstimate £50,000 – £60,000
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownFirst of three prior UK ownerspartial documentation
Existence confirmed by Heritage Certificate and original logbook; no further detail given.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownSecond of three prior UK ownerspartial documentation
Listed among the three previous keepers recorded in the original logbook.
- Date unknownAcquisition unknownThird of three prior UK ownerspartial documentation
Final recorded keeper before the current consignor; oversaw the extensive late-1990s restoration.
Competition
No competition history extracted from the catalogue.
Maintenance & restoration
- —Restoration
Full body-off, nut-and-bolt restoration carried out in the late 1990s at a cost of approximately £24,000. Work encompassed a bare-metal repaint in Old English White, a new black-and-white piped interior, a new mohair hood with removable rear screen, chrome wire wheels with new tyres, and a complete mechanical overhaul including engine and gearbox rebuilds.
Restoration cost figure cited in the catalogue with the observation that this represented a substantial sum some thirty years prior to the sale.
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