Gift classic: Triumph TR5

Posted on 29-09-2013 at 22:35 by MrBrown – 10 Comments”

Convertibles in the color just-not-white you see regularly. This Triumph, by contrast, is quite rare. What a beautiful classic!

In total, there are 2.947 TR5’s built. This copy is according to the number plate data for 26 years with his current owner. And right-ie, this must surely be a delight to drive?

We have to do with a Triumph TR5 PI 1968, in the colour ‘New White’. The letters ” PI ” stand for Petrol Injection, and that was unique. The brand claimed was the first sports car built with fuel injection. The English roadstertje houses a 2.5 six-cylinder engine with 150 hp and only weighs 1060 kg. The top speed is 201 km/h. If you think that it caressingly cabriotje to do it with a manual 4-speed and little insulation, it is a whole sensation. The engine didn’t fit all the way under the hood of the TR5, witness the asymmetric and have a distinctive hump on the hood.

The Triumph brand is already just not, currently, BMW has the rights to the name. These cars again are going to build the vote we.

Check the Triumph spot of mevipp on autojunk.nl.