A Triumph of sports customising...

I can hear the purists frothing from here.  Thats part of the appeal of this car.  That and the fact is a slice of pie of an era which (a) placed little value on old Triumph sports cars and (b) expressed itself in far more flamboyant style than scene-conscious folks today dare to do.

What we have here is a simple, sporting classic thoroughbred which has been thoroughly bastardised.  And I love it. You couldn't do this now, it would be too self concious, too "look what I did to a classic Triumph" but the fact this was done back in the day adds to the whole vibe of the beast.

Its running a tuned up 302 Ford V8 and autobox (c4 I assume) and some absolutely cock-on period body restyling (circa 1980 I'm thinking).  I love the interior, the Vector wheels, and the Carson-style top is the icing on the cake.  Still, whoever thought a TR4 needed a Lincoln Continental style trunk lid is a genius.  Or was on crack.  Or both.

You can find this cracking car on eBay on an auction which appears to have some of the dubious hallmarks of a scam (for sale in UK, claims to be in Germany, obviously American text and photos...)  who knows, maybe its a genuine auction and maybe its not but either way this is one hell of a car.