I might be up to my eyeballs in front suspension work on Project: TR7, but my mind is on another part of the car, the cylinder head. Although the engine is now running well, thanks to proper routing ...
1973 TRIUMPH TR7 ENGINE DISPLACEMENT GETS BUMPED…TWICE!! As mentioned, the 650 Triumph TR6 continued on pretty much as is, engine-wise anyway (although it got the front disk brake of the TR7). Early ...
The thick layer of grimy, petrified oil on Project: TR7 -- on the engine, on the subframe and on the frame rails -- tells me the car had some incontinence issues. First order of business: Remove the ...
Often referred to as a resounding failure or the ugly duckling of Triumph's post-war era, the TR7 has become an increasingly popular and affordable classic cult car, half a century after its debut.
Worked off designer Harris Mann's early Seventies sketches, the TR7's wedge monocoque was mounted on British Leyland's Bullet concept. This was a simple front-engine, rear-drive rival for the Porsche ...
The TR7 really was a first commercial take on the wedge, which had heretofore been reserved for show cars and mid-engined exotics like the Lamborghini Countach and Ferraris of the era. The United ...