This 1976 Triumph TR7 recently emerged from 20 years of storage in the original owner’s care. The seller snagged the coupe with tons of paperwork, and says the car runs but will need some attention to the carbs. The colors are great and the TR7 appears well-kept despite its years of being off the road. Mileage is said to be under 60,000 and the seller has performed some basic mechanical work to ensure the Triumph can drive itself onto a trailer. Find it here on eBay with a $10,000 Buy-It-Now and the option to submit a best offer.
Who doesn’t love the graphics kits that featured predominantly on every type of vehicle from this era? The thick black stripe dropping onto one of four model identifiers should never be removed, as period details like these leave no doubt what the styling trends of the day were concerned with. Wild colors, fancy graphics, and low performance – man, what a time to be alive! While I don’t hate the white alloy wheels, a silver-painted face would look better.
The TR7 interior was an uninspiring affair, but at least this one appears quite clean. I’d still look for some Coco mats to replace the tired carpeted ones, and the steering wheel is way too bulbous – so that, too, would be replaced with period-correct aftermarket. The factory radio remains in place, along with what looks like all original controls. The seller notes the A/C compressor turns on, but does not blow cold air, and the flip-up headlights actually work.
These were not complicated machines, but Triumphs of the late 70s were not exactly high-quality affairs. Assembly issues and quality control debacles were frequent occurrences, so owning such a car is truly a labor of love. Fortunately, spares availability is generally good, and there’s an enthusiastic community behind these flawed machines. The seller’s asking price may be a bit high, however, depending on how quickly its running issues are sorted out via carb tuning.
I don’t think that Triumph TR7 is going anywhere except back in the Seller’s garage at that price.
I only know what I have read and woah what a car 😮
Parked twenty years saved massage repair dollars and pain and suffering 👀
Worst Sports Cars: Triumph TR7 https://www.motor1.com/news/139491/worst-sports-cars-triumph-tr7/ via @motor1
Truck/trailer wheels don’t do much for the car.
I have had a couple TR7’s and they are no way as bad as people say the are. Once sorted out they are quite nice.
As rough diamond said above, the price is WAY off especially for a coupe.
The wheels actually were a factory option.
Hard to say, prices are all over the place on these, from a low of $1,800 up to $17,000 for a like new one. Ones like this seem to garner about $5g’s. I’m not sure if these British parts places (Moss, Victoria, etc) include the TR7. A quick check, Moss does cover them, so that’s a huge plus. It was not very popular, I think I’ve only seen one in my life.Looks like a fun car by today’s standards.
$10,000 is a crazy price for a car that basically ruined British Leyland. Wait a minute, $10,000 is crazy for a Triumph TR7 in general, forget about ruining British Leyland, it’s just not worth it.! LMAO!
I have driven owned and ridden in many of these wedge cars and there was only one that I was impressed with. A guy at the Roadster Factory summer party had a tr8 with a V8 with nitrous in it and that thing was so deadly fast it wasn’t even funny!
Stripe & wheels were the “Victory Edition”. Married into a white one during late ’70s. Fun to drive, reasonable power, drove nice, handled reasonably well, despite lotta body roll even on hard rubber tires. First issue was coolant leak…never tracked that down because rear axle started howling. Traded it off for pennies. Only 40K miles on it.
Believe those wheels are steel white spokes.
Once upon a time I hated these as they were a poor relation to my much loved TR6’s. Then I drove one. I smiled as I realized it was pretty nifty in its own way. Drive one and make up your own mind. Yes this looks like one of the Victory Edition cars with its spoker wheels, stripe, vinyl top treatment and decal on glove box door but goes further by having the rarely seen SkyTrends sunroof which could be had on contemporary Chevy Monzas and on the Triumph TR7 Southern Skies edition in 1976. I’d like to have this particular car because I’ve gotten to know them over the years. Hope it finds a good home.
Had a neq 76 coupe, had a genuine lucas alternator that qad good for 12k miles, fun car to drive, was scary in the rain with that generstipn tires
And in English that says ????
My 76 hummed along on the intertstate at 80 miles an hour, guiter at 80 than 55
I worked for a British Leyland dealership in the late ‘70’s. That said, thank you all who bought genuine Lucas parts and batteries as I received a parts commission as well as salary. 😂
The TR7 is a great car (once you install a Delco single wire alternator) and didn’t seem to rust at every seam like previous TR cars..
While this one is extremely nice, the price is at least $2k high if not $3.5k high. Unless the market is headed north as of late. But with this car’s mileage I’d say that it is genuinely high.
And the price probably reflects the ‘flipper syndrome’ to a T.
BTW:Triumph didn’t ruin British Leyland. British Leyland ruined Triumph . . And MG. And Jaguar. The factory unions were in constant revolt and I really couldn’t blame them as they were getting screwed at every turn by BL and the British government.
Ask me about removing a moldy liver wurst sandwich from Nick Nolte’s Mom’s Vanden Plas headliner with a nasty note.
The asking price is way too high! Should be around 2 grand! I guess that you are paying extra for the sunroof?
Rare car.
Nice colour.
Probably a good buy.
I had a 1980 TR7 when I was in my 20s. Car is garbage and a nightmare. I wouldn’t pay 500 for it.
Most of us all bought them used and depending on the maintenance given by the previous owner determined what we had. My 75 was not too bad, an ignition system and the alternator fix and I was good. Like any Triumph of that era they needed care and if not they did not run well. The Brits are a lot better at maintaining there cars than North Americans and the TR7 did not need as much care as older British cars.
Agreed… A majority of Americans over the past few decades consider a car or motorcycle to simply be an ‘appliance’ not unlike a refrigerator or dishwasher. They pretty much just get in them and drive them. Into the ground.
We’ve gotten used to close tolerance, high tech drivetrains that last 200,000 miles or more with only oil changes…
A majority of Americans probably don’t have the knowledge or tools to perform the simplest maintenance tasks..
My dad was always trying to talk me out of getting a Triumph. It was the first car I ever wanted but never owned one. When these came out I convinced myself they were finally going to be good cars and then my dad and I were following one if these down the street when it ran over an expansion joint in the pavement and the drive shaft fell out and brought the car to a halt. He just looked at me and I never said anything about wanting one again.
You guys convinced me.
Garbage.
Do not buy
As a previous owner of a TR7, I would advice anyone that is considering buying one to walk away. Run away. When it ran, it was a very fun car to drive, and at 30 mpg. However, I was replacing the starter and alternator at regular intervals, before the 3 month warrantees ran out. The distributor is right under the hood where it opens, and gets flooded with water when it rains. Then the lights didn’t want to work right. Thankfully there was a knob you could turn to raise them manually.