Amazing review, you've completely put me off owning a classic car!

Great video! I live in North Carolina and purchased a ‘73 TR6 in 1975 while in college. Right after purchasing it I had a rude awakening after taking it to the British Leyland dealer for repair. At that point I bought a manual and started doing all of work myself. I added overdrive in 1976, and used it as my primary vehicle until 2002. By that time I had put 200,000 miles on it. I kept it in good mechanical condition, and it has never left me stranded. In 2002 I purchased a Ford Expedition and started making the TR6 look as good as it drove. In 2012 I overhauled the motor, shaved the head to move the compression from 7.5 to 9.5, and added a cam that is similar to the one originally used in the 1969 150 bhp version. The cam was developed by Good Parts located Pennsylvania. It preserves the idle quality while adding the power. What a difference! It will now burn a little bit of rubber, and it is a blast to drive. Bottom line, a TR6 is fun to drive, looks great, and reliable if well maintained.

No torque sounds charming, but pigeons and potholes would have been even better- the essence of Cheshire.

I have no clue what you were talking about but this may have been the most enjoyable 14 minutes of my day.

I watch a lot of car videos. This "bike guy's" car video is better than all of them! Thank you for the info! I live vicariously when it comes to classis sportscar ownership :)

Enjoyed the video, having owned a 1972 UK TR6 some years ago it was great to watch. A couple of things I think which would have been worth a mention? The engine hp output for UK cars did differ 150 ( allegedly) until end of 1972 then 125 until end of production. The US cars were around 105 hp and as you say had carbs. I worked on these engines in the 1970’s and when one came in ( same engine in the saloon 2500 PI) with a misfire the first place to look was the injector. Failure mode was the injector end came away and was loose. Very quick job to replace.

Yes do more reviews on cars! Straight talking no BS 👍

That was good and a playlist might be a good thing just to keep everything searchable on the channel. By the way I think the audience would thoroughly enjoy you talking about modern car design or shitting on them actually.

Great video and whilst I'd love another TR especially a 6, after a constant love hate relationship with my TR5's PI I vowed never again! But damn they are an intoxicating looking sports car! Thanks for reaffirming my thoughts on the PI

Calibrating the butterflies is an art. Building a bike wheel is not an art. Got it! I’m learning a lot from this channel. I love it.

Wow so much info. Thanks for this!

Bikes, cars, now you need to add light aircraft. Great stuff and you have me motivated to get back on my ‘71 TR6 project

Fantastic, love the TR series, mostly, and would love to own one someday. I'm sure you totally enjoy it and get even more than 110+%, satisfaction when driving the machine [in spite of Lord Lucas, Prince of Darkness, who much to answer for.] For me, a diet of Alfas gave me indigestion, so I settled on a dessert of Stuttgardt's 'finest'. Might still need an Underberg or two.

I appreciate hearing the rattles when you go over a bump, since I’ve been hunting down rattles forever, trying to fix them in any way possible. Attempting to reduce that feeling of they forgot to tighten all the bolts when they built it. It’s getting better! Or maybe the roads are better!

Great review. I love my TR6. Of my whole collection, I do the most miles in it. 2k+ miles a year. Mine's an early US car, converted to RHD with a hotter cam and new SU's which I'm very happy with. Proper sports car.

Just looked at one this evening , going to make an offer on it .subscribed 👍🏻

The real question; Is it compliant? ; )

Love that car. I was able to do some restoration to a TR4A and got a few rides in it and loved it. Totally started my love of British cars (Lucas electronics not so much).

Nice looking TR6, I owned a GT6 mk3 for 23years (hence the youtube name!!) but sold it back in 2017. I converted that to 2.5L back in 2004, but ran with carbs and 3D mapped ignition, always ran well with that set up and minimal routine maintenance. Good to see some Cheshire lanes, I occasionally cycle out to Beeston castle.

I almost bought one 10 years ago... yellow. Such a lovely car.

LOVE THE CAR l give you credit for keeping with Lucus injection l d probably got Weber s and petronix electronic points replacement in the distributor for reliable spark . THANKS FOR SHOWING US YOUR CAR

Harry’s Garage…the younger years.😄

Great review! Thanks! I am in Canada and looking at buying a thoroughly rebuilt twin carb 1975, tweaked performance cam, which also has a retrofitted roll bar which also functions as a chassis stiffener and a bunch of other stuff. Loved your discussion. Excellent stuff. Thanks again! So... final question: do I pull the trigger? Is the TR6 worth it? Thanks anyway, mate!

That straight six sounds fantastic.

Way better review then one from Top Gear 🤙

Awesome video, love it

Bloody marvellous… subscribed

Beautiful classic roadster you’ve got there! It certainly takes a patient engineer to drive a car like that. It’s not always about gobs of horsepower and blistering track times, but the sense of occasion and adventure just simply driving it to the grocery store. It’s far more of an adventure driving my locost seven around the block at 20 mph, than my 335i at 80 mph on the freeway. As an automotive engineer, I wouldn’t have the patience to put up with vintage engine antics and would have converted the engine to EFI with a modern standalone ECU, with o2, knock, MAF sensors and so on, while keeping the vintage roadster exterior. Or I’d swap the power train for a stock s2000 engine, trans, and ECU, and dramatically improve the cold start, BSFC, emissions, an so on-however the “charm” of vintage British engine reliability issues would be gone; which would be part of the adventure?

love the car. i always wanted a tr6 back late 80s when i was driving a spitfire.

Had a 1969 Aussie TR6 1982 to 1990. No trouble with petrol injection. Did wallow around a bit. Loved it.

hello nice review,also have tr6 pi.the meteringunit can be a pain, but here a tip , install a lambasonde this will help to get it right.

Mechanical fuel injection can be surprisingly good and less maintenance than EFI. Ive had a few cars on mfi and the Bosch was the system I liked the most. I converted the points over to an optic electronic in a Lucas distributor with uprated coils. Did you retain the rotor and cap or do away with the dizzy altogether? My mate had a TR5 and a 7 and another mate had a Spitfire. I always fancied a Spitfire but bought a TVR S instead. Triple carbs can be a bugger to setup especially the SU's but once you get Weber's or dellortos balanced they tend to stay that way. I had a vacuum and ball device that I had great success with on a twin carb lotus.

Rocking the preppy look, on your way to see ur gfs father who's a vilage GP? 😁 Seriously though, new level of respect which was previously.. no respect 😆 Nice work 👍

absolutely loved it

Had a USA 1973 TR6, bought it new and loved driving it EXCEPT for the brakes. The brakes squealed enough to turn heads, and no one seemed to know how to fix them. This caused me to sell the car after a couple of years.

Yes please car videos. Can we also have some bleeding knuckle ones when it breaks down (which I assume it does regularly).

Potholes, pigeons...and a very chilled out pheasant @5:23

Thoughts on the new 2022 F1 car?

I own a 69 and it's a drivers car but honestly great to drive and the exhaust sound is perfect. Mine is here in the states so as you said it's got carbs. They're called classic because they are from another era. When I'm done with my driving I hop back into my Toyota Avalon and WOW .... but......boring..... Likes your video. Thanks.

This video was a revelation for me. When I was 18, I had a 1972 TR-6 and drove it off to college for the next 4 years. The top was always down, never mind the weather. Autocrossed it successfully and every girl I dated loved it. For me it was a dream car but I was nearly certain that if it only had P.I. vs. carburetors, for more power, it would be an absolutely perfect car. I never could have guessed that in comparison to carbs, P.I. would be such a nuisance to tune and maintain. I could never have done it right. Glad to know that my TR-6 was really perfect just the way it was.

Nice video, nice car. I have an MGB myself. Seems too be a few classic loving cyclists around. Not as many in our age group tho 😮

Lol… spoke to grandfather-in-law about having to setup the Lucas control on the GT’s Blackburn’s where using setting them up for altitude… sounded an easier job than this!

I want to see more of your TR

What a lovely car.

Nice first car review. Thanks. Lovely looking TR5 but , after 10 stupidly expensive years with a Triumph Snag, Im not tempted. 😳

The last of 5he real TR’s. My Mate has a mint 4A. Beautiful

Does it have any USB ports so I can charge my phone? Got to have Bluetooth too.😁

It’s an accurate and good review. In terms of pushing this kind of car hard around corners and trying to make it do what a modern sports car would do is not really what this car is about though in my opinion. I have owned a TR6 for 8 years, restore it in 3 years and enjoy keeping it in good shape, cleaning and polishing it. The way I use it is to only take it out on nice days. I hardly ever put the soft top up as I hate driving it like that as it’s actually a lot more noise with the soft top up. A bit of spirited driving is ok but mostly it’s about cruising around on smaller roads enjoying the view, listening to the glorious engine, smelling it and doing this with fellow owners of classic cars. Going to classic car meetings is a huge part of this, talking about maintenance, modifications, studying other people’s cars and just taking it all in. It’s cheap to repair, most parts are available, easy to repair (when on carbs) and it’s solid. Some people say these cars was poor quality but I strongly disagree, try restoring a Japanese car from the same time and you will see what I mean!

Beautiful car! BTW, what fuel do you use?

don't know why but I always thought you were based in Hong Kong or something. Obviously wrong with that assumption, as them there's some fine English roads. Great content as always

I had a tr6 you can get a modification from revington tr for the throttle bodies it fixes all the issues one and for all, they also do an amazing stainless exhaust!!

Dammit, I want my MGB back now! Preferring a proper roof I Always wanted a Gt6 until I actually sat in one and realised the MGB GT was the better car in many ways, apart from the rear axle possibly, although a C would have been cool for the Big 6 but also biiiig money. Pleased to hear how you’ve taken up the challenge of attempting to get the OE mechanical fuelling optimised. Are you not even slightly tempted to retro fit a modern stand alone EFI system to get the mapping absolutely dialled-in and be able to easily tweak it for upgrades or “ongoing developments as the engine evolves” ( read; wears) and hopefully stop it from slipping out of tune? You don’t strike me as an originality freak with other mods you’ve mentioned. Would love to see more of this side of things - looking forward to the next one!.

This car is why I own a Miata. Mostly not kidding.

I'm not into cars but that one does look good

What is waxoyl?

Had a '69 TR6 in the early 70's. Carbs of course here in the States. It was always in the shop for one thing or another. I missed it so late in 2020 I got a new Mazda Miata. More HP at 181 plus spot-on reliable. Total blast to drive. Forget the TR6's unless you want to constantly tinker. If you truly want to enjoy top-down driving in a modern platform, buy a Miata.

Hi. I have owned a 1972 TR6 for over 40 years, still on the same injection system. Goes really well, hammered it around Castle Coombe 3 times including April this year at up to a ton on the start line straight. I wonder if your diff is your main issue because you are not getting the benefits of all the torque... 70mph in second overdrive, ton in 3rd overdrive etc. BTW, early diff was 4.125:1 Good luck though. Keep on enjoying it.

The short version would be nice. I stopped listening after a while but I wanted to know more!

"Wellcome to the butterfly effect..."

Gawd, Lucas mechanical fuel injection... credit to you for keeping it running happily.

A review of your m3?

Yes more cars!... and bicycles! Petrolhead + cyclist also here.

This was great but now i've got a billion videos about the tr6 popping up on my homepage...

I had a saloon PI and it ran really well, except hot start. I turned up the pump pressure, better but down to luck, or get a cup of tea and wait... 🙄

Best Cheshire rides?

I took you more as a Saab 900 turbo guy but props, you want a butch mistake and I can respect thst

I always admired those. That said they were oil leaking eventual rust buckets. The Japanese really did us a favor by waking is up from the trance of mediocrity. I'd take one for the first 6 months.

Good back in the 1970s but they have not endured well and the new E10 petrol is the nail in the coffin. I used to love Triumphs back in the day but not now. The cheap materials BL used from the steel body to plastics to wiring to soft top are not great. People asking £30,000 plus are having a joke as a good Mazda MX5 gives better performance and reliability.

Sadly from 2030 on all the combustion cars including classics will be banned from public streets in EU :-( In Germany the Green party gave order to shorten fuel supply from 2025 on by reducing petrol stations to only one state owned peoples gas station per city or county. :-(

I had one in 1980 when I was 22 , insurance was 600 a year 🥱

That motor sounds like a WW2 fighter!

Yip - new channel for cars please!

If Top Gear were a serious show, you'd do great alongside Jeremy Clarkson and James May.

it had a different cam ,that where the 150 hp come from ..mister engineer

I'm looking at getting a TR6, and this is a good honest review about what to be aware of. But overall it came across as pretty negative. You've owned the car for 11 years, so you clearly must enjoy something about it. But none of this came across in your review. Add some subjective stuff about why you like the car.

I believe it was manufactured by Leyland, for which I worked for in Australia as young lad. All these cars were very pot quality...

Rides bikes and likes cars?! Epic

get yourself a mic!

Hee hee, it is an english car with a soft top they always leak! Lol i own a lotus, so know english cars. 😆

Lightweight report with no evidence......a lot of assumptions. Only real negative ever on the TR was no power steering once you upgraded it . Not a great video in order to promote TR6.

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One of the worst car to draft behind. Stinky exhaust.

No cars please!

Carbs better than a well setup PI!? you're talking absolute rubbish - period.