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For that price you would think it would at least have overdrive.
 

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That is one of those that the wife is telling him to get his money back of what he spend.
 
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The rear seat also caught my eye Andy. NO, I don't think it was ever intended for a rear seat but rather a "shelf". Also, I didn't see any seat belts for anyone that sits there.
Really, there is no room except maybe for a small child.
 

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The rear seat also caught my eye Andy. NO, I don't think it was ever intended for a rear seat but rather a "shelf". Also, I didn't see any seat belts for anyone that sits there.
And I think that's the key here. By the time of the TR6, Federal safety and other laws were pretty strict about this sort of thing. If Triumph/BLMC were to have had any thoughts about the TR6 being a "2+2," they certainly would have had to install belts.
 

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The rear seat also caught my eye Andy. NO, I don't think it was ever intended for a rear seat but rather a "shelf". Also, I didn't see any seat belts for anyone that sits there.
Really, there is no room except maybe for a small child.

A very small, legless child with the top up (the rear window angles forward fairly steeply), and no room at all with the top down.

That said, in my younger days I transported three passengers in my 4A on occasion. I had a roll bar at the time, and with the top down, you could sit two on the rear deck, feet in the shelf area, hanging onto the roll bar.
 

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It does seem to be at the high end of the market - Hagerty shows a #1 condition ("best int the world") '74 TR6 valued at around $35k.

There's a very telling line in the description: "This TR6 is exceptional in absolutely every way and cannot be duplicated for its asking price".

That doesn't surprise me. I also wouldn't be surprised if it finds a new home. Only takes one person who wants it.
 
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luke44 said:
It does seem to be at the high end of the market - Hagerty shows a #1 condition ("best int the world") '74 TR6 valued at around $35k.

There's a very telling line in the description: "This TR6 is exceptional in absolutely every way and cannot be duplicated for its asking price".

That doesn't surprise me. I also wouldn't be surprised if it finds a new home. Only takes one person who wants it.

The area where it is selling is one of the most affluent parts of the country... lots of $ to spend.
Somebody not at all familiar with the car will see it and will haggle for say $40K and it will be sold. The buyer will think he got a deal and the seller will be jumping for joy.
 

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....Somebody not at all familiar with the car will see it and will haggle for say $40K and it will be sold. The buyer will think he got a deal and the seller will be jumping for joy.

Just a thought - My guess is at $40k the seller won't be jumping for joy. I expect he will be losing $$ on it.
 

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My guess is that the wife said that the car had to go! So....he put the car up for sale. She didn't say the car had to be priced at a level where it would sell! Varoooooom! Gil NoCal
 
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