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I've been a car guy my whole life, but until the fall of 1973, I was mostly a fan of American muscle. In the fall of '73 my high school buddy and I were college freshmen. He comes by my house in his new ride, an Emerald Green 1972 TR6 with about 11k miles on it, like new. Up until that time, I was vaguely aware of MG's, and maybe Triumphs, but had no interest in them. However, when my friend took me for a ride in his TR6, I was hooked, big time! I immediately began scheming to be rid of the new '73 Pinto I was driving and get a TR6. It took two years, but in the fall of 1975, I bought a Damson '72 TR6, which I still have. I used it as daily transportation commuting to school for the next couple of years. In the summer of 1977, just before starting dental school, I was washing the car and put my fist through a rust hole in the rocker panel. I was devastated! Determined not to let it deteriorate further, I parked it in my parents garage where it sat for the next 8 years. In 1985, I finally had a little time and a little (very little) money to start working on getting the TR6 back on the road. My dad and I worked on it for several months, had the rockers replaced, new paint, new carpet, new top and it looked pretty good. We drove it to Atlanta for a regional VTR meet in the fall of 1985, and from there I really got into the car club scene, joined my local British Car Club, went to many local shows and VTR meets, Roadster Factory Summer Parties, etc. My dad got interested too and he bought a pretty nice 1975 TR6 in 1988. About that time I acquired another TR6, a Jasmine 1971, that I began a frame up restoration on (it still isn't finished!) I was pretty active with the car and car events up until 1995 when my youngest son was born. 1995 was my last VTR meet as well. As is typical, life started getting in the way, I got interested in my kid's activities, especially Boy Scouts and my involvement in the cars waned. My dad passed away in 2004 and that sort of did it. Both cars (and the project car) sat in the garage for the next 15 years. Now, the kids are grown, I'm a couple of years from retirement and I'm ready to get back into the Triumph world again. I placed my first Roadster Factory order in 15 years a couple of weeks ago and was just as excited when the parts arrived as I was 30 years ago. My goal is to get both the '75 and the '72 back on the road in the next year or so. I'm starting with the '75. The frame up on the '71 will have to wait until I actually retire in a couple of years. I can't wait to drive a TR6 again!
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Recent pictures. They both look pretty good, but need quite a bit of work to be roadworthy again. The '75 still has its original Maple paint and I intend to keep it that way.
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Recent pictures. They both look pretty good, but need quite a bit of work to be roadworthy again. The '75 still has its original Maple paint and I intend to keep it that way.
