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GBRandy said:
I doubt the trailered car is THE car being sold.
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One wonders. On the other hand, if this isn't the only survivor, as the seller suggests... ????

GBRandy said:
Where on God's green earth would you get a trunk lid for this thing?
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Start with some sheet steel, an English wheel or a wooden buck, and.... :hammer:

I wonder if there's any documentation that this car is the "Earles [sic] Court car"?
 
Andrew Mace said:
GBRandy said:
Where on God's green earth would you get a trunk lid for this thing?
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Start with some sheet steel, an English wheel or a wooden buck, and.... :hammer:
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Thats exactly what I was going to say! I guess I've been watching that show GEARZ too much! :laugh:
 
I'm not sure what the ad means by "Continental" - it looks like a Dolomite to me, and you might be able to get help from UK with restoration.
Am I alone in mistrusting ads by people who cannot spell?
 
Seems to me that if you're capable of downloading someone elses photos and then reuploading them through eBay, you're capable of uploading pictures of the actual car itself.

If you're trying to sell something for several thousand dollars AND paid extra for a reserve why not spend 10 extra seconds in hopes that you'll get more money.

BTW eBay isn't free advertising, each listing costs money
 
Andrew Mace said:
The difference between Continental and Dolomite is that the Dolomites mostly featured the controversial "waterfall" grille, while the Continental was essentially the same car with a more "conventional" grille.
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Thanks. I don't remember ever seeing a waterfall except on a convertible, but I think Triumph was in such a tangle at that time, being plagiarists about to go bust, that anything went!
 
Wow...
That looks like a great project.
The car looks solid enough, at least on the pictures.
Let's see, bolt "A" goes into orifice "B".....
If I wasn't so-far-away, short-of-money, short-of-space, I'd consider that.
 
Just for fun....what do you guys estimate it would cost to get this into nice running shape.
Say doing/putting the major mechanicals together yourself but paying for bodywork/paint.
Getting the interior pieces done up but with some sweat equity there too....???
 
Great question..... The research I have done suggests this is the last remaining example of the car. That doesn't mean it is worth anything, just that it is the only surviving one. However, if I were to buy it, I would bring it back to near new condition.....

I would stab at it like this:

Engine rebuild: $ 5000 (you know it is missing some parts)
Drivetrain surprises: $ 3000 (Custom something will be necessary here)
Interior / electrical: $ 5000 (I would think pretty easy stuff)
Bodywork / paint: $12000 (requires hand made trunk lid + surprises)
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Total Invested: $24000

That would be with me doing all the grunt work like reinstalling the engine. Pulling all the parts off the car before heading to the body shop, installing interior panels, etc.

The guy is asking $20,000 for the car.....so is it worth $44,000? ? :smile: ?
 
GB,
Decent estimates, as long as parts are not missing.
The thing that could really drive up your est. would be sourcing period correct parts. I suspect that all Tr's shared mechanicals so possibly other similar models could be donars for brake, drive line parts etc.
Take a look at the steering wheel control head...how diff would it be to find another similar unit and there are always other eachs that need replacing.
Being the only survivor, if that is true, would make the car more desirable for a collector of the marque certainly...
It is deff worth saving and if someone has the dough hope he is on this site.
Would make a great club project for a Tr club with enough members to absorb cost/execute work.
Wonder what the cost of fabricating a new boot lid would be....and whatever goes on the bootlid (handles etc.)
Does the owner indicate what is actually missing or does he even know?
 
Odd thing is that original photo with it on the trailer doesn't appear to be that old. Even if it is a 20 year old photo, I am wondering how it could get to be in such bad condition in such little time.....gotta be an interesting story behind it....

Cheers,
M. Pied Lourd
 
Anyone remoted interested in restoring such a car probably would be well advised to join the Pre-1940 Triumph Owners Club in the UK. Just because this car may be unique doesn't necessarily mean that, say, a boot lid would be unique to this car. Again, the Dolomite was much the same car, and it's possible that the prewar Vitesse shared body panels. Not that there are tons of spares anywhere, and not that any other boot lid might not require some fitting to the body, but....

Things like control heads and other electrical and hydraulic bits, for example, were often shared with any number of other period British cars. Even if appearance is somewhat different, the electrical bits are likely much the same underneath...and there seem to be specialists who can repair or rebuild just about anything (at a price)!

And like most such clubs in the UK, they run a Spares program!
 
Interesting club.... looks like these folks would be the ones to inquire with as to actual worth if that was an issue.
 
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