Italian Used Car Weekend Edition – Triumph TR7

Antti Kautonen

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Hello, and welcome to another Weekend Edition. This weekend I’m displaying classic cars for sale – in Italy. That’s right, the cars do not specifically need to be Italian-made, but Italian-registered and currently for sale there. The used car market in Italy seems to be quite unique in its offerings, and there are a lot of Italian-only models that need to be showcased.

The first classic here is a Triumph TR7, and it’s said to have been owned by a countess. That’s prestige.

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For sale at what appears to be a classic car dealer, wedged (hur hur) between a Lancia Montecarlo and a Renault 4, sits the light green Triumph. For some weird reason, it’s marked down as a 1992 car, which is just not possible. Even 1982 isn’t, as the production ceased in ’81.

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The RHD car is noted as having belonged to the apparently ill-fated Countess Vacca Augusta, which certainly adds the car some mystery. Inside, there’s blue leather with cloth doorcards.

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For a TR7 tangled in an international mystery, the car appears very clean. It only has 59,000 km on the clock, and it might even be possible for it to not have any major issues.

The asking price for the Milano-registered car for sale in Tuscany is currently 4000 euro. Would you go for it?

See the listing here at Autoscout24

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Antti Kautonen

Antti Kautonen

The resident Finn of Hooniverse. Owns old Peugeots and whatnot, writes long thinkpieces on unloved cars. These two facts might be related.

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7 responses to “Italian Used Car Weekend Edition – Triumph TR7”

  1. JayP2112 Avatar
    JayP2112

    A TR7 in Italy… Like going to the worlds best steak house and ordering the fish.

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    1. Vairship Avatar
      Vairship

      Now you get to have Lucas electrics maintained by Fix It Again Tony mechanics!

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  2. nanonano Avatar
    nanonano

    It's RHD, so it fled the fish&chips.

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  3. anonymic Avatar
    anonymic

    1982 is possible, at least if it was sold in the UK, cars there are titled by the year in which they are sold new. An overstock 1981 TR7 sold new in 82 is an 82. This also happened with MGB's which ended production in 1980, but can be found on ebay.co.uk at times titled as 1981 cars.

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    1. mdharrell Avatar
      mdharrell

      That sort of thing used to happen regularly for imports in several US states, too, back when it was common for imported cars to (a) sell in relatively small numbers and (b) not change as obviously as domestic cars with each model year. Both of my '67 SAABs are titled as '68s and have been since new. Er, "new."

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  4. dukeisduke Avatar
    dukeisduke

    What about the Camaro behind it? Is that a Z28?

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  5. Van_Sarockin Avatar
    Van_Sarockin

    Too high, and an awful interior.

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