Did you know that the Triumph TR6’s panel gaps are large enough to fit another TR6?
Triumph TR6s go for crazy money these days (well, relatively). Why? You don’t see, for example, the Fiat 124 Spider selling for almost up to $30k, and that’s got Pininfarina styling! behind it. It’s the difference between Jensen-Healey and Austin-Healey, come to think of it.
It must be the inherent Britishness. As I espoused in great detail on the recent podcast, England built some of the coolest cars today, and it still does, thanks to the Indians. Naturally, I was the only one to hold this ridiculous enlightened view. But hey, Van Gogh wasn’t recognized as a genius until after his death. He also did a lot of absinthe. What was I saying again? Oh, right.
I bet Van Gogh, if he were alive today, would drive a TR6. They’re both stylistically unkempt yet oddly charismatic, and they’re hugely popular only after their demise. Now that the crazed Dutchman would be swimming in cash, he could scrape together enough dough to afford two TR6s…and the requisite boatload of spare Lucas parts.
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