Description
The Triumph TR5 was built by the Triumph Motor Company in Coventry between August 1967 and September 1968 with only 2, 947 cars produced in total - the first car being assembled on 29 August 1967 and the last on 19 September 1968. Of these, 1, 161 were destined for the UK market, the remainder being LHD cars which went to Europe. Externally, it's barely discernible to the Giovanni Michelotti styled Triumph TR4, but TR5 hid the main difference under the bonnet! The TR4 had a 2138cc 4 cylinder engine with twin Stromberg carburettors producing 104bhp, but the Triumph TR5 boasted a 2. 5 litre Straight 6 fuel injected engine developing around 150 bhp (112 kW) and this engine turned the TR5 into a genuine performance car. At the time, fuel injection was uncommon in standard road cars and so much so that Triumph claimed in their sales brochure that it was the 'First British production sports car with petrol injection'. This engine could propel the TR5 from 0 to 50 mph (80 km/ h) in just 6. 5 seconds, and on to a top speed of 125 mph (201 km/ h). Standard equipment included front disc brakes, independent rear suspension, rack and pinion steering and a four speed gearbox. The available optional extras included overdrive, wire wheels and a hard top with detachable roof panel - known as the 'Surrey Top' and in 1968, the basic price of the TR5 in the UK was £1, 260 including taxes, with wire wheels being another £38, overdrive £60 and a tonneau cover another £13. So much more than a stopgap between the TR4 & TR6, the short-lived Triumph TR5 is now arguably the most sought-after model in the TR range. ONLY ONE PREVIOUS OWNER FROM NEW - UNDERGOING LIGHT RESTORATION & RECOMMISSIONING This Triumph TR5 Pi - Chassis No: CP2192 and Engine No: CP2192 is a 'Matching Numbers' car and was sold new to a Mr Albert De Sousa in Forest Hill, London SE23 and first registered on 23rd May 1968. After almost 20 years of ownership in 1986, Mr Sousa enlisted Triumph specialist TR Sports Cars in Mitchum, Surrey to carry out a full 'body-off' chassis restoration of the car and he also had the colour changed from its original Triumph White to Signal Red. The restoration took 2 years and all invoices for the works are contained in the history file and the full cost of this restoration came to just over £10, 500, which was quite a substantial sum back in 1988. After this, the car was maintained and serviced by Cox & Buckles Workshops in Wimbledon and TR specialist Enginuity in London until we sold it for him in September 2005 to the current and second owner and the mileage then was a genuine 62, 715 miles from new! The current French owner purchased the car from us on the 28th September 2005, when he was still living in London, and paid the princely sum £16, 995. The car was taken back to his home in France a year or so later and registered there, but it was not officially exported as it still retains its UK registration number HST 201F and is still recorded on the DVLA database. During his ownership of 19 years, it has hardly been driven as he has spent much of his time working in the USA and only drove the car when returning to France for holidays, so it has only covered a further 2, 121 miles since his purchase of the car in 2005 and it has now covered a genuine 64, 836 miles from new. The car is finished in Signal Red with the original Back leather seats which were in the car when we sold it to him plus a black interior, Walnut Dashbord, Mota-Lita Steering Wheel, Chrome Wire Wheels, Surrey Top with both Hard and Soft panels, Bosch Fuel Pump, Kenlowe Electric Cooling Fan and still with its original 'matching numbers' 2. 5 litre Straight Six Fuel injected Engine and 4 Speed Manual Gearbox. Unfortunately, the car has developed a few cosmetic paint issues since he bought the car 19 years ago and the interior requires some refurbishment, so we are now in the process o
