1970 Triumph TR6 Full Test Drive Review [Collector Car Guru Seat of The Pants Videos] 

Have to love the extra horsepower of the TR6 PI! Enjoy.

TR transmissions are bulletproof and under-stressed. Shifting quickly/effectively does no damage and is absolutely fine with proper tranny lube, a properly bled clutch master/slave and good clutch...and in the many TRs we've owned over the last 25 years, we've never had a problem with wearing syncros or grinding gears. If you have experience with straight-cut gears, like we do, you learn rev matching.

The gauge bezels are supposed to be black on a '70 TR6, the interior upholstery was original (so blame the seat foam, not the vinyl for wrinkles -- although the vinyl needed replacement, as well) and the original carpet was indeed faded, because, well it was also original. What we cannot understand is why you chose to make these comments. Are you judging it for a concours in which it wasn't entered?

@@CollectorCarGuru People must swap them out often I see chrome on 70s. The vinyl in the back has a clear fold line, no foam even there. That sort of line is consistent with not being prepared after shipping before install. It certainly looks unoriginal from the video posted. What's to understand? Did you assume they were being made for you?

The Stag really isn't a sports car, rather a touring convertible ala Chrysler LeBaron or Sebring. The TVRs you mention are all far more modern and provide a driving feel akin to Camaros, Mustangs and Corvettes from the 80s and 90s. Even the TVR Tasmin is more like a TR8, which is pure 1980s in feel. (The TR7/TR8 platform gave dynamics and road feel actually ahead of its time, considering the platform was released in '75.) There are Morgans and Caterham/Lotus 7s, but those are all essentially just carry-over production to fulfill demand within an extremely small niche, rather than true production vehicles intended to suit all-purpose needs starting in the 1970s.

As a former automotive journalist and transportation safety issue specialist, former racer and someone who has spent over 25 years driving little British cars, as well as all types of vehicles small to large over 100-plus years of automobile production…I can tell you with certainty the “thumbs around the wheel is dangerous” (or spokes) has been statistically rendered an old wives tale. Now it is true you do not want to death grip the wheel when confronted with an imminent impact, but that is also about your wrists, and why stuntmen do not hold the wheel at all on impact. The chances, however, of breaking your thumb with wheel kickback are around that of getting hit by lightning while holding a winning Powerball ticket…and it has nothing to do with manual vs power steering, as all steering has some possibility of minor kickback. (Actually, a more statistically-relevant kickback is with hydraulic system failure sending the steering wheel into a scary uncontrollable back and forth. ) Given the steering geometry, suspension, weight, wheels and tires of a TR6 (or even earlier TRs with worm and roller) breaking a thumb is far less likely than breaking your teeth on the wheel, sustaining a head and neck injury in a collision, or dying in a t-bone accident.