Triumph TR7 V8 Historic Rally Car

Built in the 1980's professionally by SS preperations as a period TR8 rally car, and judging by the stack of previous receipts to go with the car , it must have been maintained properly too. Looks to have all the right bits fitted. Goes and sounds very well.

Fully prepared shell, seam welded , plated and strengthened throughout . Full SD roll cage with door bars, lightweight panels , bumpers etc. finished in works colours with early tarmac arches.

Quick lift jacking points (Bilstein q/lift jack included!) large dural sump guard etc.

Rover V8 3500cc engine, 10.5;1 compression , cr pistons , heavy duty bearings, stage 3 big valve heads , double valve springs , 224 cam , crane hi rev lifters , lifter pre load kit ,cloyes duplex chain set , steel pulleys , lightened & balanced crank , rods & flywheel , competition clutch up rated oil pump large big wing sump , oil cooler , Janspeed 4 branch exhaust manifolds with stainless system , lucas sports coils and lumenition and micro dynamics rev limiter. Currently runing with a 390cfm Holley ! (more economical than 4x 48webers)

Rover 5 speed modifed comp gearbox , heavy duty mounting and single propshaft , Twin taper Fully Floating Atlas axle , alloy dural brace and diff cover , fitted with a 3.7 LSD , Bilstein front adj. platform struts with rose jointed top mounts & 350lb springs, Bilstein rear dampers with 325lb springs , rose jointed tubular top arms and poly bushed heavy duty lower arms , heavy duty x-member , uprated engine mounts, power steering , 255mm x 20 Vented disc brakes with AP 4 pot calipers front and 250mm solid disc rear with cable and hyd hand brake caliper. Bias brakes , aeroquip lines etc. Fuel tank covered in fire proof protective matting ,Interior - felt dash top (as per works cars!) bespoke centre console , battery , fuel pumps etc in the boot , New FIA seats and in date 6 point belts , period Terretrip meter , in tercom , extingusihers (plumbed & hand held) 4 x Lucas 20-20 spot lights on q/release brackets , wide tarmac Minilte wheels (both front & rear hubs have been converted to accept Ford wheels due to availability) the list goes on ....everything on this car is off the shelf and easy to obtain making this a very cheap car to run apart from the tyres and fuel bills you may get if you drive it like it was intended !

1975 Triumph TR7 Rally Car (KDU487N)

Chassis Number: ACG18
Engine Number: CG14HE
CC: 2000

Though not one of the famous Works rally TR7s, `KDU 487N' does have the same `KDU' prefix to its registration number and is understood to have been used by Triumph to test their five-speed gearbox, which became standard-fit from mid-1976. Built in 1975 and originally Dark Green in colour, the car's first private owner was Ken Wood. After 11 events, Wood and co-driver Peter Brown apparently rolled on the Devilla stage of the Bank of Scotland Rally, necessitating a complete rebuild. Triumph's Competition Department evidently supplied a brand new `Rally TR8' bodyshell that had been specially created for the Works team by Safety Devices. It was seam-welded with a full cage secured to the screen pillars and roof panel and featured heavy-duty axle location brackets, Panhard rod tower, quick-lift jacking points and lightweight panels.

Following the re-shell, `KDU 487N' won its class on the Burmah and Trossachs rallies, and came 4th on the Bowmaker and 8th on the Galloway Hills events. From 12 outings in 1979, it won the Kingdom Stages rally outright, came 4th on the Bank of Scotland and Burmah rallies and achieved another class win on the Trossachs. TheTriumph was first painted in its current Works livery in 1980 and resprayed again last year. The car is reportedly powered by a Don Moore 16-valve Dolomite Sprint unit, as supplied to the Works in 1975. It is mated to an LT77 five-speed, close-ratio Works gearbox. The remaining specification includes: a 4HA axle with limited slip differential and strengthened arms, fresh FIA compliant FT3 bag tank (with certificate), fully aeroquiped fuel system, up-to-date FIA competition seats/harnesses, plumbed-in electronic fire extinguisher system and heated windscreen. The brakes feature AP 4-pot calipers front/Girling 2-pot units rear. The handbrake is hydraulic and the pedal box is adjustable for bias. Struts and dampers are Bilstein, the anti-roll bar is heavy-duty with alloy mounting spacers. The steering rack is high-ratio.