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Triumph Other MKIII (1971)
for sale

Price: US $202.50

Description:

WANTED A NEW HOME FOR A OLD FRIEND YOU ARE BIDDING ON STELLA !!!! WHICH HAS BEEN PART OF MY LIFE FOR THE LAST 37 YEARS. BACK IN THE SUMMER OF 1971 I WORK ALL SUMMER LONG AND SAVED UP ALL THE MONEY I COULD.THE MAN THAT I WAS WORK FOR WAS THE OWNER STELLA I knew from the first day i saw her sitting under that shade tree i just had to have her SHE IS A SUPER VINTAGE CLASSIC 1971 GT6 MK III WHEN I GOT THE OLD GIRL I PULL HER IN THE BIG BARN and for the next 18 months with my Dads help and older brother AND OF COURSE DADS money. We begun to to rebuilt the whole car engine, trans, master cylinders, brakes, clutch, new tires, and all kinds of other things INSIDE new tunes, THICK Cattlaca carpet and a crush velvet headliner FINISHED it with a DARK, deep shiney burgandy paint job SHE LOOKED BAD I drove for the next 3 1/2 years with not one thing to go wrong with her. THEN I put her in my parents big barn IN THE WINNER OF 1985 SHE SAT IN DRY STORAGE FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS THAT'S WHEN MY DAD DECIDED THAT HE WANTED TO DRIVE IT. HE HAD TO DO A FEW THINGS TO HER TUNE -UP REPLACE RUBBER HOSES, TIRES, REBUIT CLUCH, AND BRAKES.HE DROVE IT JUST LITTLE OVER 4 YEARS. AND STELLA BURNED A VALUE .DAD DECIDED TO REBUILD THE ENGINE AT THAT TIME ALSO HE TOOK OUT THE 4 -SPEED TRANS.REPLACED IT WITH A 4-SPEED WITH OVERDRIVE THAT IS STILL WHAT IS IN IT TODAY BOTH ENGINE AND TRANS HAVE JUST A LITTLE OVER 28, 000 MILES ON THEM THE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE WHEN IT WAS PARKED IT HAS NOT BEEN STARTED OR DROVE IN PASSED 9 YEARS IT HAS BEEN IN DRY STORAGE IT NEEDS TO HAVE SOMEONE SPEND A LITTLE TLC AND SOME WRENCHING. THERE IS A START OF SOME CANCER ABOVE WHEEL WELLS , FLOOR BOARDS, A FEW LITTLE WHOLES STARTING THAT'S ALL THE BAD AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THE PICTURES SHE IS NOT IN BAD SHAPE HERE IS A GREAT OPERTUNITY TO HAVE A TRUE VINTAGE CLASSIC THAT LOOKS LIKE JUST LIKE A JAGUAR XKE BUT SMALLER AND NO WARE NEAR THE MONEY ASK ANY ????? LOW RESERVE CHECK OUT THE N.A.D.A BOOK VALUE ON THIS RIDE THANKS FOR LOOKING

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