Triumph TR6 Buyer's Guide
Three tracked TR6 sales, £12,600 to £15,914, median £14,410, with four more live as we write. The striking thing is the band: barely £3,300 separates our floor from our ceiling, and that tightness is the signature of a settled collector market. The TR6 has been fully priced for years; buyers and sellers agree on what a good one costs, and the auction room simply confirms it.
What to pay
£12,600 to £14,410 buys honest, sorted TR6s with sound structure and workable history: the meat of this market. From our median to our £15,914 ceiling the money follows originality, documentation and the quality of past restoration rather than anything so vulgar as a different car. There is no project tier in our records, which itself is information: rough TR6s largely stopped reaching auction once restoration costs overtook the gap to a good one.
What goes wrong
The chassis rots where it matters most: at the trailing arm mounting points, along with the diff mounts and rear sections, and repairs there are structural jobs, not patches. Body sills and floors follow the usual Triumph pattern. The 2.5-litre six is robust, but the Lucas mechanical fuel injection is the model's reputation-maker in both directions: set up by a specialist it is reliable and gives the engine its character; set up by guesswork it is the reason so many cars run rich, hot or not at all. Parts and specialist support are strong, and the club network is mature.
Our view
Buy the chassis, then the injection history, and pay median money without embarrassment; the tight band means overpaying is nearly impossible and bargains do not exist. A TR6 with documented trailing-arm repairs and a specialist-sorted injection system is the settled, usable end of the sixties roadster market. It will hold its value and start every time, which is more than the model's reputation once promised.
