1974 Triumph TR6 Rally Car (MSA)

• Acquired by our vendor six years ago ending his search for the best TR6 (CR) he could find
• Road legal but fully prepared to MSA Regs for multi-venue stage rallies, sprints, hill-climbs
• Majority of the work carried out by established rally driver and preparer, Paul Blackburn
• The build sheets and spec run to ten x A4 pages. Copies available
• Road-car parts removed during the conversion have been retained and are included
• Supplied with its original Bill of Sale, MOTs back to 1985, Triumph Passport, Heritage Certificate, MSA Logbook and more
• Built at a total cost approaching £50,000, this is a remarkable opportunity

Every October, the Scottish island of Mull becomes a hive of activity before and during the famous Isle of Mull Car Rally. Rally drivers from all over Britain, as well as local drivers from Mull, compete on the island's narrow roads in several stages and several different courses in the UK's only closed-road rally. Some of the stages are during daylight and some at night. It's an immensely social occasion and over more than a quarter of a century,  it's become a tradition on the island and very popular with visitors, the rallying fraternity and islanders. It's a time of great excitement, parties and celebrations, the biggest of which is the 'end of rally' firework display in Tobermory.

When our client set out to change his rally car and, to be fair, compete with an old friend, he decided that a TR6 was his car of choice. Not an obvious one of course, but winning everything wasn't the motivation and he just fancied a TR6. He also wanted to enter the Mull Rally, an event so special that getting an entry and taking part is probably enough. So, having come up with a plan, he set out to find the best TR6 that he could.

This is that car. Bought as essentially, a one-family owned vehicle, it came with an extensive service history and presented in excellent condition. It displayed only 33,000 miles at the time, which could well have been accurate and, surprisingly, it even had the original Bill of Sale establishing some provenance.

The TR was passed to established rally driver and preparation expert Paul Blackburn who set about a fastidious build to a competitive spec, the details of which extend to over ten pages. Every single item and process is listed, with costs, showing the extent to which our vendor went in turning this smart road car, into a fully papered road/rally car that could be enjoyed on full-blown forest stages but was just as happy on a club Regularity Run.

The build sheets and full spec are too extensive to even think about listing here but all that information is available from our consignor. All the road-car parts removed during the conversion have been retained and are available for collection in the Midlands should the Triumph's next owner wish to return it to a standard road car. It's supplied with its original Bill of Sale, MOTs back to 1985, its Triumph Passport, Heritage Certificate, an MSA Logbook and more.

Our vendor competed in the 2015 Mull Rally as planned, and was leading his class when the race was unfortunately stopped due to an accident. He competed again in 2016 since when a couple of years of the rally not being run has sated his appetite. TR6 - Mull Rally, box ticked. Having invested around £50,000 he has now decided that this cracking little TR should now be available for somebody else to enjoy.

It would be impossible to produce a car of this standard, built to this spec, for a figure of even twice this guide, so it is a car we very happily commend to our audience. Enjoy it as it is, or turn back the clock, it's just a fluid change and a full spanner-check away from getting back out there.