TriumphTR6

Triumph TR6 Books and Sources

The factory's brochures, the magazines and the importer's newsletter of the time, the clubs' guides, the histories and the results tables behind every page of this site, with what each is good for and how far to trust it.

The tail of a dark blue Triumph TR6 with a TRIUMPH badge over the word OVERDRIVE, a luggage rack and a wrap-round tail lamp.
The kind of detail the sources help to read: the OVERDRIVE badge of an option on a dark blue TR6, beside its wrap-round tail lamp and luggage rack.Draco2008 from UK, CC BY 2.0

The earliest source the pages cite is the American importer's newsletter for January 1969, which introduced the TR6 to its owners' club. The list below holds every source the pages cite and those of the site's records of its specifications, cars, people and races, each with its address as plain text, from the factory's brochures and Motor Sport's reports to the clubs' guides and the results tables, and each page lists its own sources at its foot.⁠1

How the sources are graded

The label beside each source in the list grades the kind of source it is, not every line in it. Primary sources were made at the time: the factory's brochures, Motor Sport's tests and reports, the readers' letters it printed, and the importer's newsletter, a house magazine published by British Leyland's American company, partisan but written as things happened. Reference sources are later work done with care: the clubs' guides, the specialists' notes, the historians' articles, and the parts catalogues, which are cited only for what a catalogue states, such as the build dates Rimmer's takes from the factory's records. Database sources, racingsportscars' results and IMCDb's list of screen appearances, are read one entry at a time.

Unchecked sources are leads, chiefly Wikipedia, in English and in German. A page uses one only beside a stronger source or by naming it in the sentence.⁠1​2​3​4​5​6

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The maker's own words

Two brochures speak for the factory. Standard-Triumph's British brochure for the TR6 PI, of December 1970, gives the fullest specification read, and explains the injection and sells it; British Leyland's Italian brochure of February 1974 covers the later CR car. The American car's specification comes from the importer, in its launch notes of January 1969, its table of 1972 and its sheet for the 1974 model year, which the specifications set beside the brochures.⁠7​8​1​9​10

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Magazines and newsletters of the time

Motor Sport's archive is the British record of the car's own years: its test of a TR6 PI in March 1971, Bill Boddy's note on the Group 44 car at Earls Court in November 1972, Clive Richardson's two reports on the TR6 he bought, of November 1973 and December 1974, its readers' letters, and its first reports of the TR7. Its review of Graham Robson's The Story of Triumph Sports Cars, in March 1974, describes a history written while the TR6 was still being built.

The American record is the importer's Triumph Newsletter, its issues of 1969 to 1977, all but a few of them in the Vintage Triumph Register's archive: launch notes, specifications, prices, recalls, colours, film placements and the racing season, race by race. Road & Track's figures for the cars it tested in 1972 and 1973, printed in June 1974, and Popular Science's group test of August 1969 add American figures. The other period tests known, Autocar's and Car and Driver's among them, are on road tests, with where their words were found.⁠11​12​13​14​15​16​17​18​19​20

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Clubs, registers and specialists

The TR Register's facts sheet and buyer's leaflet give the production figures, the commission numbers by model year and what to check. The Vintage Triumph Register's TR6 pages add a history, a spotter's guide to the changes and a production table. TR-Register Deutschland's guide, by Bruno Dwinger, covers the car's development and the buying of one in detail, with German prices, though it swaps the bore and stroke and gives torque in newton-metres where pound-feet are meant, so its figures are read with care.

Rimmer Bros' parts catalogue prints the factory's build dates for the first and last car of each year and its lists of paints and trims, with a foreword by Graham Robson, who saw the TR6 at Canley before its launch. Revington TR's notes list the parts the TR6 kept from the TR5, and the British Motor Museum issues Heritage Certificates from the factory's records.⁠21​22​23​24​2​25​26

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Books and later accounts

The most cited later account is Aaron Severson's history of the TR5, TR250 and TR6 on Ate Up With Motor, of 2012, footnoted throughout: it gives the reasons for the restyle, the American prices and sales, and the end of the car. Moss Motoring, the magazine of Moss Motors, adds articles from 1985 to 2021, among them the TR6 at 25, Group 44 and Kas Kastner, and a warranty assessor's memory of 1975. Classic & Sports Car's comparison with the Datsun 240Z, of 2023, and the buyers' guides of Hagerty and Practical Classics give the modern view, and AROnline the American list prices of 1971.

David Knowles's Triumph TR6: The Complete Story (2016) reaches these pages only through Wikipedia, which cites it for dates of the last TR6 PI and the last TR6 that differ from the factory's build records. Robson's The Story of Triumph Sports Cars reaches them through Motor Sport's review, and Severson's notes on sources name the books behind his own account.⁠27​28​29​30​31​32​33​34​35​5​16

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Every source

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  • Uncheckedencyclopaedias and enthusiast sites: cited beside a good source, named in the sentence, or marked Unchecked
  1. Edgardo Michelotti, "Giovanni Michelotti. L'uomo e il designer" (Monografia AISA 134), AISA – Associazione Italiana per la Storia dell'Automobile (Società Editrice Il Cammello, Turin), Turin, 25 Nov 2023; web edition, https://aisastoryauto.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/aisa134web.pdf. Reference
  2. Chris Cowin, "History: Exporting British cars to Canada – Part Two: The British Leyland Years", AROnline, 19 Aug 2025, https://aronline.co.uk/history/exporting-british-cars-to-canada-pt2/. Reference
  3. Keith Adams, "The Cars: Triumph TR7/TR8 development story", AROnline, updated 8 Feb 2024, https://aronline.co.uk/cars/triumph/tr7-tr8/bullet-development-story/. Reference
  4. Keith Adams, "Concepts and Prototypes: Triumph Broadside (1979–1981)", AROnline, 2 Feb 2024, https://aronline.co.uk/cars/triumph/tr7-tr8/triumph-broadside/. Reference
  5. Chris Cowin, "History: Exporting British cars to the USA – Part Two", AROnline, 31 May 2025, updated 21 Oct 2025, https://aronline.co.uk/history/exporting-british-cars-to-the-usa-part2/. Reference
  6. Aaron Severson, "Grandfather's Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 2: TR5, TR250, and TR6", Ate Up With Motor, 7 Nov 2012, https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr5-tr250-tr6/view-all/. Reference
  7. Aaron Severson, "Grandfather's Ax: The Many Evolutions of the Triumph TR4, Part 1: TR4 and TR4A", Ate Up With Motor, 22 Oct 2012, https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr4-tr4a/view-all/. Reference
  8. Aaron Severson, "Way of the Wedge: The Triumph TR7 and TR8", Ate Up With Motor, 5 Feb 2012, pp. 1–5, https://ateupwithmotor.com/model-histories/triumph-tr7-tr8/. Reference
  9. Jackie Jouret and Helmut Werb, "507s star at Pebble Beach", Bimmer, No. 119, 25 Oct 2013, http://www.bimmer-mag.com/issues/119/articles/507s-star-at-pebble-beach. Reference
  10. British Leyland, Triumph TR6 PI (sales brochure), Italy, 2/1974, https://archive.org/details/1974-triumph-tr-6-p.-i-brochure.-italy-2-1974-01. Primary
  11. British Motor Museum, "Factor us in: Standard Triumph factory at Canley", https://britishmotormuseum.co.uk/explore/museum-blog/standard-triumph-factory-at-canley. Reference
  12. British Motor Museum (BMIHT), "Heritage Certificates", https://britishmotormuseum.co.uk/archive/heritage-certificates. Primary
  13. BMW Group Classic (BMW Classic blog), "60 Years of Pure Temptation", 2015, https://www.presstopic.bmwgroup.com/en/bmw-classic-blog/text/60-YEARS-OF-PURE-TEMPTATION-4484.html. Primary
  14. Michael Lamm, "1st Drive in the Triumph TR8", British Car, Feb–Mar 1999, pp. 46–48, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Reference
  15. Canley Classics, "Macau Spitfire", https://canleyclassics.com/api/archive/article/?q=macau-spitfire. Reference
  16. Dennis May, "Technical Report" on the TR-4 (cover story), Car and Driver, Oct 1961, pp. 19–23, https://archive.org/details/sim_car-and-driver_1961-10_7. Primary
  17. Gordon H. Jennings, "Kas Kastner and his Super Triumph", Car and Driver, Feb 1966, pp. 48–49, 92, https://www.kaskastner.com/feb66.pdf. Primary
  18. Leon Mandel, "TR-250K: Salvation of an Empire", Car and Driver, Apr 1968 (vol. 13 no. 10), https://www.kaskastner.com/cardriver_apr1968.pdf. Primary
  19. Don Sherman, "Triumph TR8" (road test), Car and Driver, Aug 1980, pp. 36–40, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Primary
  20. Tim Pollard, "Spen King, Range Rover creator (1925–2010)", CAR, 2010, https://www.carmagazine.co.uk/features/opinion/tim-pollard/remembered-spen-king-range-rover-creator-1925-2010/. Reference
  21. carrozzieri-italiani.com, "Giovanni Michelotti"; "The Partnership Between Michelotti and Triumph", https://carrozzieri-italiani.com. Unchecked
  22. carrozzieri-italiani.com, "Triumph TR5 Ginevra" (listing), 7 Nov 2024, https://carrozzieri-italiani.com/listing/triumph-tr5-ginevra/. Unchecked
  23. Charlie Calderwood, "Datsun 240Z vs Triumph TR6: the battle for America", Classic & Sports Car, 1 Feb 2023, https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/datsun-240z-vs-triumph-tr6-battle-america. Reference
  24. Malcolm McKay, "Triumph Spitfire buyer's guide: what to pay and what to look for", Classic & Sports Car, 10 May 2019, https://classicandsportscar.com/node/48297. Reference
  25. Classic & Sports Car, RIP Bob Tullius 1930-2026, Jack Phillips, 19 Mar 2026, https://www.classicandsportscar.com/obituaries/rip-bob-tullius-1930-2026. Reference
  26. Martin Buckley, "Out for the Count: Michelotti's BMW 507", Classic & Sports Car, https://www.classicandsportscar.com/features/out-count-michelottis-bmw-507. Reference
  27. Rob Sass, "Buyers Guide: Triumph TR6", Hagerty UK, 12 Nov 2014, https://www.hagerty.co.uk/articles/buyers-guide-triumph-tr6/. Reference
  28. IMCDb.org (Controgest SRL), "Triumph TR6 in movies and TV series", https://imcdb.org/vehicles_make-Triumph_model-TR6.html. Database
  29. Giles Chapman, "Harry Webster" (obituary), The Independent, 17 Feb 2007, https://independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/harry-webster-6228822.html. Reference
  30. Jaguar Daimler Heritage Trust, "1974 Jaguar E-Type Group 44 Racing Car", https://www.jaguarheritage.com/vehicle-collection/1974-jaguar-e-type-group-44-racing-car/. Primary
  31. G. William Krause, The Illustrated History of Triumph Sports and Racing Cars, CarTech, 2017, https://static.summitracing.com/global/images/technicalarticles/sad-ct596.pdf. Reference
  32. Bea Meyer, "Trivia Test: TRs at the Movies", Moss Motoring, 1985, https://mossmotoring.com/trivia-test-trs-at-the-movies/. Reference
  33. Moss Motoring, "Twenty-Five years of the TR6: A Nostalgic Profile", Oct 1994, https://mossmotoring.com/twenty-five-years-tr6-nostalgic-profile/. Reference
  34. Moss Motoring, "Triumph in America", 1 Mar 2001, https://mossmotoring.com/triumph-america/. Reference
  35. Moss Motoring, "Britain's Big Iron", Dec 2002, https://mossmotoring.com/britains-big-iron/. Reference
  36. Moss Motoring, "Triumph TR6: An Enduring Classic", 9 Jan 2009, https://mossmotoring.com/triumph-tr6-an-enduring-classic/. Reference
  37. Moss Motoring, "Bob Tullius, Group 44 Inc.", 5 Apr 2009, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  38. Moss Motoring, "Kas Kastner – The legend and the legacy", 30 Nov 2011, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  39. "Johnny Oversteer", "Almost Famous – Triumph TR5 Ginevra", Moss Motoring, 25 Mar 2015, https://mossmotoring.com/almost-famous-triumph-tr5-ginevra/. Reference
  40. Moss Motoring, "Press Release: British Sports Car Hall of Fame", 20 Mar 2017, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  41. Graham Robson, "Harry Webster – My Technical Mentor", Moss Motoring (Moss Motors), 12 Jun 2019, https://mossmotoring.com/harry-webster-my-technical-mentor/. Reference
  42. Graham Robson, "Alick Dick: Triumph's Managing Director 1954–1961", Moss Motoring, 18 Jan 2021, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  43. Moss Motoring, "Loud Pedal", 19 May 2021, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  44. Moss Motoring, "John F. Quilter, Warranty Claims Assessor", 19 May 2021, https://mossmotoring.com/john-f-quilter-warranty-claims-assessor/. Reference
  45. Graham Robson, "One Design, Many Derivatives", Moss Motoring, 26 Oct 2022, https://mossmotoring.com. Reference
  46. Bill Boddy, "Rumblings" (TR6 PI and 2.5 PI Mk II), Motor Sport, Mar 1971, p. 34, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-1971/34/rumblings-march-1971/. Primary
  47. Bill Boddy, "Matters of Moment", Motor Sport, Nov 1972, p. 19, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1972/19/matters-of-moment-november-1972/. Primary
  48. Clive Richardson, "The Tale of a TR6", Motor Sport, Nov 1973, p. 54, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/november-1973/54/the-tale-of-a-tr6/. Primary
  49. Bill Boddy, Review of Graham Robson's "The Story of Triumph Sports Cars", Motor Sport, Mar 1974, p. 36, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-1974/36/the-story-of-triumph-sports-cars/. Primary
  50. Clive Richardson, "The continuing tale of a TR6", Motor Sport, Dec 1974, p. 53, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1974/53/the-continuing-tale-of-a-tr6/. Primary
  51. Alan Henry, "Sports round-up", Motor Sport, Dec 1974, p. 32, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1974/32/sports-round/. Primary
  52. Clive Richardson ("C.R."), "The TR7 makes a quiet British bow", Motor Sport, Feb 1975, p. 30, https://motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/february-1975/30/the-tr7-makesa-quiet-british-bow/. Primary
  53. Motor Sport, "Around and About, December 1975", Dec 1975, p. 32, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-1975/32/around-and-about-december-1975/. Primary
  54. Clive Richardson ("C.R."), "Triumph TR7: sports car or two-seater saloon?", Motor Sport, Jun 1976, p. 63, https://motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/june-1976/63/triumpuh-tr7/. Primary
  55. "C.R.", "The Triumph TR7 Drophead" ("Sunshine Seven"), Motor Sport, Apr 1980, p. 35, https://motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/april-1980/35/sunshine-seven/. Primary
  56. Andrew Frankel, "V12 Epoch", Motor Sport, Dec 2004, p. 70, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/december-2004/70/v12-epoch/. Reference
  57. Andrew Frankel, "Unsung heroes: The V12 Jaguars that kept its racing heritage alive", Motor Sport, Mar 2015, p. 58, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/article/march-2015/58/keeping-british-end/. Reference
  58. Motor Sport, Readers' letters on the TR6 (group), Feb 1970, p. 54; Jun 1973, p. 94; Aug 1973, p. 77; Jan 1974, p. 57, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/. Primary
  59. Motor Sport, News, editorials and short items on the TR7 (group), Jul 1975 – Aug 1981; Apr 2002, https://www.motorsportmagazine.com/archive/. Primary
  60. Fred M. H. Gregory, "TR8 V-8: A mighty Triumph" (road test), with the sidebar "A String of Triumphs", Motor Trend, Jun 1980, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Primary
  61. Jan P. Norbye and Jim Dunne, "The $3,000 Roadsters", Popular Science, vol. 195 no. 2, Aug 1969, pp. 96–101, https://archive.org/details/popular-science-1969-no.-8. Primary
  62. Practical Classics, "Buyer's Brief: Triumph TR6", updated 29 Jan 2025, https://www.practicalclassics.co.uk/articles/buying/triumph-tr6/. Reference
  63. Revington TR, "ZOOM Prototype" (TR Derivatives and Prototypes), https://www.revingtontr.com/the-tr-series/tr-derivatives/zoom-prototype. Reference
  64. Revington TR, "Technical Specification Change Points" (TR6), https://revingtontr.com/the-tr-series/tr6/technical-specification-change-points. Reference
  65. Graham Robson (foreword), Triumph TR6 1969–1976 Parts & Accessories Catalogue, Rimmer Bros, edn 2.2 (source code TR600313), https://www.rimmerbros.com/images/PDFs/TR6-Esther.pdf. Reference
  66. Road & Track, "Multi-Purpose Triumph", Dec 1966, pp. 92–94, https://www.kaskastner.com/roadtrack2.pdf. Primary
  67. James T. Crow, "Profile: Kas Kastner", Road & Track, Jun 1978 (vol. 29 no. 10), pp. 14–15, 18, https://www.kaskastner.com/roadtrack1.pdf. Reference
  68. Road Racing Drivers Club, "Jerry Barker", https://rrdc.org/?p=2675. Reference
  69. racingsportscars.com, "Jaguar E-Type – All Results", https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Jaguar/E-Type.html. Database
  70. racingsportscars.com, US Champions Road Atlanta [BP] 1974, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Road_Atlanta-1974-11-03b.html. Database
  71. racingsportscars.com, US Champions Road Atlanta [BP] 1975, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Road_Atlanta-1975-11-02c.html. Database
  72. racingsportscars.com, US Champions Road Atlanta [CP] 1975, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Road_Atlanta-1975-11-02d.html. Database
  73. racingsportscars.com, Sebring 12 Hours 1963, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sebring-1963-03-23.html. Database
  74. racingsportscars.com, Sebring 12 Hours 1966, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sebring-1966-03-26.html. Database
  75. racingsportscars.com, Sebring 12 Hours 1968, results, https://www.racingsportscars.com/results/Sebring-1968-03-23.html. Database
  76. racingsportscars.com, "Triumph Spitfire – All Results" (9 pages, 880 entries, 1962–87), https://racingsportscars.com/type/results/Triumph/Spitfire.html. Database
  77. racingsportscars.com, "Triumph TR250 – All Results", https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Triumph/TR250.html. Database
  78. racingsportscars.com, "Triumph TR6 – All Results", https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Triumph/TR6.html. Database
  79. racingsportscars.com, Driver pages (group): John Kelly (USA), John McComb (USA), Pat Bedard (USA), Ken Slagle (USA), Lee Mueller (USA), Bill Adam (CDN), Peter Bulkowski (CDN), Bruce Kulczyk (CDN), Luc Behar (CDN), https://www.racingsportscars.com. Database
  80. racingsportscars.com, "All Results of Triumph TR8" (1979–1999), https://www.racingsportscars.com/type/results/Triumph/TR8.html. Database
  81. Road & Track, Road & Track, June 1974, Jun 1974, https://archive.org/details/rt1974-1974-06. Primary
  82. Michael L. Cook, "1981 Triumph TR8: Fast and Last", Special Interest Autos, no. 156, Nov–Dec 1996, pp. 10–17, https://www.triumphtr8.com/tr8-press-articles-and-cuttings/. Reference
  83. 6-Pack Car Club of the Americas, 6-Pack Car Club of the Americas, home page, https://6-pack.org. Reference
  84. Chris Phillips, "V12 Jaguar E-Type", Sports Car Digest, 1 Aug 2011, https://sportscardigest.com/v12-jaguar-e-type/. Reference
  85. Standard-Triumph, Triumph TR6 P.I. (sales brochure), UK, Dec 1970, publication 426/1270/ENG, https://archive.org/details/1_20260423_20260423_0616. Primary
  86. The Daily Telegraph, "Harry Webster" (obituary), 9 Feb 2007, https://telegraph.co.uk. Reference
  87. Bruno Dwinger, "Geschichte, Typenkunde und Kaufberatung: Standard-Triumph TR4, TR5/TR250 – 'die Michelotti Autos'", TR-Register Deutschland, 2009, 13 pp. (PDF), https://tr-register.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kaufberatung-TR4-und-TR5-und-TR250.pdf. Reference
  88. Bruno Dwinger, "Geschichte, Typenkunde und Kaufberatung: British Leyland Triumph TR 6PI und TR 6 (Vergaser) – Die Karmann Autos", TR-Register Deutschland, c. 2010, 13 pp. (PDF), https://tr-register.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Kaufberatung_TR6_und_TR6PI.pdf. Reference
  89. Frédéric Reydellet (racing history), tr5passion.com (group): "En bref / Summary", "Identification", "Lucas injection", "Options", "Technical spec", "Colours", "TR5 Ginevra", "Racing history", TR5 Passion, https://www.tr5passion.com. Reference
  90. Brian Ridley-Jones ("The Italia") and Mike Napoli ("The F Type Devin") and Steve Dival ("The Swallow Doretti"), Articles (group): "The Italia", "The F Type Devin", "The Swallow Doretti", TR Drivers Club, https://www.trdrivers.com/articles21/italia1.html. Reference
  91. TR Drivers Club, TR Drivers Club, home page, https://trdrivers.com. Reference
  92. TR Register, "Buyer Beware: TR6" (2 pp. PDF leaflet), https://www.tr-register.co.uk/storage/Pages/tr6-buyer-beware.pdf. Reference
  93. TR Register, "Triumph TR6 Buyers Guide" (facts sheet), https://www.tr-register.co.uk/resources/buyers-guide/triumph-tr6. Reference
  94. Malcolm Paris (compiler), "Triumph TR7 / TR7 V8 and TR8 Buyers Guide", TR Register, https://tr-register.co.uk/resources/buyers-guide/triumph-tr7-tr8. Reference
  95. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, October 1955, Oct 1955, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAOct1955.pdf. Primary
  96. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1959, Aug 1959, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAug1959.pdf. Primary
  97. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1960, Feb 1960, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFebruary1960.pdf. Primary
  98. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, June 1962, Jun 1962, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJune62.pdf. Primary
  99. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September–October 1962, Sep–Oct 1962 (vol. 8 nos. 9 and 10), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/aTSOA091062.pdf. Primary
  100. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1963, Feb 1963 (vol. 9 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0263.pdf. Primary
  101. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September 1963, Sep 1963 (vol. 9 no. 8), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0963.pdf. Primary
  102. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1964, Jan 1964 (vol. 10 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0164.pdf. Primary
  103. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1964, Mar 1964 (vol. 10 no. 3), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0364.pdf. Primary
  104. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November 1964, Nov 1964, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA1164.pdf. Primary
  105. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1966, Feb 1966 (vol. 12 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0266.pdf. Primary
  106. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1966, Mar 1966 (vol. 12 no. 3), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0366.pdf. Primary
  107. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, April 1966, Apr 1966 (vol. 12 no. 4), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOA0466.pdf. Primary
  108. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1968, Feb 1968 (vol. 14 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFeb68.pdf. Primary
  109. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1968, Mar 1968 (vol. 14 no. 3), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAMarch68.pdf. Primary
  110. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1968, Aug 1968 (vol. 14 no. 8), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAug68.pdf. Primary
  111. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September 1968, Sep 1968 (vol. 14 no. 9), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOASept68.pdf. Primary
  112. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1968, Dec 1968 (masthead "Volume 14, Number 11"), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec68.pdf. Primary
  113. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1969, Jan 1969 (vol. 15 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJan69.pdf. Primary
  114. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1969, Feb 1969, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFeb69.pdf. Primary
  115. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, April 1969, Apr 1969 (vol. 15 no. 4), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAPR69.pdf. Primary
  116. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, June 1969, Jun 1969, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJune69.pdf. Primary
  117. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, July 1969, Jul 1969, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJuly69.pdf. Primary
  118. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1969, Dec 1969 (vol. 15 no. 12), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec69.pdf. Primary
  119. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1970, Jan 1970 (vol. 16 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJan70.pdf. Primary
  120. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1970, Feb 1970, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFeb70.pdf. Primary
  121. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1970, Mar 1970, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAMar70.pdf. Primary
  122. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, June 1970, Jun 1970, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJune70.pdf. Primary
  123. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, July 1970, Jul 1970, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJuly70.pdf. Primary
  124. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1970, Aug 1970, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAug70.pdf. Primary
  125. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1970, Dec 1970 (vol. 16 no. 12), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec70.pdf. Primary
  126. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1971, Feb 1971 (vol. 17 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFeb71.pdf. Primary
  127. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September 1971, Sep 1971, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOASept71.pdf. Primary
  128. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November–December 1971, Nov–Dec 1971 (vol. 17 nos. 11–12), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOANovDec71.pdf. Primary
  129. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1972, Jan 1972, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJan72.pdf. Primary
  130. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February 1972, Feb 1972, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFeb72.pdf. Primary
  131. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, March 1972, Mar 1972, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAMar72.pdf. Primary
  132. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, May 1972, May 1972, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAMay72.pdf. Primary
  133. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November 1972, Nov 1972 (vol. 18 no. 11), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOANov72.pdf. Primary
  134. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1972, Dec 1972 (vol. 18 no. 12), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec72.pdf. Primary
  135. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1973, Jan 1973 (vol. 19 no. 1), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/73_01_TSOAJan73.pdf. Primary
  136. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1973, Aug 1973, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAug73.pdf. Primary
  137. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November 1973, Nov 1973 (vol. 19 no. 10), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOANov73.pdf. Primary
  138. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1973, Dec 1973, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec73.pdf. Primary
  139. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1974, Jan 1974, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJan74.pdf. Primary
  140. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August 1974, Aug 1974 (vol. 20 no. 8), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAug74.pdf. Primary
  141. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September 1974, Sep 1974, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOASep74.pdf. Primary
  142. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November 1974, Nov 1974 (vol. 20 no. 11), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOANov74.pdf. Primary
  143. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1974, Dec 1974, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOADec74.pdf. Primary
  144. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, February–March 1975, Feb–Mar 1975 (vol. 21 no. 2), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAFebMar75.pdf. Primary
  145. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, August–September 1975, Aug–Sep 1975 (vol. 21 no. 5), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAAugSep75.pdf. Primary
  146. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, October–November 1975, Oct–Nov 1975 (vol. 21 no. 6), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAOctNov75.pdf. Primary
  147. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January–February 1976, Jan–Feb 1976, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJanFeb76.pdf. Primary
  148. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, May–June 1976, May–Jun 1976, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAMayJun76.pdf. Primary
  149. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September–October 1976, Sep–Oct 1976 (vol. 22 no. 5), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOASepOct76.pdf. Primary
  150. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November–December 1976, Nov–Dec 1976, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOANovDec76.pdf. Primary
  151. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January–February 1977, Jan–Feb 1977, https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tsoa/TSOAJanFeb77.pdf. Primary
  152. Drew Holliday, "Triumph TR250 Production Information" (8 pp. PDF), Vintage Triumph Register, https://vtr.org/tr250-files/tr250-production-information.pdf. Reference
  153. Vintage Triumph Register, "TR4A" (history, change points and yearly output, buyer's and spotter's guides, numbering), https://vintagetriumphregister.org/tr4a/. Reference
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Sources

  • Primarymade at the time, by the maker or by people who were there
  • Referenceserious later work: clubs, specialists, magazines, books
  • Databaseresults and listings, entry by entry
  • Uncheckedencyclopaedias and enthusiast sites: cited beside a good source, named in the sentence, or marked Unchecked
  1. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, January 1969, Jan 1969 (vol. 15 no. 1), the TR6 introduced to owners; the masthead: British Leyland Motors Inc.; p. 3, the launch specification. Primary
  2. Graham Robson (foreword), Triumph TR6 1969–1976 Parts & Accessories Catalogue, Rimmer Bros, edn 2.2 (source code TR600313), p. 5, the build records; p. 2, Robson's foreword; p. 5, the first and last cars; p. 207, paint and trim. Reference
  3. racingsportscars.com, "Triumph TR6 – All Results". Database
  4. IMCDb.org (Controgest SRL), "Triumph TR6 in movies and TV series". Database
  5. Wikipedia (EN), "Triumph TR6", 2026, citing Knowles, 2016, for the last TR6 PI and the last TR6. Unchecked
  6. Wikipedia (DE), "Triumph TR6", 2026. Unchecked
  7. Standard-Triumph, Triumph TR6 P.I. (sales brochure), UK, Dec 1970, publication 426/1270/ENG, publication 426/1270/ENG; the specification, p. 11. Primary
  8. British Leyland, Triumph TR6 PI (sales brochure), Italy, 2/1974, the CR car. Primary
  9. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, November–December 1971, Nov–Dec 1971 (vol. 17 nos. 11–12), p. 2, the 1972 specification table. Primary
  10. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, December 1973, Dec 1973, p. 3, the 1974 specification. Primary
  11. Bill Boddy, "Rumblings" (TR6 PI and 2.5 PI Mk II), Motor Sport, Mar 1971, p. 34, p. 34. Primary
  12. Bill Boddy, "Matters of Moment", Motor Sport, Nov 1972, p. 19, p. 19. Primary
  13. Clive Richardson, "The Tale of a TR6", Motor Sport, Nov 1973, p. 54, p. 54. Primary
  14. Clive Richardson, "The continuing tale of a TR6", Motor Sport, Dec 1974, p. 53, p. 53. Primary
  15. Motor Sport, Readers' letters on the TR6 (group), Feb 1970, p. 54; Jun 1973, p. 94; Aug 1973, p. 77; Jan 1974, p. 57. Primary
  16. Bill Boddy, Review of Graham Robson's "The Story of Triumph Sports Cars", Motor Sport, Mar 1974, p. 36, p. 36; p. 36, Robson's history reviewed. Primary
  17. Clive Richardson ("C.R."), "The TR7 makes a quiet British bow", Motor Sport, Feb 1975, p. 30, p. 30. Primary
  18. Triumph Sports Owners Association, Triumph Sports Owners Association Newsletter, September–October 1976, Sep–Oct 1976 (vol. 22 no. 5), pp. 1–3, a season's racing reported. Primary
  19. Road & Track, Road & Track, June 1974, Jun 1974, the table of 1972–73 test figures. Primary
  20. Jan P. Norbye and Jim Dunne, "The $3,000 Roadsters", Popular Science, vol. 195 no. 2, Aug 1969, pp. 96–101. Primary
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  22. TR Register, "Buyer Beware: TR6" (2 pp. PDF leaflet). Reference
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