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Triumph TR6 - Parts for 74 TR6

Hello everyone,

I have a 1974 TR6<> I wanted to pick everyone’s brain! I wanted to know if people can list what car parts will fit a 1974 TR6. I thought of this when I was redoing my interior and my seat mounts were rusted out. I was thinking could I replace the seats with civic seats? I know that a lot of people hate when you change form the original parts but I have no intention to restore the car to proper specs I just want to have fun and drive it.
Jeff

Jeff,
I think you'll find that the civic seats will be too wide, almost every seat is.
The only seats I know of that fits well and is comfortable is the (gulb!! I hate to say it) Miata
seat, any year. The rest are going to drum me out of the corp now. They also have speakers in the headrest
which is nice. Unfortunatly, the MG guys discovered
this swap a while ago and have driven up the price
of seats from the wreckers.
As far as other parts are concerned, Toyota truck 4 pot brake calipers are pretty much a bolt on for your year. Check the Buckeye web site for how to and a Ford 302 V8 fits very nicely I must say. Check out the HP
thread that is currently running on this site, lots
of good info.
Chris
Christopher Trace

And Jeff,
Just a couple of words of caution, first off, sign up
and become a member. Besides the obvious benifits it will save you from being harrassed to join after every
post you make. Also when disscussing "changes" to your
TR it is best to use the term modify. The C word can
raise the blood pressure of our purist brethern.
The word modify sounds like a small thing done for a good reason that can always be reversed. The purists do out number us greatly, tread carefully.
Christopher Trace

Three years ago I paid $100.00 for a set of cloth Miata seats. Much better than standard Triumph seats though I did not throw away my old seats. Civic heater valve will fit. Use your imagination and you will find much improvement possible but still look and feel like a TR6.
Dick Porter

Yes, there any number of modifications that can be made, several that are not too terribly expensive in the cost benefit ratio calculation. As far as I am concerned, it is down to what you want out of the car. If you want a 400 point VTR trailer queen all the way to a rip snorting, tube framed beast of a car. Either way and all points in between are OK by me even if would not be the same as my own choice. That is the advantage of it being YOUR car and not someone else's. You can set it up YOUR way.

The Miata seat one has been driven up in price due to the demand for the seats. You will need to either fabricate or have someone fabriate some brackets for that one. There are two different Toyota caliper routes to go. There is one that uses stock disc and the narrow spaced Toyota four piston caliper. There is another that uses a later Toyota four piston caliper and Cressida vented discs that is a little more work. Also not a lot of room to work with on that one as the caliper opening width and the disc width are close, caliper positioning is very critical. Either way, you do get to make one brake pipe for each side. At the rear, Datsun 240/260/280Z finned aluminun drums with a little bit of modification work, dimensions available for the asking. Rear wheel cylinders of .875" bore (see the VTR pages for test data when used in conjunction with the solid disc version Toyo four pot calipers) off early Sunbeam Alpines and nearly all four wheel Morgans (Lucas-Girling number 64673804) is a direct bolt on to the TR6.

The 55 amp Bosch alternator off the Ford Fiesta is pretty much a direct bolt on. The plug connections are the same as with the Lucas units, some on the board that have done this were able to use their stock belt, others have gone to half inch and inch longer belts. All sorts of other things out there all the way up to 5 speed transmissions, V8 conversions. Sign up, search archives, find this sort of stuff and more.

Having said all of that, unless you really want to do something fairly radical to it, I would advise that you plan your changes with an eye toward avoiding something that cannot be easily undone. This way you can go back if you wish. Keep all of your stock type parts that are removed. You can put them back on down the road if you change your mind, decide to sell the car, etc. It is always good to have a robust Plan B before you go down the path of change.

SteveP

I have a british car with miata seats. They are excellent and there are always a set on ebay for less than a couple hundred dollars.

Good Luck
dave
David B

For seats, you may want to consider getting a pair of the mid-range TR6 seats. I have found them to be as comfortable as any seats I ever used, Exceedingly more comfortable than the '74 seats you now have. I have driven my '71 on many long trips of 17-18 hours at a stretch, non-stop, and arrived feeling refreshed and ready to go another few hours. I get sleepy after that many hours, but not tired.

My back bows up after only a few hours in the later seats. Others may disagree with me, but it may be worth looking into for you. And it'll keep your car Triumph, if that's of concern to you.

I haven't tried the earlier seats, but I've heard they aren't as comfortable.
Dan Masters

This thread was discussed between 30/08/2004 and 31/08/2004

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