Equipment
2498/150hp, Lucas mechanical fuel injection, painted centerlock wire wheels, Michelin red line tires, wood dash, wood shift knob, BMIHT certificate.
Condition
Very good paint, chrome and interior. Engine bay is very clean and looks barely run. Equipped with a non-original but appropriate engine at some point in the 1970s and well restored some time ago. Sold new in Portugal, this is the rare euro-market TR5 PI (petrol injection), the fuel injected 150-hp version of the TR5 that would blow the doors off of the 104-hp carbureted cars that we got here in the States.
Market commentary
When it comes to classic sports cars in the U.S., the euro-spec cars with more pep and a few different features tend to command a premium. Exactly how much of a premium depends on many sometimes competing considerations, but in the case of this Triumph, it's about $20,000, a realistic premium for 46 more horsepower, which sounds more significant when it is stated as 'a 44% increase.'