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Description
Exceptionally well-prepared Historic Rally Car; highly successful and
competitive; popular with organisers and eligible for a wide range of
events
As soon as the 1,000th Triumph 2000 rolled off the lines in
late 1963, the Competition Department at Triumph were ready with their
Homologation papers. They knew it was a strong car and with the right power
would be very competitive on the International Rally scene.
The works
built and campaigned four cars, consequetively registered AHP 424 to AHP
427, notching up a good deal of success. The handling was great and reliability
excellent.
The car on offer is not a 'works car', but carries the
appropriate number AHP 1B and has been built to modern UK Historic Road
Rally spec, drawing the best from those Works cars and subsequent
developments.
Starting life as a 'late shell' 1968 UK RHD 2000 Auto,
it was chosen for the task thanks to its solid bodywork. The initial
transformation was undertaken by TR Enterprises, with detailed bills on file for
a shade under £40,000....parts coming to £14,360 and over £25,000 of
labour.
The work list was extensive and exhaustive, with full rebuilds of
suspension and brakes, rally prep including race seats, banded alloy tank, full
rally timing system, full roll-cage and sump guard.
The engine was built
to 2.5-specs (2599cc) and has a billet steel crank, Carillo rods,
main-bearing strap kit, baffled sump, a lightened flywheel (6kg inc ring
gear), full balance, ARP studs and an 8.5" competition clutch. Forged
pistons were fitted in 2021.
The head has been flowed and fitted
with unleaded seats, bigger valves and the engine has a 2TR cam and an 11.5:1
compression ratio. Three DCOE Weber carbs complete the picture on a
cast aly manifold and a quick look under the bonnet shows lots of goodies and
careful prep - a high torque starter, tubular exhaust manifold, twin coils
etc....
The engine is mated to a four-speed box and a Competition
A-Type overdrive, competition propshaft along to a Quaiffe TRANS X diff with LSD
(4.55:1). It also has GKN competition drive shafts.
A further £10,000 has
been spent over the last few years keeping it competitive....a rolling road
printout from April 2021 showing 210bhp!
The vendor commented that on its
first outing in 2017 'it was outpaced by very little' and has clearly been much
enjoyed given the stickers in the rear window. It has been starting instantly
while onsite and sounds very very fit.....
Only on offer due to various
other significant Triumph projects, this looks like a fantastic oportunity to
get a sorted car at a fraction of the cost of build.
The huge file
includes all of the invoices that have gone into making this such a competitive
package, the vendor adding that it's something a bit different that gets entries
at a multitude of exclusive events - aided no doubt by the AHP
registration.
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