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Description
Exceptionally well-prepared Historic Rally Car; fortunes spent on
build; 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,
consecutively 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 alloy 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 and a Quaife 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.
Contact
matthew.parkin@brightwells.com