Boy those made a big difference!! I like the idea on the tarten in the door cards!!

I read an interview with Tony Pond in TR Action (magazine of the British TR Register) who rallied TR8s. The sound of the car, particularly on special sections through forest, is specially remembered. Tony Pond is worth a google. John at Erickson MB.

The label on the seat at 13.08 would have said Callow and Maddox Brothers they were in School Road, Exhall, Coventry. They made most of Original seats and interior for Triumphs at this time.Keep

Well, the TR7 seats are a real improvement. They look original and comfortable. What is your feeling about the handling of this TR8? How does it compare to an original car? Thanks for the video.

Those TR7 seats look much better. It’s hot as heck in Florida too, I installed 2 mini split units in the garage and that allowed me to work in there. Enjoy the ride in the TR’s !

Maybe it is just how it appears in the video, but I think your plan to vinyl dye or paint black to eliminate the blue interior would be a nice improvement. If you do the black & gray tartan inserts on the doors, I would buy enough extra to do a center section of the seats too, when you get around to rebuilding and recovering those. (Gee, do you know any good upholstery pros? 😀)

I've used SEM Trim Black to dye panels, worked very well for me. Did you get rid of the Tundra?

Looking good Dave.

Will you give us an update on the EFI TR8 sometime?

Wow nice that TR8 is in nice shape! Bet that extra HP is fun. I drove a Pageant Blue ‘79 TR7 in high school. That road you shot the video on is a wonderful dramatic contrast.

Gallow & Maddox

Nice work Dave 👍🇬🇧

What a shame someone put speakers in the door panels, I hate that in a Triumph. I put them in the front footwell side panels.

Great quick change out to make it look way better. Love your idea with the black interior....especially with the Tartan accents. I would even do black Tartan with champagne to tie in the exterior color...maybe even a tiny splash of red. Red is for racing and you said the car is about go not show....lol. Good luck on this project....looks like it will be fun.

It's such a nice looking TR8 ... I never was interested in these until these videos, now I really like them!

Definitely looks much better with that set of seats.

Cool , Looks good

Your back to a ford truck?

TR8's did not come with seat heaters. It wasn't an option.

The seats in that TR8 were severely beaten with an ugly stick. I much prefer the nice factory tartan seats and door panels from my 1980 TR8. Where in the world did those goofy seats in your used 1980 TR8 come from? That is not the original seat upholstery. TR8's didn't come with seats covered like that. And the floors were covered with a molded carpet, not multiple separate pieces. Some DAPO seems to have had his misguided way with that car.

New toys are good. I always heard "he who dies with the most toys, wins!" Lol.

Hey I'm First!!! Great step by step video. Now if I only had a TR8....

What is that road? A test road for line painters? Congrats on the TR8. It looks like a very good one. While the TR7 never got much love it did out sell the TR6. Both the 7 and the 8 are now receiving some worthwhile recognition. I would like to know how you keep all your vehicles maintained. It must be a full time job.

The bumpers look hideous, apart from that it is OK.

Nice find Chef, has to be an absolute hoot to drive! I expect a better burnout video in the near future 😎

Ha ha ha ! He said too fast 😂😂 Zoom zoom and a extra zoom ! Boys and their toys .

Congratulations Tush. Looks like a very honest car, especially good is that it has no major rust issue. On the video even the paint looks good, I’ve always been a fan of the wedge cars. The exhaust sounds like my C4 corvette. Good buy. Enjoy the car !!!

Not a motor sound one typically associates with a Triumph!

I imagine there are emission control requirements in play in your neck of the woods. Are you gonna have registration issues given the engine swap? Here in California headers would be a definite no no, even if the cats are still in place

It sounds good

TR8, nice score! My brother had one of the first TR7s in California and it was a problematic car. It was much less dependable than my '74 Fiat X1/9 or 79 Alfa Spider.

Sweet purchase Tush! Let’s hear it!

Slightly disappointed it wasn’t a 7 as then you’d be pretty close to completing the full TR set :D

Back in the day, I replaced my 1974 Spitfire with a Datsun 280Z, enchanted by its high technology. Didn’t even know they made a TR8 at the time. Current me wishes I had the TR8 from new and had kept it pristine. Nice buy David.

Sounds to me like Elin enjoyed his drive- you might have to sell him your other one!

Wedge, No Convertible, OK! Have you tried popping up the headlights yet? She looks to be in good mechanical shape, sounded great!

I never really liked the TR7 shape and it honestly in my opinion was pretty gutless. However the TR8 when it came out I thought it was brilliant to put a reliable V8 in small car. Taken straight out of the play book of Carrol Shelby. The 3.5 Buick engine is awesome almost as reliable as the Dodge\Chrysler 225 slant 6. At the time I thought that power plant would save the English car industry, but I digress. Love the new addition. Wish you were going to start on your other TR8 soon, but totally understand having too many projects going at the same time. Good luck on the new acquisition and hope you have great times this summer driving it.

Not fair! No trailer required. Very clean and solid. Great buy, Tush!

I think Cheftush needs a bigger garage for all this cars he has.

Fantastic. Congrats. Is this your first "No trailer required" classic car purchase? I know what you mean about the looks. I turned down my uncle Ken's TR8 when he offered it to me. I regret that now. Another difference to TR7, I believe, is a quicker steering rack. Great car with minimal work required.

I don't know, Elin did have a smile when bring the car back!! Maybe, in the future, he will find a rusty beauty TR8 to restore. Triumphs seem to grow on us!!! At my old age I just purchased two more cars. This is one vice I am addicted to!! >

Congrats! Looks like a fun machine!

I never realized the wedge cars weren’t IRS

Oh so jealous! :-) I want to find one like this. Amazing find Tush!!

Great car… perfect usable rolling renovation project. The rear axle looks pretty feeble to handle a tuned 4.6 engine…. and it looks weird to see McPherson front suspension without an A-frame lower control arm but I suppose most cars are front wheel drive with a lot of extra loads front to rear…..

Another one joins the herd! 😄 As you mentioned, the "Rover V8 engine" (as it has widely come te to be known) originated with Buick in 1960. It.was expensive to make, so they only offered it for 3 years. It also was used in some Oldsmobile and Pontiac models. It was Rover (not Triumph) who initially acquired rights to use the engine design in 1965. That licensing passed on to British Leyland when it was formed in 1968. The main reason Rover was attracted to the all-aluminum engine was it's light weight. In fact, at just over 300 lb. it weighs the same or a little less than the 2 liter 4-cylinder and 2L to 2.5L 6-cylinder engines in our beloved TRs. I'm not certain which manufacturer under Leyland first used the V8. I know the MGB GT V8 was offered from 1973 to 1976. Besides Land Rover's Discovery, Range Rover and Defender SUVs, the V8 also was used in Morgan and TVR sports cars. I think its first use in Triumph was in 1978, in TR7 V8. Those ultimately became the TR8, but perhaps 150 were built as TR7 (probably for marketing purposes)... enough to homologatiom requirements for production class rally competion under the FIA. That 4.6L upgrade by TWS is interesting. I'm a little surprised at the Holley 4 barrel carb... I would have thought they would use either the original fuel injection or the Holley Sniper. We'll, I'm sure it has more than enough performance even with a carb! I do like the look of the larger wheels. I always thought the 13" wheels looked too small on TR7s and TR8s.

Engine sounds great. Nice pick-up Tush!

(I thought Elin would give it some beans!) - That’s a damned fast car David! 👍🏁😁

Was there a story about why the owner had to change from the original V8 engine?

That’s a lot of capacity for such a small car Dave, - you won’t have too much trouble driving up steep hills! 👍😁