TR250 Project – $8000 obo

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For Sale is a TR250 I purchased in Pennsylvania in 1995. The pictures above are scans from photos I took when I got the car home in the summer of 1995. I got the engine running, drove it around the block once, then completely disassembled the car. Shortly thereafter a job opportunity out of state came up and we moved, with Corporate America paying to have all the parts professionally packed and moved to Connecticut. During this distraction I came to the conclusion my dreams of driving a fun little car would be much easier fulfilled by starting with a different car, so I bought a TR3B, and got that car on the road. As many more fun cars came and went, the TR250 just never saw the love it deserves. The car has been apart and in dry storage for almost 30 years. The OEM parts are sorted and stored in bins. Over the years the vast majority of the parts needed to complete the project were accumulated, including all the expensive Heritage sheet metal for the area behind the cockpit. But the reality is other projects keep finding me that I would rather do, and this one just keeps getting pushed back. If someone else would like to take over, for the right price I am willing to let it go.

I hope the pictures tell the story, the frame is original and in very good condition having never been patched. The body behind the cockpit has the typical rust, but as I said all the parts to replace all the rusted sections come with the car, most of them NOS Heritage pieces. Also included are a new rear valance and a very good used front valance, neither of which are installed yet.

Over the COVID lockdown, I rolled the 250 out and started working on the body. I removed all the undercoating and replaced the front section of the driver’s side floor. I repaired the bottom of the A post and started on the sills. I didn’t have the materials I wanted to seal the insides of the sills, so nothing got welded, but you can see where I stopped from the pictures. As the lockdown eased, I rolled the car back into the shed and went back to my regular stuff.

While I would like to find the time to finish this one, I can see that is nowhere in the foreseeable future.

You can easily see the work needed, as opposed to buying a rusty TR250 and spending weeks disassembling the car and finding all sorts of unexpected horrors! In addition to what I described above, the battery area and the plenum both require patching, and there is a small area in the boot on the side shelf.

I am starting with the most important part area on a TR250, the frame and underside of the car. There is one small area of rust on the tee shirt, an easy fix, otherwise the frame is quite solid. The trailing arms that are the typical area of rust are good. One of the trailing arms shows a dent where somebody jacked up the car from there, not structural. You will also notice the right side front suspension took a hit at some point, the rear lower a-arm attachment bracket shows signs of a rather nasty repair. I bought the replacement bracket, it is shown in one of the pictures. Another easy fix.

There are well over $6000 in new parts included in the package at current Moss prices, several parts are NLS and tough to put a real value on.

As a long time Triumph enthusiast, I have many hard to find parts that might be of interest to you to complete this project, that is best left to a conversation. For an additional cost, I have options for wheels, wheel covers, boot racks, go-fast goodies, and the list goes on. Contact me for details.

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The frame and underside

Engine Compartment

Battery box area needs a little attention

Exterior

The doors are excellent, original TR250 doors. The B-post repair is complete, the sills are ready for rustproofing and welding. The fr0nt valance is not attached yet, it came off to replace the lower valence attachment points. The front valance is ready to go back on, but I didn’t weld it back on because the need to get to the battery box area.

Cockpit

The drivers side floor was good behind the footwell, so I only replaced the front section. Front of the inner sill got patched as well. Passenger side floor is OK. The plenum will need some attention, sorry no pictures.

Boot

The boot area is solid with the exception of the left side floor. The spare tire compartment is very good.

Parts

Excellent OEM bonnet and front fenders. LR fender very good, RR fender good. Heritage replacement sections include the rear valance (NA), rear deck center section ($500), right and left rear deck sections ($400 each side!) right and left forward deck sections ($185 each side), right and left inner sills ($85 each side), right and left outer sills ($180 each side), padded cover for dash support bracket ($320), seat kits with foam (($980 + $350), new Armstrong shocks ($290 each), new Stanpart TR250 wood dash, purchased from the Roadster Factory years ago (picture coming)

Parts in Totes

New in bag wiring harness ($670), new in bag overdrive harness ($45), two new amber flasher lamp assemblies ($45 each). The hardware was bagged and tagged as I removed it, and the totes are organized by where the parts came from.