Triumph TR7 another idea with photos!

[McColm]

When the Triumph TR7 was launched heads turned and a lot of Wows from small boys were heard all over the UK.
They were short lived as like many other British Leyland cars it fell foul of quality control and expectations.
Crayford and BL did go down the convertible route, and a estate/hatchback (one example built,but never put into production.)

Monogram and Airfix did a 1/24 plastic kit, hardtop version.

For me a saloon version or mini-Princess wedge looks feasible. Two ways of building:
buy two kits and stretch one or buy one and graft the front end onto a four door saloon .

I think there was a TR8 in plastic as well, its just a case of shoehorning a V8 that will fit the engine bay.

Not too sure if there was another Wedge in plastic.

[PR19_Kit]

When the Triumph TR7 was launched heads turned and a lot of Wows from small boys were heard all over the UK.
They were short lived as like many other British Leyland cars it fell foul of quality control and expectations.
Crayford and BL did go down the convertible route, and a estate/hatchback (one example built,but never put into production.)

Monogram and Airfix did a 1/24 plastic kit, hardtop version.

For me a saloon version or mini-Princess wedge looks feasible. Two ways of building:
buy two kits and stretch one or buy one and graft the front end onto a four door saloon .

I think there was a TR8 in plastic as well, its just a case of shoehorning a V8 that will fit the engine bay.

Not too sure if there was another Wedge in plastic.

That was the Lynx, but there was more than one of them, it's just that only one's left now, the green one in the pic below.



The middle one was a convertible version, called the Fury, but the green and brown ones were both entitled Lynxes, and I think there was an orange and a dark red one too. I saw the green one, BHP 2T, 'in the flesh' at the Canley site in 1984 or so, and it was pretty shabby then, but they did a good job on before they put it in the Gaydon Museum.

[McColm]

Thanks Kit, I knew I'd seen the Lynx at the British Leyland museum which used to be in Syon Park Houndslow.
Thanks again for the photos. I might have a go at building all three, if I can source the donor parts or scratchbuild from plasticard.

[McColm]

When the Triumph TR7 was launched heads turned and a lot of Wows from small boys were heard all over the UK.
They were short lived as like many other British Leyland cars it fell foul of quality control and expectations.
Crayford and BL did go down the convertible route, and a estate/hatchback (one example built,but never put into production.)

Monogram and Airfix did a 1/24 plastic kit, hardtop version.

For me a saloon version or mini-Princess wedge looks feasible. Two ways of building:
buy two kits and stretch one or buy one and graft the front end onto a four door saloon .

I think there was a TR8 in plastic as well, its just a case of shoehorning a V8 that will fit the engine bay.

Not too sure if there was another Wedge in plastic.

That was the Lynx, but there was more than one of them, it's just that only one's left now, the green one in the pic below.




The middle one was a convertible version, called the Fury, but the green and brown ones were both entitled Lynxes, and I think there was an orange and a dark red one too. I saw the green one, BHP 2T, 'in the flesh' at the Canley site in 1984 or so, and it was pretty shabby then, but they did a good job on before they put it in the Gaydon Museum.

I'm building the green hatchback using the Revell 1/25 snap-together Triumph TR8 and the Monogram 1/24 Shelby Charger Turbo snap-tite kits.
The hatchback from the Charger L-body fits on the TR8 soft-top without too much trouble just needs shaping to fit the windscreen pillars.
The Charger becomes a convertible, I'll see if the hardtop from the XK-E fits!.

[PR19_Kit]

That'll be good. 

You could be building the first ever plastic model of a Lynx, apart from any that A-R built of course.

[Captain Canada]

Used to love that car as a kid

[McColm]

Does anyone know the interior trim colours or was it a standard scheme as the TR7 or TR8?

[PR19_Kit]

The green car has a fairly un-prepossessing mid brown trim as I recall. I'm not due to go to Gaydon in the near future or I could check.

[McColm]

Thanks Kit,
The TR7 went through various colours black and tartan seats, a beige colour, or just black.
This is what I came up with.
https://imgur.com/a/dBMxv1C