Triumph TR3

The TR3 was Triumph's tough, simple sports car of the 1950s, and this 1957 example has the front disc brakes the model gained from 1956, along with a working overdrive on the four-speed manual gearbox. The 1991cc overhead-valve four-cylinder was good for more than 100mph in period. Only 1,286 TR3s were allocated to the UK market, as most went to America.

It is finished in Guards Red with a black interior, and comes with a black mohair tonneau cover and side screens. First registered in Somerset in June 1957, chassis TS17027 is understood to have had just three registered keepers from new, the first two keeping it for 25 and 33 years.

The car has had restoration work over the years. A new tonneau cover was fitted in 2017, and the ignition, carburettors and front disc brakes were attended to in 2020. The odometer shows 61,000 miles.