Ending 30th Jun, 2026 20:00
June Timed Auction
659
1954 TRIUMPH TR2
Sold for £9,000
Estimated at £9,000 - £11,000
Note that some lots may be sold provisionally
Mileage: Please refer to the photos for mileage showing
Make: TRIUMPH
Model: TR2
Registration: ECN 228
Engine Size (cc): 1991
Year of Manufacture: 1954
Date First Registered: 20/11/1954
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Tuesday 23 June 2026
Current V5 present. Paperwork includes buff logbook, instruction book, extract from the production record from Standard Register, photos of restoration, printed general information about the car, CD from The Register, VIN plate, printed photos, DVLA correspondence, and invoices.
The vendor has provided the following:
- Triumph TR2 (short door model)
- Build date 8th October 1954
- Registered 20th November 1954
- ECN228
- Chassis number TS4115
- Engine number 4458
- Signal red paintwork
- Tan interior. Black hood/tonneau
- Steel wheels
- Factory fitted overdrive
- Original dealer Rossleigh motors Gateshead, County Durham
- Original Triumph sports car instruction book included (second edition)
- Original standard Triumph hardcover workshop manual included
- Continuation buff registration book RF 60 included
- First stamp dating from January 1963
- Seven previous keepers on buff registration book
- Car purchased by us from the last named person on the 1st of December 1986
- Last recorded MOT test July 2021 pass. 122 miles driven since then
- Bought as a long-term/retirement project as a barn find
- Rebuilt in between many other projects by owner (an engineer) for many years until finally put back on the road in 2020
- New pistons, cylinder sleeves and crankshaft bearings fitted along with general cylinder head service
- Chassis renovated using press formed length of steel to replace any corroded areas of box section
- Original rear shock absorbers updated with telescopic Spax dampers
- Original steel panels retained where possible including bonnet, boot lid, door frames, front apron assembly ,rear centre deck section, scuttle top panel, spare wheel enclosing panel, gearbox tunnel
- Many new steel panels used to complete bodywork-inner and outer wings, bulkhead assembly, floor panels, chassis outriggers, door posts, rearing quarter panels, rear floor boot assembly rear apron panel, new door skins
- Original fuel tank restored and retained, dynamo replaced with alternator and high torque starter motor
- Electric fan assembly fitted to rebuilt radiator with thermostatic switching
- Windscreen re-chrome and rebuilt with new glass
- Two S U carburettors overhauled
- Steering column replaced with safer device
- New rack and pinion conversion kit replaced original steering box.
Mileage: Please refer to the photos for mileage showing
Make: TRIUMPH
Model: TR2
Registration: ECN 228
Engine Size (cc): 1991
Year of Manufacture: 1954
Date First Registered: 20/11/1954
Current V5: YES
Location: PICKERING
You can view from: Wednesday 17 June 2026 - Tuesday 23 June 2026
Current V5 present. Paperwork includes buff logbook, instruction book, extract from the production record from Standard Register, photos of restoration, printed general information about the car, CD from The Register, VIN plate, printed photos, DVLA correspondence, and invoices.
The vendor has provided the following:
- Triumph TR2 (short door model)
- Build date 8th October 1954
- Registered 20th November 1954
- ECN228
- Chassis number TS4115
- Engine number 4458
- Signal red paintwork
- Tan interior. Black hood/tonneau
- Steel wheels
- Factory fitted overdrive
- Original dealer Rossleigh motors Gateshead, County Durham
- Original Triumph sports car instruction book included (second edition)
- Original standard Triumph hardcover workshop manual included
- Continuation buff registration book RF 60 included
- First stamp dating from January 1963
- Seven previous keepers on buff registration book
- Car purchased by us from the last named person on the 1st of December 1986
- Last recorded MOT test July 2021 pass. 122 miles driven since then
- Bought as a long-term/retirement project as a barn find
- Rebuilt in between many other projects by owner (an engineer) for many years until finally put back on the road in 2020
- New pistons, cylinder sleeves and crankshaft bearings fitted along with general cylinder head service
- Chassis renovated using press formed length of steel to replace any corroded areas of box section
- Original rear shock absorbers updated with telescopic Spax dampers
- Original steel panels retained where possible including bonnet, boot lid, door frames, front apron assembly ,rear centre deck section, scuttle top panel, spare wheel enclosing panel, gearbox tunnel
- Many new steel panels used to complete bodywork-inner and outer wings, bulkhead assembly, floor panels, chassis outriggers, door posts, rearing quarter panels, rear floor boot assembly rear apron panel, new door skins
- Original fuel tank restored and retained, dynamo replaced with alternator and high torque starter motor
- Electric fan assembly fitted to rebuilt radiator with thermostatic switching
- Windscreen re-chrome and rebuilt with new glass
- Two S U carburettors overhauled
- Steering column replaced with safer device
- New rack and pinion conversion kit replaced original steering box.
Auction: June Timed Auction, ending 30th Jun, 2026
A selection of lots that didn't sell in the June Auction are available to bid on now!
The catalogue will go live and bidding will start on Saturday 27 June 2026.
Bidding ends at 8pm on Tuesday 30 June 2026.
All lots are available for pre-bid viewing on-site at Pickering by appointment only.
Standard auction fees apply.
