Mine was about 10 years old when I got it. Not much went wrong initially, although it did end up burning nearly as much oil as fuel! Rust was its biggest problem, although I think this applied to many cars from that era.
Remarkably, my (5-litre) RC-F has better fuel economy than the Triumph 2000. I even get a respectable 31 mpg on a long run, whereas the Triumph barely delivered 20 mpg in daily use. I guess things have moved on since the Zenith Strombergs!
I still have my workshop manual from “Autopress”.
Interestingly, the Met Police used a number of Triumph 2.5 PI’s as patrol cars in the mid-70’s. Apparently, they were the only people who could keep them running, as their cars were in constant use. I believe the Lucas fuel injection system was not great for cars that were garaged all week, as the injectors used to get sticky.
Great (for me!) to talk with you about the Triumph. Sorry that you did not have a better experience with yours!
Funny thing … I was mooching over kit cars this morning. One thing led to another and I came back to this thread. Then remembered something. In 2015 my wife and I spent a week in Switzerland camping and driving some of the Alpine passes in our first MX5 (red & black Mk 2.5). One trip was over the Albula and Stelvio passes. At the top of Stelvio, I think, I spotted these three little beauties. I had no idea what they were. When we returned home I spent some time Googling images of Suzuki+2seater+sportscar … Suzuki being prominent stickers both front and back on one of the cars. Obviously I didn’t identify the cars from that Looking at the photographs more closely now I can see the bonnet badges and an Liege Car Club sticker, but missed those 7 years ago when I was searching. Funny how the same car stood out to me both in your post and in Switzerland. Lovely!
Yes, all three are Lieges; I know all three owners (it’s a very small club). The green car is a one off, actually powered by a Fiat 1300 engine but the other two are powered by Suzuki 993cc Swift engines.
banks and security usually ask about your first car.
but you are correct in that we need to be more carefull with what info we put online.
one of the worst places for data collection and coincidently one of the most insecure places on the internet is FACEBOOK!
seriously dont use facebook of if you do then post aslittle personal info as possible.
Yes and I never used to, built a campervan a few years ago and we named it Hamish , because its a bit like home and a friend said I should name the car so its now Miley sometimes smiley miley, although I do think is more of an inane grin
I’m 75 and call my Mk2 “the Mazda” but my wife calls her Mazie. All of our cars are/were feminine. When I owned Citroen 2CVs and Renault 4s each were named (Amélie, Renée, etc) French girls names and always with an acute accent, but I’ve never bothered to name our more modern cars/motorcycles.
Looking at the photographs more closely now I can see the bonnet badges and an Liege Car Club sticker, but missed those 
7 years ago when I was searching. Funny how the same car stood out to me both in your post and in Switzerland. Lovely!
