Not only “fabulous” paint colours but amazing interior trim too, mine had tartan seats, red in one and green in the other 
my mate has a TR7 with a burburry interior, so chavvy lol 
Charlie
I bought a 1977 TR7 on impulse in 1985, after the RS2000 I had hoped to buy was sold during the time it took me to drive the ten miles to the seller’s house. I remembered seeing the report on their launch on ‘ATV Today’ when I was about 11, and loving the controversial wedge shape.
Who would believe today, that an eight year old car could be so rusty (under a thick coat of underseal).
It failed the next MOT, and I spent the next six months replacing floor edges, sills, doors, wings etc. I even managed to obtain a new Webasto sun roof.
I finally got it sprayed (Cinnabar red. Not original, but perfect for the car) and on the road, and then a big end bearing spun in it’s housing and jammed the crank at 80mph on the M6.
I managed to get hold of a Dolomite Sprint 16v engine, which I rebuilt and fitted. (My first attempt at major mechanical work, Good old Haynes manual). I would not have been able to afford a V8 conversion, but the Dolomite engine wasn’t bad. On paper it had around 30% more HP than the overbored 1800 engine which was originally fitted. (101 - 136 I think).
I sold the car shortly afterwards because I needed four seats.
I have probably owned around thirty cars since the TR7 but, for all it’s faults, it’s the one I have the most affectionate memories of. I have even recently been looking for a project on Ebay.
I have checked the Tax disc site, and it looks like AMB 673S is no more 
And you could always depend on other TR7s to flash and wave!
Apparently a famous Italina car designer who worked in an independent studio for Alfa and the like saw the car at its launch – might have been the Geneva motor show. He stood and stared at it for a few moments, then walked round to the other side and exclaimed: “Oh my God, they have done the same on this side as well!”