Des Rudolph - 1980 TR7 - CK16000
Manufactured in Canley - Coventry - 1980
Imported in 1981 by Alderson & Flitton, Pretoria
Along with about 20 other units, was among the first TR7s imported into South
Africa - not through Leyland, who did not import until 1982. The new retail price was then R18,000.
Purchased and registered by Hennie Schnetler, a Pretoria club member in 1981.
Sold to Chris Gibbons, then Pretoria chairman, and subsequently purchased by Des Rudolph in 1996; resident in Darling (Cape West Coast).
In 1997, the original CA number plate was changed to CK16000.
Colour: Midas (Champagne) with standard steel wheel rims.
Possibly the most original (authentic) TR7 amongst Triumph Club South Africa member's cars.
2nd in class d'etat, Hartebeespoort Dam National 1998
1st in class d'etat, Gariep Dam National 2000
2nd in class d'etat, Storms River National 2002
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