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So I bought a Triumph 2500 about 12 months ago. The story the seller gave me was that an older guy put the engine and gearbox (Leyland 4.4L V8 with a Celica 5 speed) in it about 8 years ago with the intention of entering it in Targa Adelaide, but he died before he could finish the project. His son then used it as a daily and left it ungaraged with leaky windscreens and between sun, water and cigarette/bong smoke, the interior was pretty much destroyed. The seller had bought it to take to mallanats but had other projects so never got around to it. He claims the diff was broken when he got it so he got a new one from the wreckers. Guessing it has been used for skids at some point. Didn't get any photos before I started working on it, but here's some near the start: