Well I'm the fourth generation of my family to own LuLU (after a gap of 15 years outside the family) which was bought new in 1966 as my Great-Grandpa's retirement present to himself (not a typical car for an OAP, it was somewhat of a compromise, he wanted a sports car but Great-Grandma wanted something comfortable and practical).Now we seem to get "My Grandad used to have one of those"! Sadly a sign of the times.
I got into big Triumphs partly because I have fond memories of my Grandpa driving LuLU and because the are good cars, really good value and they have a bit of class.
I think the problem is that because they weren't the most common car even when they were new (despite the numbers of people telling me that their Dad had one when I park on a busy street) people don't think about buying one. I've never heard anyone say anything terribly bad about them (apart from late 70s ones rusting and PI problems) whereas you get all sorts of stories about cars produced in the same period by Austin, Rover, Ford, The Roots Group etc.
On the other hand prices do seem to be rising. Maybe people are more keen to imitate their Dad after a certain age?
But they are great cars.
