Triumph gt6 mk2. Saab powered witchcraft.

Great progress, and nice work on the pillar! Tricky little shape to make.

Love the roof bulge idea, bit like those modern Peugeot coupes that had them but in glass, think they look class.

Exciting project, look forward to seeing how you get on. Particularly with the gearbox, the short gearing on my herald isn't ideal

Managed a bit of grinding this afternoon for a hour or so. Tidied the welds on the panel I made in the week.





Cut out some rot in the door shut while I was at it. Il make some repairs in the week after work.



















Cut out and replaced some metal from the tailgate surround to. Got to make the corner good but that’s a quiet job for in the week too.

Very nice work.

Can I ask on the A pillar do intend to fit a high level mounting point for a seat belt in the A pillar or are you going to use a low level mount?

I hadn’t thought of that. Probably a bit to much work really specially if it gets damaged on a track day. At the moment it’s a afternoon of a job to replace a rear wing and minimum paint work. If I deseamed it it would become a bit of a pita.

To make a little more space I've seen people cut the front horizontal box section off and relocate it so it pokes out forward of the steering rack rather than aft of it. Useful when trying to fit Sprint engines. Another option would be to set it back further in the chassis by cutting some of the flat bulkhead behind the engine. Means you can have more of the engine under the tall part of the bonnet, provided the gearbox still fits between the chassis. Might help!

That does look like a tall engine though! I'll see if I took any measurements of the engine bay on mine with the bonnet shut (not sure I did, but you never know!).

When I was planning out a similar swap in my head I'd always thought I'd use the older slanted version as a basis, altohugh that gets into its own issues with the exhaust and turbo fouling on the suspension turrets. Do you know if the bellhousing patterns are the same between the upright and slanted versions of the Saab engine?

Well yesterday mr postman brought another package.



New set of body to chassis spacers/ rubber bushes and bolts.
Today saw me sneak round to the fathers to pick up some parts such as steering rack and front suspension towers. He has been furloughed and on with his own gt6 restoration but hasn’t stopped him stripping my original chassis back to bare metal and painting it in 2k black. So not only have I managed to mix the chassis up but upon swapping them back I’ve now got a fully painted one. Result.








Couldn’t resist sitting the gearbox in to see how it looks between the chassis legs.












Think you’ll agree it looks quite at home.








With a rough measurement tho crank pulley will sit just above the steering rack.

During the week I plan on lifting the body tub on to the chassis, fitting the suspension uprights and steering column the bolt the engine and box together and sit it in to see what we have to work with. Looks promising tho

It surprised me if I’m honest. Il hold off the celebration tho unit I’ve got the engine and box sat in. It’s going to be quite close on the water pump and n/s turret and I was hoping the crank pully would sit behind the rack so I could drop it down lower. Looking forward to getting stuck in this week.