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hi guys and girls as some of you might know I own a triumph. Its been over a year since I got the car and I think it is about time I did a thread on it. I have done some work to the car over the past year. hers how it looked like when I got it    the number 1 priority was to get the car through its mot, a lot of the major structural welding had been done . The cross member and steering rack needed bolting back. The steering column had some play that had to be rectified, the seat runners needed some welding to attach them back to the drivers seat. Changed the wheel bearing and bearing seals on the front hubs, rebuilt the front callipers and finished off with some new disks and pads. Many thanks to composimmonite for the Haynes manual, which was handy when I had to refer to torque wrench settings. Changed the bonnet because it was abit crusty and bolted the front bumper back on. the interior it needed painting putting back together and a couple of patches on the sill.     capped and smoothed off  apologies for the crappy camera pictures the gearbox tunnel needed a patch on it before I could put it back together sorry don't have a picture for that. gave the floor a couple of coats of rust treatment and some seam sealer on the welds and seams.  some hammerite silver just because I had it and it would not be seen under the carpet   once the paint was dry, the carpet went back in, looking brand new haha.  booked the car in for MOT and it passed fop the first time with no advisorys the bloke who done the mot was well impressed with the car cheers Gobs |
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Had it over a year, I know you must have more pictures than that.  Looking good, I don't know why these aren't more popular. |
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There is no such thing as a curse word car just overstretched expectations................. Herald 10/10 Gasser 10/10 Total score 20/10 |
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Colonelk
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haha! a thread at long last  Dang dude you're bodywork skills! Kept that one quiet!  |
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namless
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nickbrad- yes I have just uploading slowly as I update the thread
lol I think I have a taste for unpopular cars as you can tell I also own a volvo;D
Colonelk - indeed I thought id better make some effort this year atleast haha
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Last Edit: Jan 2, 2011 10:27:05 GMT by namless
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namless
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update time managed to get some pictures uploaded here is a picture of the car in all its glory after the MOT test  After the mot the first job I wanted to look at was the fuel tank to just to make sure it was not on its way out because the new in line filter I installed was already filled with rusty metal bits. so i pulled it out was not too bad just a bit of surface rust. inside was ok aswell   some rust treatment   covered the whole lot with chemical metal just in case of any pinholes, and finished it off wit a lick of hammerite silver.  thanks Gobs |
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purplevanman
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Hi gobs About time you skiver LOL Looking good |
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Welder, fabricator, general resto work
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namless
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thanks alan |
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Hey thats Gruntys old one innit. Theres a great weldfest thread on here from when he was doing the inner wings.
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yea its the one floating around the rr archive, grunty did definitely put some work in to it.
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namless
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so the front wings seemed to have developed a rash around the lights and at the front of the bonnet. I thought it might be some surface rust so id go over it with a flap wheel before it gets worse. got the grinder out and gave it a go not to bad so far this side had a bit more filler but still manageable  some rot around this area  to investigate the nearside further I went on  carried on around the corner and had a war with a kilo of filler that was hiding this haha. painted the whole lot with some rust primer to stop getting any worse as I was not prepared to find this   next task was stripping the front end to assess the rot before beginning a session of weldathon |
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That must have been scary, discovering that little lot hidden.
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There is no such thing as a curse word car just overstretched expectations................. Herald 10/10 Gasser 10/10 Total score 20/10 |
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yea i know the kinds of jobs people do ehe? wait till you see what I found next hahah. I hate organising pictures and uploading them its much easier actually doing the job lol
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Hey Gobs.
Good to see a thread at last! Be nice to see the work you put into those front wings.
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I had one, i put sprint running gear in and made it rwd, was very easy tbh.
Nice project.
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namless
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hi lewis - yea the motor deserves it own tread lol. sumpcracker -it is a real simple design unbolt the gearbox tunnel and you have a floor plan that accepts rwd drivetrain. a tax free dolomite |
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update time its a big one you might want to get the kettle going Note (pictures might not be in order of works carried out) so started stripping the front end and walla see what we has  from under  the other side     Enough inspection, was time to get the big boys toys out hammers, tin snips, dollies and the welder grinders and the lot sheet metal donated by my good mate Matt started with light surrounds   looks just about right, no laughing at the high tech welding trolley     too the whole lot off to weld it properly  and stuck it back on properly  some rust treatment   while i was waiting for it to dry knocked this up and welded it   caped it all off  and some rust primer  this was a pig to do but got there eventually   underneath  trimmed it in to shaped and tacked in properly   a painstaking process of welding without warping eventualy got there   looking ok  then flap wheeled the whole lot in to shape  take a break next update will be the other side hope i am not boring ya all |
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Colonelk
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bloomin eck chap!
And LOVE the welding trolley...... going to have to sort myself one of those haha
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Looking much better on that corner and no, not boring us at all. There's a reason Tony's thread was so popular |
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There is no such thing as a curse word car just overstretched expectations................. Herald 10/10 Gasser 10/10 Total score 20/10 |
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Wow!!! Nice work there!! Looks like you're using some seriously thick steel as well, making that outer piece must have been a right war but you've done a cracking job.
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1974 Lancia Beta Saloon
1975 Mazda 929 Coupé
1986 Mazda 929 Wagon
1979 Mazda 929 Hardtop
1982 Fiat Argenta 2.0 iniezione elettronica
1977 Toyota Carina TA14
1989 Subaru 1800 Wagon
1982 Hyundai Pony 1200TL 2-dr
1985 Hyundai Pony 1200 GL
1986 Maserati 425 Biturbo
1992 Rover 214 SEi 5-dr
2000 Rover 45 V6 Club
1994 Peugeot 205 'Junior' Diesel
1988 Volvo 760 Turbodiesel Saloon
1992 Talbot Express Autosleeper Rambler
2003 Renault Laguna SPEARS OR REAPERS
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