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Oct 26, 2023 21:40:36 GMT
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Thanks, vulgalourThis evening after work I came home to a flourish of work in the workshop, Barry has been getting on with replacing the floor pan and 3 of the 4 body mountings on the bond bulkhead, but ill post some pics and an update on that thread, I donned the head torch of much brightness and carried on sorting through my herald parts, I found 2 more boxes hiding in the pigsty, hopefully that will be the last of them Dan
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Oct 26, 2023 13:32:38 GMT
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That smells of scam to me.
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Oct 25, 2023 21:15:34 GMT
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Oh man, I'm banned from making kedgeree while my other half is in the house. I'm jealous! Rollmops I'm allowed, but only if I eat them in another room If you happen to have a set of complete rear drums knocking around I'd love to know what they weigh. Backplates and mechanism and everything. Might be able to contribute some bits from my Spitfire stash if you need them. I won't tell you about the poached, undyed smoked haddock we had for dinner the other night then. I'm sure I can piece it together, ill try to do it over the weekend. do you have a MK 1or2 spitfire exhaust manifold? otherwise ill have to use the trampoline manifold as there is no way ill fit the terrible, strangulating piece of cast iron carp, triumph used. Dan
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Oct 25, 2023 20:17:27 GMT
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Not sure I've ever seen a project where the rebuild is going to be the easier part!! I didn't realise that Heralds were quite so 'modular' either! Looks like a great project, will be watching with interest (while feeling bad about not being working on my beetle!) That's the great thing with heralds and vitesse's, (excluding the 948 and very early 1200 cars), barring 2 brackets on the front all the chassis are the same, there are 3 bonnet styles 1200, 13/60 and vitesse, all the bulkheads are the same, all the doors are the same with 2 shapes of glass, and there are 3 body tubs, saloon, convertible or estate/van. Then there are the Bonds' which utilizes a slightly modified herald chassis and standard bulkhead and doors with different glass, with a GRP bonnet and body with spitfire or later, Vitesse running gear. So yes a very modular car indeed
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Oct 25, 2023 20:01:32 GMT
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Hi Dan, just remembered I've got a LH Door skin I got from Jigsaw years ago, you are welcome to it if you find a door in need of same. Also I've got a spare central chrome trim on the Tailgate above the number plate. The Estate ones are different from the Vitesse ones which (unsurprisingly) have "Vitesse" on them and which also incorporate a reversing light. Is the rear roof trim above the tailgate amongst the parts you bought? If not, it can be tricky to find, though Fitchetts occasionally list bits of it on Ebay. It's different from the Saloon rear roof trim and comprises 7 pieces. Thanks, Charles. It's funny you should mention the numberplate trim as one of the reasons I went into the deepest darkest regions of the Pig Sty was to look for a numberplate light trim, I know I had one, and eventually I found it, well actually I didn't as unsurprisingly it had Vitesse written across it, so yes please. If you want the door skin out of your way, I'll happily find a home for it, thank you. I have some trims I haven't gone through yet, as I've buried them, so finger crossed. If you can make next month's Hull Club Triumph meeting, it's on the first Monday of every month, at Sandpiper pub Melton HU14 3FQ, it would be good to see you again. And for that matter any of the Retro Ride community are most welcome too, we don't mind what people drive or enjoy even MG's as long as they enjoy them. Dan
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Oct 25, 2023 13:49:50 GMT
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he roof C pillar to tub seals are unobtainable, I did 3d CAD models of them but haven't had any printed yet, so I made a steel template from a repro one. I'll make you a couple if you like, they're not quite as the originals but they are near enough unless you're really bothered about originality. Hi Charles and welcome to the wonderful world of Retro Rides. I'm sure you will fit right in. Yes please I'll have a couple of pillar seals, when you get around to them. Me bothered about originality 🤣🤣🤣 Dan
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After a hearty plate of kedgeree I wandered down the garden to the fat cave, and low in the deepest darkest corners I found many more boxes of herald parts. I'm getting there,
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Oct 24, 2023 20:02:45 GMT
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Just found this, well done that man, I must confess I nearly choked on my bacon buttie at the state of the garage thought mine was a sh-thole........ and WTF is triangular black pudding, gluten free I know, I have traveled the country eating square black pudding, White Pudding, Fruit Pudding, all for breakfast, Never seen TRIANGULAR black pudding... Just saying , and keep up the good work........ Well if you care to visit I will happily expand your knowledge base of black pudding. Dan
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Oct 24, 2023 13:39:42 GMT
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If its a flat glass it should be easy enuough to get a pair cut in laminated glass, and there must be a standard section of rubber seal which can be used to make a seal (would need cutting and gluing in the corners. I've no idea if they are the same but the boot handles do look very similar to an Imp. The number plate light trim also looks like a salon herlad part. I've got the glass just no seals,I've had a quick look around and not seen any estate seals I can't find any imp boot handles to look at
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No it's a fixed glass, thanks for the offer though. Dan
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I really should have taken a pic of what was left after we had taken out the uPVC, wood and herald, just a pile of stuff in the corner. Yes I do believe Eric is going to use this opportunity to start decluttering. I also saved these From the bin Dan
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The bits I know are missing, Doors Bolt on cill panels + rear valance Tailgate number plate light trim Tailgate locking handle Rubber clip for holding the boot floor down. There is a bundle of trims, not sure what's in there, so please do look out the tailgate trim ahebron, PM me if you find them. Things I know will be a problem to find Rear roof seals Rear side glass seals. The boot floor is nice just a hinge point has broken off, but I have the broken bit Dan
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Oct 23, 2023 21:07:12 GMT
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One of my friends has just completed a Park Royal tribute Mk2 Vitesse estate, it's a concourse show winning level of finish, I guess that's why it's taken him 9 years to complete it. For now it's going to be built as a stdish 1200, no saying what will happen in the future though. The vitesse engine is well, to be honest toast, yes that's a hole in the rocker box I'm getting it because it's a mk1 6cyl and they are rather thin on the ground and that's what's going on the bond. I do, in fact have a spare bond bonnet. I also have an almost perfect 1200 bonnet in storage at a friend's house. There's 2 boxes I hadn't been through, one was half full of bearing carriers and chassis shims the other turned up 10 stripped rear brake adjusters, an almost complete set of really nice triumph letters, a pair of nly new C post "h" embelems, a new wiper box, a pair of estate tailgate hinges, and a mint horn push. Something I've never seen before is what I can only guess are bolt on overiders, made by Tudor I seem to have multiple styles in white or black more pics for anyone wants them. If anyone has a Tudor catalog with more info please let me know. Dan
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Oct 22, 2023 19:27:33 GMT
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Last night I laughed at the Guy who rented the van with me, when he said he needed it at noon, we compromised at 2pm. A couple of friends helped to empty the van, in front of my garage and spread it about, so we could reorganize it, I didn't get many photos as the only time I stopped was to cook breakfast. Here's the BP, as promised which went with the rest of this There were some fantastic treasure to be found, like this radiator grill winter cover in its original box with fitting kit and instructions. this The NOS parts haul included, a CI distributor, front valance, front drums, a pair of front chassis legs, 4 drive shafts, a quarter-light, various gasket sets, a Smiths' battery condition meter, a 1200 speedo, multiple outriggers and 2 pairs of outer chassis rails. But on to the car, what did I actually get for my money The chassis is in very good condition, albeit without any side outriggers, but I have plenty of those The bonnet is scrap, as it didn't get the privilege of being kept inside the garage, luckily I have one from the pickup project. The bulkhead needs a patch in the battery tray The door cill has been plated over, so that will need to be cut out and redone. The rear body tub needs the wheel inner arch replacing, and the outer will probably need doing too. 1 seat mount has been damaged and will need replacing I think I found 3, it looks like Eric has already done the spare wheel well. The roof looks completely solid and just needs painting, the same as the tailgate. Interior panels are all there, but I don't reckon ill get the roof lining back in Next to the notable missing parts, Doors, cill panels and rear valance, front seats, tail gate locks and handles. So I have my self yet another project, the plan is to slip this in front of the bond, as I have most of the bits and build it up as a solid useable car. Bizarrely, the first job to get this project under way is the Bond bulkhead, as that has no paint on it and is in the way. Dan
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Oct 21, 2023 20:05:01 GMT
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Dan's Big Day Out On Thursday, the guy who was going to drive the van, so I could bring my car up to transport the more delicate bits back, pulled out which ment, I drove the van and couldn't bring the car, this caused a small problem later, which was solved by the use of a Connor. My alarm was set for 6:30am Saturday morning, so of course I awoke at 5am, with absolutely no chance of getting back to sleep. I picked up the legend that is Craig at 7am, set the sat nav for Saltburn by The Sea and promptly arrived at 9:06 after a quick stop in Malton at the butchers in Talbot yard for a Stick of the best gluten-free black pudding available (I challenge you to find me better), and 2 awesome scotch eggs also gluten-free (no pic as the scotch eggs didn't even make it to Saltburn), pics of BP will follow tomorrow. Eric is a top chap, after a quick coffee we dived in and started moving out bits of UPVc plastic window trim and wood and steel shelving brackets to get to the treasure. Here's Eric, say "Hi Eric" (he has asked to follow this build on here), this was taken before we actually got to move any triumph bits Shortly after this was taken, Connor rocked up, rolled up his sleeves and started uncovering treasures, As you can see, the single car garage is rammed, also there was an alleyway down the side of the house, but this was blocked with a vitesse engine, the herald bonnet and exactly 1/4 of a metric curse word ton of triumph suspension. Including a couple of short tea breaks, from getting there to closing the van doors it took 7 hours not many pics were taken, but I did take some before we loaded the van. When we started to load the van, what was supposed to be a Long Wheelbase van, turned out in fact not to be a Long Wheelbase van but what we had was actually was an Medium Wheelbase van, (I hadn't noticed when I picked it up as we were in full storm force rain, but I soon did when we went to put the chassis in), this proved to be a bit of a problem as a herald chassis fits quite happily in the back of a LWB van but won't, by approximately 6 inches, fit in a MWB van. Now when I said to the guys we'll have to put it on the roof they looked at me like I was daft, but I had spotted there was a ledge on top of the cab which ment the only way to bring the chassis back was to string it from the inside of the roof. After that, it all went in fairly easily. I couldn't bring back the vitesse engine or the bonnet, so Connor is going to pick them up and drop them off next time he comes through to hull, along with the glass which I decided might not travel well, especially if the load shifted or the straps holding the chassis to the roof failed. Right I'm off to bed, I'll get pics of my Treasures tomorrow for you. Dan
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Oct 18, 2023 19:11:00 GMT
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The story as much as I know, Eric who is in his late 70s bought the car in mid 85, I think as an MOT failure, then stripped it, did some work on the chassis, then got side tracked cut the bits off the chassis he had welded on, back off to make it easier to store, I think he said he had, in the meantime bought a couple of other Triumphs a 13/60 convertible and a vitesse, but the 1200 estate sat in the garage for 40 years, he contacted a local triumph guy to him who asked around, and thanks to it being a pile of bits only one daft curse word stepped forwards to have his Triumph madness tested. Well I say "A" pile of bits, it's more a case of several small piles each cunningly hidden under 40 years of lifes detritus, plastic facia board, and hidden in his loft.
Ill give you an exert from the FB message I received today. "Bad news is the weather!!! Good news is three windscreens. And I have sighted I think the rear side glasses and with luck the rear door glass is still in the door. Not being funny but I’ll need to go to get the glass with someone nimble/good reflexes/farsighted as they are behind the shed which is rotting fast and windshields come out first then pack of 6x4 twin wall roofing sheets balanced to extract the side glasses in one piece. The gap between shed and neighbours ( also rotten ) fence is about 2’6” ??"
Bless him he even offered to put me up for the night (he's about 2hrs drive away), I'm realy looking forward to meeting him.
Oh, and if you have a somewhat warped sense of humour it's got one hell of a reg number.
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A picture arrives The wife agreed, a deal was made, mates have been called and a van is available. Another car I've been looking for, for a long time comes along at the right price, comes into the fold. Roll on Saturday
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Oct 10, 2023 20:14:13 GMT
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Strange thing, this I thought was a breather. It leaked oil when the diff was upside down. So I taped it up during blasting, with the idea that I’d plate it afterwards. But when I took off the nut, the stud wouldn’t come out. I noticed that it twists back and forward and it sounds like a small arm or somesuch is hitting the inside of the housing. It also felt like it could fall into the housing. What would that be? Is the hole in the top any clue? Ideally it would be the two speed actuator and it’s been in low range all along… Could it be a pipe that's been bent to avoid the oil being pushed out by internal forces? I hope it's a 2 speed diff too. Dan
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Surly it's got to be worth changing the belt too seeing as your in that deep?
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Sept 3, 2023 21:02:40 GMT
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I was sceptical, but needs must, and it was from Amazon so if it didn't a refund was easy. A few weeks ago I was booked on to a navigation event, but my co-driver has put his back out, so my wife stepped in, her biggest complaint was the noise, so she bought Frank a present. A £16 dB killer from Amazon. Some gun gum and a strip of ally, and 4 mins later and the exhaust note is strange almost no bass and the sound of the gas moving through the dB killer (a bit like blowing through a straw I suppose), there is no resonance through the body, no booming, the really loud nose through the 2500 - 3250 rev band has gone and most important of all I don't think it's made much difference to the top end, I'd call it a success. Cadwell, here I come Dan
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