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Post by hunted on Feb 27, 2012 23:16:18 GMT
have had this a few weeks now so should probably stick a few pictures up. brought it off trademe (basically nz ebay) however it was 800km away. flew down to pick it up and drove it how over two days. relativly uneventfull trip (with the exception of one tyre deciding to go pear shaped, literally) got it home and gave it a good once over. no huge surprises, always knew it was a bit rough around the edges. had a wee mishap the other day when a hubcap flew off on the motorway and chopped the vavle stem off. result was instant flat tyre at 100km/h.....gave me a bit of a fright. its a 1971 2000 with 4 speed manual. pics from the trip home     few pics once I got home   right. plans for the thing. probably wont be to many peoples taste but its going to be low and with wide steels. got these made up, 15x8.5" for the back and 8" for the front. 205/50 tyres   first test fit, looks like it all fits. have to run 10mm spacers on the front to clear the struts   wheels will be painted some shade of brown, and suitable lowering applied to the car and todays effort, got sick of crappy looking bonnet, so $15 later....  |
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Post by MrSpeedy on Feb 27, 2012 23:31:24 GMT
Looks like a good example, and I wholly approve of your plans  |
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Post by ChasR on Feb 27, 2012 23:31:58 GMT
A lovely ride you do have indeed! I do like a Triumph Estate  . As for the wheel choice you should not be afraid of finding any purists here. They should suit the car pretty well if the above shots are anything to go by . |
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Post by devilishdesigner on Feb 28, 2012 2:00:20 GMT
That is rather a bit nice |
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Post by georgeb on Feb 28, 2012 2:36:57 GMT
Like that a lot. Had one a few years ago, a real mile muncher. Wheels work for me too.
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Post by hunted on Feb 28, 2012 2:52:02 GMT
oh and wheels are either going ot be painted green or brown....havnt quite yet decided. the white vitesse on here with flares and green steels really spins my wheels...
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Post by alolympic on Feb 28, 2012 8:56:51 GMT
right. plans for the thing. probably wont be to many peoples taste but its going to be low and with wide steels. Where did you get that idea, I don't think you could be more wrong Lovely car, looks in great nick and the wheels look perfect. |
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Post by pid363 on Feb 28, 2012 16:45:46 GMT
a nice ride, love the new wheels but we need a side on photo with them on. Just out of intrest what are the wheels?
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Post by brock05 on Feb 28, 2012 17:55:49 GMT
very nice, love the Big Triumph estates.
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Post by essexpunx on Feb 28, 2012 18:00:32 GMT
Very nice, had the saloon version many moons ago as my first car, love the wide steelies.
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Post by MrSpeedy on Feb 28, 2012 19:10:55 GMT
oh and wheels are either going ot be painted green or brown....havnt quite yet decided. the white vitesse on here with flares and green steels really spins my wheels... Thanks ;D I would say you can't paint them green, but as you're on the other side of the planet I'll let you off lol I think with the white car, you'll pretty much get away with any colour you want. Especially something like a green or brown. Actually, pretty much any 'pastel ish' colour will work IMO. My wheels were originally going to be blue! I've just noticed yours is just a straight 4speed. I'm guessing you'll be looking for an overdrive box to slot in to help with distances? |
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Post by hoopsontoast on Feb 28, 2012 19:22:29 GMT
Looking good! |
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Post by hunted on Feb 29, 2012 19:26:38 GMT
Cheers guys.
I don't have any problem with the straight 4 speed to be honest. No doubt an overdrive would be better on the open road but its not bothering me enough to track one down and do the swap.
Put my shorter springs in last night which has dropped in nicely. still running standard wheels so it looks filthy (not in a good way....). Couple of my steels had leaks so they are at the engineers getting fixed up. hopefully a week or so and I can have them on the car.
will get some pics tonight
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Post by crazymonkey on Feb 29, 2012 23:10:20 GMT
one of these sits a couple miles up the road from me. its tidy but nowhre near as nice as yours and those wheels are just so right on it  |
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Post by v8jim on Mar 1, 2012 0:17:04 GMT
That's going to look so good low on banded steels I'm eagerly awaiting photos
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Post by bazzateer on Mar 1, 2012 1:14:38 GMT
Great cars.
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Post by hunted on Mar 1, 2012 8:53:16 GMT
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Post by jonw on Mar 1, 2012 9:00:04 GMT
I like that just the way it is in those pics!!!!!! Cool car!  |
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Post by mini-mad-nick on Mar 1, 2012 19:27:29 GMT
Lower looking good tho mate id say keep the wheels silver |
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Post by hunted on Mar 1, 2012 20:43:37 GMT
haha yeh lower would be nice but its currently sitting on bumpstops up front (easy enough to trim down). cant wait to get wide wheels on, will loose a little bit more height with them as well.
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