triumph acclaim

[dallow]

well as my mk 1 fiesta is years away from being finished I thought I should get a cheap retro for the summer, saw this gem on the bay and after some furious bidding shes mine , or will be when I pick her up.
It failed its mot recencly on rust to the sill and near the suspension, luckily I'm owed lots of favours by fellow retrorider jaminben and he loves welding.


So provided its not completely rotten I'll get a test on it , lower it and a set of wheels and see how I like it

[Mercdan68]

A few years ago I hated these,, now I'd buy one rare car and very nice car to mod,, sure I recognise that reg number?? Did it come from the North Kent area??

[dallow]

Its in Bristol, think its been in this area a few years

[grifterkid]

That is very nice. Lows and rims will work wonders! Very cool...

[jaminben]

Sweet, cant wait for romantic drives in the country...just me you and the acclaim.

[Waxoyling Lyrical]

My scout leader had one of these, new, back in the 1980s, also A-reg, IIRC. Seem to remember it was quite a smooth motor, in typical Japanese fashion.

[baggabones]

Love it! Don't suppose you could tell me where that 'dog is my co pilot' sticker came from? I NEED one! ;)Edit...quick google search reveals all

[ferny]

It's funny, Triumph drivers hate them but everyone else seems to be growing fond of them.
PCD is 4x100 if you weren't aware so lots of options. I tried my MX5 wheels on them but the centres needs opening up and, you know, effort and all that. I've also got some proper workshop manuals and stuff so if you get stuck don't be afraid to ask!

[jaminben]

Well that was fairly un-eventful collection of the car other than a bald tyre, slipping clutch, mirror coming off in my hand and a wheel wobble at 60mph that'd make a 100 year old woman cum.


And now on the ramp......



The exhaust was amazingly bodged!!

[jaminben]

[dallow]

Be fair to say she attracted alot of attention on the trip home! The clutch is knackered which wasnt mentioned in the ebay description but ben has kindly tracked one down and has also done the cambelt and made a start on the welding .

the plan atm is to get her mot'ed , slam her on the deck with some banded steels and pretty much leave the rest alone , I'm not going to even wash it , I quite like the moss! Oh and as the back box is kaput I'm thinking of replacing with a cherry bomb, retro mods.

[Mike]

What about some bolt-on arches so you can get more width on the banded steels?

[dallow]

Ooooh hadnt thought of that, not sure if there's a lot of metal to bolt too though

[dallow]

Some good progress this week ben has done all the welding to the sills , replaced the cam belt and sorted out the brakes..



The clutch is totally shot which wasnt in the description , but ben has tracked one down and should be fitting it very soon , after thats done there's the back box to replace ........ with this

[dallow]

Hopefully she'll be ready for an mot this week and then that leaves lows and wheels to sort out

[dallow]

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[dallow]

[dallow]

Clutch should be in tomorrow / Thursday , and then she'll mot ready. Then its the little jobs, remove towbar, recover parcel shelf , find and fit a headlining . Oh and find some wheels , not sure what wheels to go with yet . Banded steels or period alloys ? Once I have the wheels then she can be lowered.

[Matt Hesketh]

Good work, I remember a brown one of these round the corner from me as a kid.

[dallow]

]She sailed through the mot yesterday , so I enjoyed taking her out for a run.

so today I thought id recover the parcel shelf
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And this happened

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So armed with some hard board and brown vinyl I made a new one
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next was the faded plastic interior trims
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Found some plastic paint which was a fairly good match
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next jobs are finish painting the interior trims and remove the towbar