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ChasR
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Triumph Acclaim, how sensible?ChasR
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I thought Acclaims rusted worse than most BL stuff, especially for those without a pressure washer/garage. Either way, they are pretty reliable, and probably cheaper to maintain than the BL products  . |
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Yup Chas, thats what i was thinking.
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Foxy
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Making pink manly in the north!
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My best 'shop effort - Nearly there marra!   |
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I'm the handsome fella with the cheesy white specs or is that the cheesy fella with the handsome white specs?
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Great engines too by all accounts, supposed to be quite lively.
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will
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Great cars I've had 2 and would still be rolling one now (slammed on pimping rims) only they are a bit small these days with the 2 kids and all the tut we cart about. One of mine was poo brown and rot free and the other was hearing aid beige and bit more crispy. The engines are supper reliable and as said surprisingly quick in standard spec, never touched either of mine other than changing oil. They are 4 x 100 so loads of wheel choice, ran mine on 14 inch corsa gsi alloys which I got for free, they made them handle and look alot better. Most are elderly owner owned and in both ours had been well cared for. I towed 3 dirtbikes regularly with them and had a bike rack on one which I'd hang my mx bike on ;D didn't handle too well it must be said, although it did the deed no worries at all. Still got a few bits hanging around in the garage Buy one. |
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Any pics of the acclaim on the 14" corsa alloys? |
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will
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Any pics of the acclaim on the 14" corsa alloys? Sorry dude, it was pre digi days (for us) and I can't remember seeing pics of either of them so it may never have happened. Offset was good though with no rubbing. Wish I stil had the brown one, pure class on wheels that was ;D |
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Cheers, oh well. Its hard trying to find photo's of acclaims with other than standard steels. Any idea of the offset? On the Triumph forum, someone had a set of 15" Cavalier GSI alloys on his.
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will
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No idea of offset either, not much help am I  . The arches are big though, reckon they'd take a 15 no worries although IMHO 14's and slam would be FTW |
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Darrel
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Ive had a few. They were great cars. Obviously a rebadged Honda Ballade which lets face it is rare anyway. Here in Eastbourne there are still a few old dears buzzing around in them. They came in 2 body styles: great condition or completely rotten. It was never inbetween?  ? If you get one in good condition (Like the one Veck is selling here) they are as sensible as an astra/Escort. They drive lovely, are very comfortable, quiet and have a very nippy engine. As a teenager I had them because they were probably the fastest 1300cc cars about and insurance was still cheap. |
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Cool, Decided now, just need to get the 7 sold and then will be having a bit of acclaim action!
Insurance is dirt cheap, and under 1.6 so tax is only £125 odd rather than over £200! Bonus!
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slater
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Very, i had an auto and it was a great car.. apart from being an auto! (but juicey)
Even had a coin in my 'coin' drawer
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Had a lovely photochop done. Makes me want to buy one now. But another thought what would one look lik lowered without bumpers?
Anyone got a photo of one with no bumpers?
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Its hard to find photo's of them generally, harder to find them with alloys, and never seen modified ones!
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will
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Its hard to find photo's of them generally, harder to find them with alloys, and never seen modified ones! Which is why it needs doing Triumph Acclaim has been my standard answer to the many 'what 1st retro' threads on this forum due to what you have written above plus the fact they are great, cheap trouble free cars and (if I'm truely honest) I have a certain amount of guilt about not doing a proper job of modding my old ones  Get it done, this would be true love for the unloved and you would aspire to hero status, in my mind at least. |
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Haha cheers for the support ;D I think atm, just some nice wheels will do for the moment to see whats what. Maybe a subtle exhaust and slight lowering.  |
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you'd have to leave the AA badge on/get one to finish it off though!
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No direct experience of Acclaims but when I passed my test my Dad had an '83 civic (Silver with a red brushed nylon interior) with the same 1335cc engine. My main recollection is of redlining it in every gear constantly and it revving like you wouldn't believe - fantastic little engine. It never missed a beat in about 5 years of ownership either. Tinworm saw it off in the end.
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I cant get over how quiet and smooth the engine is, considering it 27 years old and not injection.
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. The arches are big though, reckon they'd take a 15 no worries although IMHO 14's and slam would be FTW 
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