purplevanman
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Oct 30, 2010 20:58:03 GMT
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Well nearly three years after first seeing this car for sale I finaly got to own it  A flight upto Newcastle and a 3 day drive home via some places I wanted to visit, just shy of 650 miles and she never missed a beat.    Trouble with flying to get a car is, it is more expensive to get home than it is to buy the car so you are committed  Well that was just over a week ago now and I have now had a look around her, jacked her up and poked and prodded, levered and shaken and now wish I hadn't bothered to go to all the trouble  Play in both track rods and both bottom ball joints Play in bushes on steering rack ends Play in 3 out of the 6 UJs rear shocks blown  Diff whine I knew about but it also leaks oil, lots of oil  heater is only cold Doors all want new bottoms, in and out pass footwell is holed boot floor is thin, and wet Inner sills at front are both shot I can now fit my hand through the pass front inner arch  Inside front arches look to be solid filler Front 1/4 lights seized Weld spatter in inside of screen etc Interior is miss matched blue and black So what to do?? Well as I have a thread started I think you can guess  ;D ;D I am off tomorrow to remove a diff from a donor car, hopefully will also pick up some other bits while I am there, not much left of it but.. Today I had a play with the grinder. The front area of the car has crazing in the paint and there are some nasty rust patches in the doors. Check out the paint layers in this!!   A quick coat of zinc for now as I will have to get some stripper to sort that lot out as the grinder just clogs up I have to keep her on the road as she was supposed to be a back up for the Dutton Just roll and sort out the odd job for the MOT in March I thought  Will have another run round with the camera tomorrow If you have any triumph 2000 parts kicking around please let me know  |
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Oct 30, 2010 21:08:43 GMT
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Glad you're getting stuck in, Mk1 2000's are gorgeous looking cars. I think once the initial blow of finding all the jobs that need doing has worn off, it'll look much better. To me, most of that is just par for the course of retro car ownership when not buying minters. Are you keeping it white? I think the colour really suits it! |
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purplevanman
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Oct 30, 2010 22:12:09 GMT
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Glad you're getting stuck in, Mk1 2000's are gorgeous looking cars. I think once the initial blow of finding all the jobs that need doing has worn off, it'll look much better. To me, most of that is just par for the course of retro car ownership when not buying minters. Are you keeping it white? I think the colour really suits it! That's why I bought it I'm getting over it but it hurts Don't like the black roof but white is good It will probably be all sorts of colours while i sort the rusty bits |
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d7uge
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Oct 30, 2010 22:42:22 GMT
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What area of Newcastle was that from,? I don't recognise it. Love these Triumphs , we had a dark blue 2200 twin carb saloon when I was growing up but it was the later 70's type with the wide slotted grille. My dad loved that car. I wouldn't get overly disheartened by that list , as said once the initial shock has passed the jobs will get done in no time I bet. |
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Oct 30, 2010 23:47:57 GMT
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Hmmm mk1 estate- lucky bugga.
Whatever happened to the sweet little blue 4 door chevette you bought of me? Is it work in progress?
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purplevanman
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Triumph lived a bit north of the city and moved south of the city a bit before I bought it. The initial shock is still there but will subside soon enough Chevette is still down the farm, always have something in the garage :/ I need to get on with it now as running out of space |
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Wow . . serious challenge Loving the layers of paint all par for the course of retro ownership but you've certainly got your work cut out . . was it "as described" then? Should be a cracker when its done and certainly a rare old beastie, if you decide to move on your Chevette give me a shout Cheers Mal |
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Seth
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I'm not surprised at the work it needs. I think its been hanging on to life for a while now (from before it came into the RR "family") Good luck with getting it all sorted Grunty. |
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Follow your dreams or you might as well be a vegetable. |
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purplevanman
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Seth, It does look as though it has been "hanging on" for a while :/ Mal, everyones description is different :/ Everything is up for sale at the right price ;D I am hoping to get it up to the garage in the next week or so as we have gone a bit quiet at work so should have a little time. I have the sills and now own an NBN chassis tilter so welding underneath stuff should be a more pleasant occupation |
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Oct 31, 2010 13:37:59 GMT
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Good save dude.
Just keep thinking of how good it'll be when youre done!
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Brian Damaged
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Oct 31, 2010 15:42:31 GMT
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If anyone can sort it, you can Al. At least with your fabrication skillz you should be able to polish off the structural work easily enough, and having 5 months left on the MOT gives you time to sort all the bushes, UJ's and stuff out until it needs a retest. The cosmetics like the doors can wait.... On the upside, it shrugged off 650 miles last weekend without so much as a hiccup, so at least you know all the basic mechanics (apart from the diff, which you're changing anyway) are sound. And having followed you back up the M5 from Brean last Sunday that straight-six kicks out no smoke at all, and sounds glorious.  |
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purplevanman
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Oct 31, 2010 22:49:28 GMT
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Well I now have the diff it also comes with a complete mk2 rear end setup so I can bolt the whole lot in if I want a wider track Probably wont though as I want wide wheels ;D |
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Oct 31, 2010 23:15:25 GMT
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[quote author=grunty board=readersrides thread=91191 Mal, everyones description is different :/ Everything is up for sale at the right price ;D I am hoping to get it up to the garage in the next week or so as we have gone a bit quiet at work so should have a little time. I have the sills and now own an NBN chassis tilter so welding underneath stuff should be a more pleasant occupation [/quote] The chassis tilter is a belter of a plan, nothing is as big a pain in the ar5e as welding upside sown and getting flash burns everywhere! |
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purplevanman
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Been after a tilter for a loooong time Anyhoo, spare rear end all stripped down  Paint some plate some While i was out there playing... The rear load area was a complete mess  So I had this bit of plywood just lying around, it came from a trailer tent I nabbed off freecycle as I needed a small trailer  So out with the jigsaw and we now have..  Oh, and this ;D  I just need to find some black carpet then I can sort out the load strips, or maybe not as they would uncomfortable to kip on ;D I will redo the strip behind the seat and recover the seat back too |
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1-0 alan ;D
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Today I got a present  electronic ignition module less than £30 from Simonbbc.co.uk I pushed the boat out and got the red rotor and a new coil as well. My old points will stay in the car just in case |
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well we had a bit of rain last night, not to worry i am driving the Triumph Then I opened the door  curse word ain't the word, new screen seal an all Drove off down the road and about a gallon poured out from under the dash somewhere  UJ making even more noise so I jacked it up to have a peek. The estate fuel tank sits over where the saloon spare wheel would go and I noticed a slow drip from the drain hole, poked it with a stick to clear it and...  another gallon of freakin water!! But with rain comes rainbows   UJs on order along with rack gaiters |
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Today I thought it about time to get some antifreeze in the cars Katys Nova was just an empty and refill but the Triumph was a bit more involved as I wanted to give it a bit of a flush. So off with some hoses and on with a garden hose Through the heater clean  all the way to the rad  Next up was brakes, they have been pretty poor since collection so time to have a look again. Last time I tried I couldn't get the drums off but I was a bit more determined this time Not much left of the drum fixing screws but at least they came out A big copper hammer to beat the drum and an air chisel to rattle it and it eventually came off...  Root of the problem was the adjusters seized up. As the end of the adjuster is just a small square it will round off very easy so no point trying on the car. With the vice gripping the adjuster end, the tightest grip , and mole grips on the body we have movement  All cleaned and covered in copper slip reassembly was easy.  Handbrake now works foot brake has less travel and deceleration is noticeably better |
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Great to see that you're getting on with it.
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Nice work! It's really satisfying making stuff better like that.
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;D ;D
