Popular Post Connor Posted September 4, 2015 Popular Post Share Posted September 4, 2015 You may remember my (and beavers) old estate ....... I missed it like crazy Since then I built and sold this.... And after a lot of searching I got contacted about this last week. So today I payed for it, the base car is an original Triumph 2500 pi mk2 estate with 4 speed o/d. Was restored or tidied up in the early to mid 90's. Sadly a terrible aftermarket sunroof was added at this time, along with a modern roof rack which was screwed into the roof.... At least it is pretty much rust free Plans at this stage are to remove the sunroof and fill the holes in the roof along with a tidy up of the crazy cracking that has occurred at the rear of the roof and around the fuel cap. Rebuild the engine and tidy up engine bay.. Summer involves getting some coilovers made up and building some 15" 3 piece wheels to fit Future future involves new carpets, re trimming some retro fixed backs in the original leather from the spare front seats and re trimming the boot floor and back of rear seat in hardwood. Also has a tonne of spare parts including a full leather spare interior, a couple of Pi engines, a couple of o/d gearboxes, a few diffs and a nos tailgate and bottom valance I pick it up in 6 weeks time on the way back from uni will update then Heres a few more pictures... Discuss here //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49975-connors-pi-wag/#entry1582774 24 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted October 11, 2015 Author Share Posted October 11, 2015 This is getting picked up in less than 2 weeks..... I have been stupidly distracted while i should be doing uni assignments with sourcing bits.... Am still after a steel front grill and a pair of front struts to cut up and make coilovers Quick procrastination shop for thread 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Connor Posted October 23, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 23, 2015 Look what I picked up today Just got home from a ten hour trip from Wellington to Tauranga via New Plymouth to pick the thing up More pictures in morning 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted October 24, 2015 Author Share Posted October 24, 2015 Sorry for potato phone pics camera is buried in uni shit that got seconded to trumph So got to have a good look at this today A shit tonne of useful and valuable parts with the car things that will be helpful, can redo the fuel system twice. Still have another van trip to go and get all the subframes extra gearboxes and other engine... Have pulled the fuel system apart checked over it to make sure all is well, it was. We pulled the gas tank out to make sure it was clean. We also Converted the car to electronic distributor. The unit was fried, so we converted back to points... First on the list is a rotor arm and new distributor cap for the engine thats in the car to get it running, which we will do tomorrow. Next is order an engine rebuild kit from rimmer bros for the cars original engine which has the tr6 cam. While I am waiting for this we will go get this thing wofed and rego'd hopefully without a hitch. Biggest problem is crazy cracking which covers the whole roof, around the fuel cap and the bonnet. This will get done when roof rack is removed and filled... Car is insanely tidy a small bit of surface rust has come up in stonechips on the roof this will get fixed with crazy cracking, but can't really find any other cancer at all Hopefully we can have it running tomorrow!! Am after a steel grill and pre facelift bumpers in goodish condition too if you know of anything!! Discuss: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49975-connors-pi-wag/#entry1582774 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted October 26, 2015 Author Share Posted October 26, 2015 3 Days and finally got this thing running today after a lot of persuasion We ended up changing out the whole ignition system minus the distributor.... And it runs and runs well!! Sits just above 2k revs at 100k in 4th gear Very much faster then my last two cars and a lot less rattly Here is a few videos of it running Before we had it timed properly so backfiring and spluttery When we got it to idle Sounds fucking cool I was quite happy And it just sounds so good Will get a new battery and take it for a wof Very happy boy Discuss: http://oldschool.co....g/#entry1582774 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted October 29, 2015 Author Share Posted October 29, 2015 New engine mounts in tonight. Will fill window washer bottle tomorrow morning and take the fucker for a wof!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted October 30, 2015 Author Share Posted October 30, 2015 Forgot to fill washer bottle... Pretty sweet for sitting in a shed for 7 years haha Will get new seat belt on sunday arvo, new park light bulb and fill the washer bottle too Monday will get new brake pads fitted and either lose the rear muffler which is the bit touching the driveshaft or bend it in a few mm... Then will have a wof and can book it in for respray!! Discuss: http://oldschool.co....g/#entry1582774 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Connor Posted November 2, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 2, 2015 AAAAAnd after 7 years sitting in a shed the bitch has a wof as of 3 o'clock today.... 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted November 18, 2015 Author Share Posted November 18, 2015 Had a few fuel problems with this with daily use so we changed fuel pump filters and lines..... It didn't turn out to be the problem.... it just turns out that under a quarter tank the pump stops picking up and pumping fuel!! Now i know to keep it above quarter of a tank... haha In other news the car is booked in for a full respray next Wednesday!! I have decided to keep the sunroof for now at the advice from my panelbeater who said it would be a lot of work to fill so will look at this at a later date That means this weekend will consist of stripping all the chrome from the outside so its ready to be dropped off on Wednesday!! Two things to look at while car is in paint is building a roof rack like below to fit the existing roof rack holes and getting the roof rack chromed and ready to put on with new gaskets!! Stoked to finally be doing things to make it look better!! This also means slam is closer.... Discuss here.. //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49975-connors-pi-wag/#entry1582774 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted November 22, 2015 Author Share Posted November 22, 2015 Stripped most of the trim off of this today minus the front grill Goes for paint on wednesday will have it for a week and a half 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Connor Posted December 7, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted December 7, 2015 This was supposed to be back to me on friday, don't have it back yet so i'm hoping to get it back by this friday.... It goes into the booth tomorrow!!! Roof racks still haven't started so i should get onto that haha This is what it is looking like as of lunchtime today 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted December 14, 2015 Author Share Posted December 14, 2015 Got this back on Friday.... Ran out of gas 100m down the road hahah Cheers Highlux for being the saviour Days off work are Sunday and Monday so got some trim on yesterday morning before some commitments in the afternoon Am very stoked on how it came out Has developed a fuel problem so will check everything is all good in the metering unit tomorrow night, spent two hours today with the old guru on pi stuff here in Tauranga today has told me what to look for and sorted me out for parts with a troubleshooting book he put together so hopefully get that done tomorrow and put the rest of the trim on If we get it done tomorrow with minimal costs involved will be ordering coilover parts this week tooooooooo, very excite Plus roofrack is being built this week ready to put on the car on sunday we decided on something along the lines of this made out of stainless that fits in the existing holes from the last roof racks 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted December 15, 2015 Author Share Posted December 15, 2015 Running problem seemed to be a dirty injector Also this popped up on facebook today Am pulling the pin on coilovers so will get in contact with barry at manon racing tomorrow and finalise an order for some fortune autos for the front and suzuki swift springs for the rear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted December 28, 2015 Author Share Posted December 28, 2015 This is running well good and getting dailyed everywhere retail has wrecked me so no holiday to get all the shit done but me and my mate have made up the tricky bit of the roofrack and bolted it up today all it needs is new fasteners and a rubber gasket so it can be all done up... Still need to do the runners which will be in the new year This is them Next update should hopefully involve coilovers Discuss: //oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/49975-connors-pi-wag/#entry1582774 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted January 21, 2016 Author Share Posted January 21, 2016 Poor update but an update: Front coilovers have been ordered from Manon racing went with fortune auto Hope they arrive before I move back down to welly so I can get them welded up and crack tested before I leave rather then down there Went to Rotorua vintage car show this last sunday, there were lots of fizzing old barry's Car may be in a magazine if i can organise myself to get trim/ roofracks finished Discuss... http://oldschool.co....g/#entry1582774 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Posted April 22, 2016 Author Share Posted April 22, 2016 You could say i'm pretty excited!! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Threeonthetree Posted March 15, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted March 15, 2017 I'd wanted an Estate for quite some time but never thought I'd end up owning this particular example. That is until I saw it for sale on a Facebook Triumph page (yes such a thing exists). However it was well out of my price range so I pined over it and got about fiddling with the many other cars in my life. But a while later I found out that the engine had let go and that the price was heavily reduced. The engine issue didn't phase me, but I was still a bit worried that I couldn't afford it. After plenty of discussion between myself and the owner, I decided to drive down to Tauranga and take a look at it in person. A deal was struck and I made plans to come back that weekend and collect the car. So with the help of @Tumeke and his Dad's 2.4 petrol LWB L300, we hitched a hired trailer and set about collecting the car. IMG_8129 by Neal OnTheTree, on Flickr IMG_8132 by Neal OnTheTree, on Flickr IMG_8133 by Neal OnTheTree, on Flickr The L300 towed surprisingly well and we trundled along at a leisurely pace back to Auckland, along with a stop in Ngatea for some fuel for both the van and ourselves. IMG_8137 by Neal OnTheTree, on Flickr IMG_8139 by Neal OnTheTree, on Flickr Once in its new home, I poured a fresh four litres of oil into it, wound the engine over until it had a bit of oil pressure and fired it up. The car had a horrible knock when I went to see it because it had been run with no oil. It will run okay at idle but there is still a faint knock from time to time so it will have its engine removed to be stripped and inspected. It currently resides in my shed under a cover while I sell a lot of the other projects and parts that I have. This is the car that I've always wanted so the plan is to fix the engine, run it in for a WoF, get it road legal and start fixing it slowly while it remains regularly driven. It has suffered much neglect which is not apparent in the pictures but I am confident I can rectify this. 32 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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