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Will have the Trump there
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I do not understand how a gt6 could not keep up with my turd rx30 Cressida.
spirited driving, fucking glad I didn't take my kombie on this one lol
While I would like better brakes I think 95% of the difference was down to me not the car
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Thanks for organising Cam. Was good fun and a good shake down run with no problems. Fun road too even if I couldn't keep up
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If so - what time we thinking of meeting?
Weighstation at 9?
Sounds good
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Thinking of coming up. Anyone from Wellington want to convoy?
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12 years of AA plus and only used it once to trailer my Ducati from Masterton to Wellington when the rear shock detached from the swingarm. Consider I've had my money's worth.
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Triumph is now WOF'd. Just need to confirm whether it'll run enough to be able to drive it there
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Vipbox.tv
I'm reading that site is a touch dodgy.
Never tried it for Bathurst but I've used it successfully for Le Mans for years.
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If you look back to the top post you'll see what the guards used to look like. Here is what the drivers side looked like this morning:
So obviously there is a bit more cutting to go before new parts can go in. But given how much bog was in the lower guard it could have been a lot worse. I expect the other side will be similar.
Booked in for a WOF on 6 October so hopefully it'll be driveable after that.
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Spotted this at the Edger centre tonight. Pants were tight, will need to catch up with the owner tomorrow.
I remember that being in NZ Classic Car about 15 years ago.
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Airbag light has to come on for 5 seconds for a wof so killing it won't help
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Provided my 4:30 meeting doesn't run too late I'll hopefully be there
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Put my steels on just to see what tyre sizes I would need. The ones in the photo are 165/80-13 which is bigger than the stock 155/80-13 and bigger still than the 185/60-13 on the minilites. They're not actually black they're just painted in rust kill, they'll be a lighter colour with a chrome hubcap if/when they make it on.
Ideally I'd like a 155/75-13 though I don't think that size exists.
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Latest update makes me wonder why I bother.
Lights are now all working again.
Turns out despite the previous owner telling me that the brakes had been fully rebuilt they hadn't and the rear brakes were seized on and the wheels were only turning because the shoes were coming away from the friction material. So they've now been stripped and rebuilt including lots of new bits and remachining the drums.
Turns out the steering wheel (its an aftermarket one) doesn't fit the taper on the column which the previous owner must have realised when he locktited it to the column then locktited the nut on. Luckily it hasn't badly damaged the column so I just have to replace the boss kit so I might as well upgrade the wheel at the same time.
Then comes to the speedo. Turns out the problem was the right angle drive out of the gearbox so I sourced a new one. Just put it in and made sure the new cable was turning which it was then tried to fit it to the speedo and found the end was damaged and wouldn't fit so put the old cable back in. Drove it to the corner and back and the speedo still wasn't working. Pulled it all to bits again and this is what I found:
Old angle drive on the left, new on the right and the drive in front of it is the new one or at least it was Note the extra washer on the top that was a service item to stop them breaking so often but was missing when I pulled it to bits (which is apparently quite common). So plan now is to order another cable and angle drive then try to work out what is breaking them
Also my mechanic tells me the rust in the rear guards is a WOF failure. I was intending to fix it anyway but not before the WOF ran out at the end of August so guess that will have to be done now as well.
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Got it back together. Not sure I've fixed anything other than replacing the carpet but still progress is progress.
Here's a video just for a change. Its running on the choke hence why its filing the garage with smoke.
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Bullet connectors would mean it might not have been played with. This has modern chocolate block but only an inch of wire sticking out the loom tucked hard in the corners where they don't work properly.
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After mucking around tonight I have everything in the Triumph working except the taillights So I'll come along in something else.
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Spent the afternoon mucking around with lots of little things.
Replaced the windscreen wiper/washer switch so the washers now work again so it'll be wofable.
Replaced the second tail light rubber.
Finished off the floorpan so will be able to start interior reassembly tomorrow.
And replaced the wiper arms. The new ones look almost the same but they have the correct angle on them so the drivers side one now doesn't overhang the outside of the screen. Terrible photos, my phone doesn't like the sun streaming in but stops it being a pictureless update.
Before:
After:
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Pictureless update:
When I bought it the speedo didn't work so I ordered a new cable. It also came with a new carpet set so I figured I'd pull the interior to bits and do both at once. Found a bit of surface rust in the floorpan under the drivers seat but nothing difficult to fix, theres primer under the passengers seat so its obviously been the same at some point.
Previous owner was proud that he'd replaced the transmission tunnel with a new fiberglass one. Unfortunately the bolts he put through the firewall were a nightmare. Brass dome head screws with nuts on the firewall side (surely it'd be easier if Triumph had made them captive). With flatmates help since my arms arn't long enough to be in the footwell and engine bay at the same time I couldn't get any of them undone. Only way I could shift them at all was putting a ratchet spanner on the nut and vicegrips on the wrong end of the screw/bolt. Had to do a combination of cutting the bolts in half or driling them out - none of which were easy to get to. Took me 5 hours to get 6 bolts out and none in one piece.
Then took the old speedo cable out and turns out there's nothing wrong with it so put the new one in anyway and still no speedo. Guessing drive off the gearbox or maybe speedo itself causing the problem.
Also replaced the rubbers between the tail lights and body. I do like that pretty much everything is available for these.
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Oh man this is so choice. I bet it feels so low to the ground when you're sitting in it. Such cool little cars. Good choice and cool to see more stuff like this on OS.
Roof height is apparently 50mm higher than my Lotus. It really doesn't feel it - when I stand with my arm by my side my finger tips just touch the bottom of the glass so I have to bend down to reach the door handle. To drive they both feel about the same lowness though the Triumph you just get into whereas the Lotus you have to fall down from the sill so they're quite different.
Once I get the Lotus back I'll get some side by side photos.
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Maybe. Have a work thing on the Thursday so will have to check what time it finishes first.
I'm out. Work thing goes into the evening. Maybe next month.
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Filled up the Triumph yesterday. BP counter person asked me if it was a TRV
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Maybe. Have a work thing on the Thursday so will have to check what time it finishes first.
Southward open day sunday 6th march
in Lower North Island Region
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Maybe meet at Plimmerton weigh station?
https://www.google.co.nz/maps/@-41.077268,174.8733981,3a,75y,359.24h,76.79t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sGtLkVoqKYb_Sm5YClvkTjQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1
Google says it takes 27 minutes from there and it starts at 9 so maybe meet there at 8.30 to leave slightly after that?