Southerner Posted January 19, 2012 Share Posted January 19, 2012 I already know that there are already afew A class Trumpys on this forum but thought i might aswell post my one up here. About 2 years ago my grandfather towed home a rusty Mk1 Triumph back to his house, and we all thought he was going mad from his old age. Early december last year he had finished redoing the whole car. Most nuts and bolts were replaced with new items, the diff from a mk2 was put in the rear, and a 2500 was put in the engine bay with a 4 speed overdrive gearbox. All done by himself. The outside was painted in a bluey green and the rims were painted a creamy colour. It looks mint to say the least!!! He also has a TR6 he imported from the USA a few years ago!! He is triuph mad. His next project is a PI he has in the shed. Ill take a couple of pics of these to cars soon. Well until he started dailying his MK1 he was driving around in this And when he towed home the Mk1 i said to him that when it was finished that i would purchase the Mk2 off him no matter how hard up i was at the time i would find the money. Well that time came early this week! I am very stoked with it! Even came with a rug in the back to protect the mint red interior It has the 2500 carby engine, 4 speed manual with overdrive and air shocks in the back. Which when i picked it up he told me they were good because you can have 3 people in the back and not have the wheels poking out at funny angles! ie negative camber. Plans are to lower it slightly and put in a decent stereo system, then cruise around in it. Let me know what you guys think. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted February 1, 2012 Author Share Posted February 1, 2012 Been driving this thing round quite alot and im loving this car. Really good on the open road! Got the other grill onto it Also while digging around in the shed i found these beauty rings, around 100mm wide As ive said my grandfather is nuts about triumphs which means we have heaps of spare parts Diffs O/D gearboxes are pretty common in his shed Ow and here is my uncles mint Bonneville And the part most of you triumph lovers will be waiting for( sorry the car is up on jackstands getting its gearbox swapped but ill get better ones soon) 2.5 engine transplant His other triumph, left hand drive tr6 imported from the states a few years ago The mint steelies it rolls with ballon spec tyres Thoughts and ideas welcome http://www.oldschool.co.nz/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=31296 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 Found this in his shed the other day, was even painted black, so gave it a quick sand and fitted my AA badge i had off another car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted October 22, 2012 Author Share Posted October 22, 2012 Been awhile since iv had this car going, Methven Rodeo was on over labour weekend and i thought it would be a good roadtrip in the triumph so got my old man to get a wof on it and picked it up on Friday night for the weekend. Got up on Saturday morning and put the roof racks on that i recently purchased and headed for methven. Heres a few pics of the trip Heres one of my mate driving Got to Methven later on in the evening and the camping ground owner offered to buy my car when we pulled up. Went up the Mt Hutt ski road for a scenic drive on Sunday morning, battery mount came loose so tightened it up before we headed back down Woke up on Labour Day to find a good dumping of snow so headed home before it got to deep On the way back down south forded a river Over all the car performed well but need to reseal the front windscreen and sort out a knocking noise in the rear end. Also lowering it a couple of inches and maybe finding some other wheels for it Let me know what you think http://oldschool.co....showtopic=31783 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Southerner Posted October 27, 2015 Author Popular Post Share Posted October 27, 2015 Had the old girl off the road for a couple of years while iv sorted out sheds etc so about June i got stuck into this thing. Tidied it up and got a wof first pop. The water pump blew out after a few small trips around the region so i replaced that with a new one for $120 freighted to my door which was pretty good in my opinion. That was fine until i started noticing the water was going somewhere with no trace anywhere, eventually i lifted the passenger mat to find it chocker with green anti freeze as the heater core had given up. Took the entire dash out and got the end tank soldered and back together on Thursday night. Took it up to Mehtven in the weekend and stopped in at the Waimate 50. I can highly recommend this event, one of the best iv ever been to. 950km over the weekend and never missed a beat. Anyone who has lowered one of these knows the comfort of the bumpstops 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted November 19, 2015 Author Share Posted November 19, 2015 Yesterday was not a good day at all...... Got abit to close to something and came a cropper 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted November 24, 2015 Author Share Posted November 24, 2015 Making abit of progress on this, got a spare door but turned out the original wasnt to bad with abit of lovin from a hammer Also picked up a set of globe wheels in 14x6 Have these aswell in 14x6 Unsure which ones to go for, going to throw 195/50s or similar onto a set to lower it abit more. Leaning more towards the globes to keep it looking more original Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted August 8, 2016 Author Share Posted August 8, 2016 Finally got it all painted back up again. Had a 21st at our flat in the weekend so cleared out the garage with my hunting quad on trailer. Towed it real good over to the yard at work Also acquired a boss kit and put in a Nardi i brought about 4 years ago 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Start of winter was driving along the one way in town and looked out the rear view mirror to a trail of oil followed by an oil light The rubber o ring on the filter gave way, blew most of its oil out. Luckily I was quick on it and flicked it off. Changed the bumpers over to the early shape ones with no rubber strip 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted September 16, 2018 Author Share Posted September 16, 2018 Grandad is also tidying up another MK1, he's got a planned head etc to go on it. Started the original motor for the first time in 20 years yesterday He is driving this PI he has had since new, we are having trouble with it at idle and around town at low speeds, on the open road runs perfectly. If anyone wants a copy of the books, PM me and I'll scan them in a PDF Theres a TR6, another Mk1 and some old Triumph bikes I'll get some photos over summer of aswell If anyone has any extractors/ headers for a 2.5 let me know, also on the hunt for a wagon to add to the collection. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Southerner Posted November 26, 2019 Author Popular Post Share Posted November 26, 2019 Not long after the above post i purchased a house so drove the car through to Central for what was supposed to be a few months until i built my shed. Approx 12months later it returned Took it for a wof, put on my new wheels (pics to come, due to the below it was only on the road one day) Turns out the rear main seal decided it didnt want to be a seal anymore and started leaking more than a British Car should Gearbox was a mess Cleaned up alright Appears to be the problem Took the sump off as thought ill do the gasket while im in there, found a lovely surprise This also cleaned up pretty good Taking out the whole rear end to do all the bushes and will underseal while everything is out. Reassemble and new exhaust just in time for summer hopefully! 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Southerner Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 Been chipping away on this, biggest delay has been part leadtimes Made a bush press and swapped out the bushes, also done main subframe bushes while i was there. Fully spray undercoated the underside while it was up on jack stands 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Southerner Posted January 21, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted January 21, 2020 Once all this was complete assembled and then took it for its first drive in a couple months, has new wheels on it which are subtle different Got home, had a yarn to the old neighbor about his glory days in these and rovers as it was idling, and then backed it into shed, quick look underneath, Was not happy to find this Had a look around and was oil around the back of the block where it meets the sandwhich plate and oil appears to have run down the gearbox as this was clean when i installed it Had a decent look around top of the motor and theres a banjo at the back of the head that seems to have oil behind it, gave it a quick wiggle as by this stage was getting on late in the night, wouldnt move, so im going to remove tonight and replace copper washers as i cant see it being anything else, rocker gasket was also replaced at same time as the above Fingers crossed this solves the issue 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Southerner Posted May 10, 2020 Author Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2020 Had this thing out in the weekend, going into storage for a few months until i tidy up some other projects i have on the radar. Be back in use come summer 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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