Well the Club Triumph Round Britain Run came and went and luckily enough all of the cars we helped prep which made it to the start also made it all the way round to the finish. Apart from a quick dip-switch swap on our chariot of choice the run was devoid of drama for us, which was nice.
We are now WELL stuck into the roundtail Spit I mentioned in my last blog. I t seems that the last person or persons who carried out repairs didn’t consider that actually welding in floorpans, reinforcing brackets or any other panels including the heelboard was necessary. These were cut to fit around the existing inner sill, A post, chassis etc and then stuck in place with a combination of fiberglass, filler, seam sealer and even silicon instant gasket!
As if that wasn’t bad enough there turned out to be no fewer than FOUR outer sills on the nearside, the original and three cover sills plonked on top – no wonder the bonnet and door wouldn’t shut properly! We are now moving on with the offside of the vehicle which doesn’t look much better.
In amongst the other winter rebuild work is a 2500 engine, a TR2 engine and a TR5 gearbox which has eaten its mainshaft tip and bearing, we knew this wasn’t going to be an easy one when we removed the drain plug and a dozen rollers fell out! This unit will be uprated, have the clutch cross-shaft mods carried out and then go back in ready for the start of the season.
