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Re: Herald on Craigslist - How I spent my day...

Hey All
I took a 200 mile jaunt to the Monterey, CA area today and decided to pick up another LBC. What a cutie, eh? Started right up and I took her around the block a few times. Needs floor pans and some patch panels for what I'd call minor body rust. But pretty complete and body is very straight. Can't say I like the primer/spatter paint with chicken pox but to each his own, I suppose. This resto will have to wait until I complete my TR3 but I might invest enough to drive her around and goof off a bit. Is a true California car. Purchased in Monterey area and has been there since 65'. I received a full folder of maintenance records. Amazing that repair work labor was only about $7 per hour back in 1966. I should scan and post some of those service records for your enjoyment.

Does anyone know what is missing from the front of this car (piece of the bumper?). Also, panel below trunk lid is quite full of bondo and probably needs some substantial metal work.

Was $1,000 for the car, $65 for the trailer, and $80 in gas....

More fun to come

Pat
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Re: Herald on Craigslist - How I spent my day...

Congrat on the new car. It looks like you will have some work but I like the idea of getting it runny well and driving it till you have time to do it right. Looks like bumper overrides are missing, and the rubber bumper end caps.

The red on red tail light is a bit harder to find but they are out there used. Someone may have one on the forum.

Have fun. These cars are like a ugly dog, before long you just fall in love with them and learn to love the ugly.
 
Re: Herald on Craigslist - How I spent my day...

nice,

Saw a Herald ragtop at a show and would love to have one myself. lack of money and space seem to have a death grip on me.
 
Re: Herald on Craigslist - How I spent my day...

Tom's pretty much nailed it on what's missing in front; it's also lacking the spot-welded-on channel that holds the white rubber bumper on the center section between the missing (?) overriders.

Taillamp lens: is it the L636 or the L657? A bit hard to tell from the picture, but I'll guess L636? Both occasionally appear on eBay, and new repros of the red/amber version of the later L657 lens are available in the UK. New rear valences are also available if that one's too far gone; it also appears to be lacking the channel to hold the rubber. And footwell repair panels are available.

Seems to be missing the anti-burst supplementary catch on the LH door?

I'm not liking the looks of the routing of the LF brake hose; is it tied to the A-arm? Not good if it is; even if it's not, it appears to be way too close to that A-arm and should be repositioned. I'm guessing the front brakes are drum?

Interior looks pretty good, although it appears there's some deterioration of the padded vinyl on top? Also, are those tonneau cover snaps? They're getting a bit rare. Did you get a tonneau cover with it, or the top well cover?

Love the black plate, and I'll hope you can keep same?

And, of course, (the other) "numbers please"! :laugh: GB21440LCV is the commission number, making it in the 1964-65 range (depending on exactly when it was sold and titled).

All in all, looks like a very good buy; congratulations!
 
Re: Herald on Craigslist - How I spent my day...

Looks good except for the chickenpox!

The white rubber should continue be there on both the front and rear center bumper sections. They probably dried up and some previous owner got tired of getting white powder on their pants every time they got close to the car.

One safety issue I see. There should be a safety clip on the door under the lock. Otherwise the frame is flexible enough that the doors can swing open when you go around a bend. You have the female side on the door frame but the male side is missing. With any luck they may be somewhere with the car.
 
Re: Herald on Craigslist - How I spent my day...

Thanks for the tips and observations. I'll have a ton of questions as I get into this. I'll respond to some of your observations later today or this evening. Need to work a bit today to make up for my fun trip yesterday! Thanks for the support.

pat
 
Re: Herald on Craigslist - How I spent my day...

We're here for you Herald!
 
Andrew Mace said:
Vernon is in the Charlotte, NC, area -- member of Triumph Club of the Carolinas and former president of VTR. He owned one of the Trans-Am Vitesses at one point; I can never remember which one, though. Was it Ralph Thomas (think that's the name) whom you dealt with on the Vitesse?
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This one had three tone blue paint job when it was raced in SCCA in GT3 class around here, I can't remember the fellow's last name, but his first name was Arno, he had lived in Jacksonville, before moving to Greenville, and was good friends with Rick Cline, I always heard the car was on laon form Rick Cline, but can't really say that is correct. All this happen when I was first getting ito the racing, by my second year, the Vitesse was out of the picture and I never saw it again until i was at the Mitty vintage races at Road Atalnta, lets say in the late 90s and a fellow had a racing Vitesse but different color, we got to talking, and it was the same car, he knew Arno, and Gary Drummond and Danny Ross that had driven the Vitesse back in the Team Moon days.


I later saw what I believed to be the same Vitesse on the internet in CA now with a white paint job, with yellow and maybe black or orange stripes and UNI Part livery, Gary Drummond said it was the same Vitesse he had drove, that Arno had. I remember the coolest thing about that car was it's flared fenders, they were stretched, and flared form the original fenders, no add on piece welded on, no fibergalss, all steel from the original fenders, quite the craftmenship.
 
Hi Randall

I should probably know this but...
Where do I obtain a factory spare parts catalog for a Herald 1200?

Pat
 
PatGalvin said:
Where do I obtain a factory spare parts catalog for a Herald 1200?
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That's actually a good question, Pat, I wish I had a good answer! I don't have a Herald 1200 SPC in my collection, but originals of virtually all the factory manuals do show up on eBay from time to time. Don't see a Herald 1200 there just now, though.

Here's one source (on DVD) https://www.motoringclassics.co.uk/triumph-herald-and-vitesse%3Cbr-%3E1959-to-1971/p21747

Or, Canley seems to have most of it on their web site (with promises to finish the project).
https://canleyclassics.com/?xhtml=xhtml/catalogue/herald1200.html&xsl=catalogue.xsl
 
Thanks Randall

I'll keep trolling Ebay for a catalog. I'm not in a huge hurry.
Have a good holiday weekend!

Pat
 
TR3driver said:
Here's one source (on DVD) https://www.motoringclassics.co.uk/triumph-herald-and-vitesse%3Cbr-%3E1959-to-1971/p21747
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Wow! That's the first I'd seen the listing of what was including on that CD: impressive! It even includes the USA versions of the 948 Owners Handbooks and SPC.

Pat, if you spot an original SPC on eBay, be sure to ask the seller which edition it is. You'll want at least a 3rd edition; 4th edition might be better still. And note that the Convertible-specific bits are in a supplement NOT normally part of the SPC. And I wouldn't pay an awful lot for an SPC, probably not more than $20-30 at most (not including shipping).

Actually, that CD looks like a great deal. Meanwhile, as Randall notes, the Canley web site is very useful and getting more so; same with Rimmer Bros. (Thankfully, both use original Stanpart numbers.)
 
Andy,

Why must you torture me so.
 
Don_R said:
Andy,

Why must you torture me so.
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Don, if that eBay car is anywhere near as nice as it appears, they really don't get much better. And the price is actually pretty darned good for such a clean original. Oh, if only I a: had money, b: had time, c: didn't have at least a dozen too many cars now (most of them being Heralds).... :wink:
 
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