How are all our new Triumph owners doing?

[ottawa3]

Here is a poorly lit picture of my 3 -

The quick history on the car is it sat for a long time - had parts stolen - last owner got her running (new tank, dist., coil, fuel pump, starter etc). He apparently bought out a guy at a fair and the car came with three extra doors, a replacement hood, caouple of extra tansmissions, steering box etc - and the best part is he delivered it to my door for free!

Looks like it had some minor contact at some point around the DS cowl, rest is pretty good. Bottom shows inner sill which is currently giving me problems (another thread)..

Can't figure how to post pict directly, so here is link:

https://s948.photobucket.com/albums/ad322/ottawanewkirk/?action=view&current=TR3.jpg[/img]

 

[JFeher]

I can't seem to run out of rust!

 

[JBann]

Here's my '64 Spitfire4. This is my first plunge into British/vintage motoring all together! I got it about a month ago, but I was out of the country for three weeks visiting family. So this car is really only a week old to me! Put about 250 miles on it so far, and I have loved every minute in it.

Its a decent driver, but does require work. There is rust on the rocker panels (drivers side is considerably worse than the passenger), some on the floor boards and in the trunk. It did come with a hardtop though and it has the high compression engine (is that more common than the low compression engine or vice versa?)

So far I have only changed the oil + filter and the fan belt. It does need new rear shocks and leaf spring (the passenger rear wheel has quite a negative chamber in comparison to the right). Let the work begin! Albeit slowly on my college budget :frown:
I did manage to buy a '67 tonneau cover for low-back seats on ebay for $13.02 which I thought was quite a good buy!

I have to say though that I love this forum and will be asking many questions as they present themselves when I begin more serious work on the car!

Jan

 

[tmc]

My 7-year project (1959 TR3A TS45911) is beginning to look like a car! I've been doing plumbing, cooling, fuel and seam sealing for several months now. I'm struggling with the fit of the splash guards under the front wings, but I think I've got one licked, the other in progress. I'm about ready for wiring, dash recover, instruments, etc. Won't be long until initial start-up! I started off to build a nice "driver" - I think I've built a museum piece! Every single piece will have been replaced, renewed, repainted, recovered or otherwise restored when I'm done. I've made good use of this forum already, in anticipation of some of the upcoming steps. I appreciate that a great deal.

 

[TexasKnucklehead]

Every single piece will have been replaced, renewed, repainted, recovered or otherwise restored when I'm done.

That is too common. -and most often required. I'm still surprised at how many people are presently or have previously restored a TR3. It is impressive, and tho parts may be easier to come by, I doubt the work has gotten any easier. Mine had been restored years ago, and now I'm re-restoring it -perhaps better than last time and in some cases, better than original.

My car had been green (at least twice), red, and yellow. It had metric bolts cross threaded into the block to hold on the oil pan (sump). I hope I'm doing the car justice, but we all do the best we can with what we have to work with. I never restored a car before, but this forum is really helpful.

Welcome to the club.

 

[tmc]

Mine started life as Silverstone Grey, with a Royal Purple interior! Lived all it's life in California, but I bought it near St. Louis, MO. By then, it had been painted twice, once red, then white. Had a black interior and was pretty tired, although it ran. When I started taking it apart, discovered it had been in a heck of a wreck at some point......not much rust but every panel was beat up and the front clip was "made out of Bondo". I restored the chassis, suspension, drive train while looking for a metal man. Took a couple of years to find one and he kept it for 3 years as he was retired and did my project when he felt like it. Moved to Colorado 18 months ago. Had the paint/body work finished here in Loveland. It's back to a modern version of Silverstone Grey, but with a black interior. I'm in the backstretch doing all the myriad of details that finish it. I've stayed close to original except for upgrades that made sense....bigger pistons, balanced the engine, polished the combustion chambers and intake manifold, stainless brake lines, an aluminum radiator, 60-spoke chrome wires (Dayton) and a high-torque starter. Still a ways to go, but at least it looks like a whole car now!

 

[angelfj1]

TMC

I've been at it for almost 10 years. I never could have continued this long with out the resources of this forum.

How about some photos?

 

[KVH]

I forget. What are you supposed to do if the end float is excessive?

 

[tmc]

My photos are being held captive by my computer, but I'm working on that. I'll post some when I get time to sort that out.