Wedge Low Mile Wedge

[glemon]

Don't see too many of these anymore, the early coupes. It is in my hometown, but I don't know the car or the owner

https://lincoln.craigslist.org/cto/2384924271.html

I remember when these were a common sight, but the early cars disappeared pretty quickly, at least in this neck of the woods (maybe they were squirreled away and not driven much like this one).

 

[tr8todd]

Wow, that looks nice. You always have to be careful with a low mileage wedge. Sorting out all of the issues that crop up from sitting can be costly and infuriating. There are lots of intricate electrical pieces that tend to corrode, not to mention dried out seals and failed hydraulics. Anyone that wants to get in and go in a wedge, should buy one that gets used often. They don't do so well sitting in a barn for 20 odd years.

 

[tdskip]

I'll take wiring issues over rust however Todd!

 

[justin_mercier]

I lucked out and found the best of both worlds with my wedge, 26k mile very original wedge coupe that had lived in north carolina and been garaged its whole life, absolutely rust free, but it was also driven each year, not much, but enough so that it had been maintained and all the problems that would crop up from sitting around were repaired each year.

I do have to agree with tdskip however... I'll take wiring issues over rust any day now that I'm actually re-doing a car that lived in salty new england its whole life... and dealing with the massive amounts of rust everywhere.

Looks like a nice early wedge, the early ones have the nicer spedos, and if you dont like plaid, they were plain (albiet with corduroy seats)

I think wedge coupes get a bad rap, and glemon is right, you just dont see many coupes left at all.

 

[GBRandy]

I'll take wiring issues over rust however Todd!

Amen brother......

 

[tr8todd]

Your right rust is no fun either. You will have a hard time finding a rusty wedge around here nowadays. The ones that were not taken care of are for the most part gone and rusted away. What's left are either well cared for, garaged, driven only in nice weather examples or stowed away and forgotten examples.

 

[DNK]

Randy, did you see this.
If you can't find the seat covers for the wedge do this to the seats
https://forum.triumphtr7.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=14701

 

[DNK]

Darrell, my package doesn't have the part # anymore.
They are 1/4-28 by 5/8's below the nut part.
Try the Speedbleeder website or go to NAPA and find what other car uses that size.
That's what I did.