GingerNuttz

Turned out bloody fantastic ! I'm definitely going to give their black a try 

The used mattress in the foreground just adds to the beauty of the 806  

5 minutes ago, Jenson Velcro said:

I’m guessing that the engine can run with the distributor in  four different orientations as long as the plug leads are moved around so the rotor arm is pointing at the right one at tdc?

Yeah the distributor drive gear can be put in at any position with the first cylinder on tdc and it would run but the vac advance canister will foul the block when trying to adjust the ignition timing 

The distributor seems to be out by a mile compared to mine. Good chance that's why it didn't fire but very easily fixed and congrats on getting it buttoned up 

58 minutes ago, busmansholiday said:

Bit of filler and a good coat of Dulux ?

Spray painter I should have said haha

It should only take 4 or 5 weekends to complete the welding work and have it in primer. The captain is going grp for the front end by the sounds of things so that will save me from making repair panels for the wing bottoms. I've restored tons of cars and paint for a living so we should breeze through it ? 

Hopefully 

If anyone else wants to chip in a weekend here or there feel free to come through, I'm up for getting all the welding plus painting the car. Operation make the Dolly great again is a go. 

2016 Astra GTC that came from Arnold Clarke like this, a girl brought this to me saying the back quarter panel needed polished as it was very dull 

Just now, barefoot said:

Surely repairing shit like that is the whole point of this forum?

 

It's a lot worse than that picture to be honest, I've swept half the van off the floor, inner and outer sills plus about 4" into the drivers floor is rotten, I'm all for saving shite but a 2006 Transit Connect was shit when it was new and putting £500 into something like this is mind blowing 

1 minute ago, New POD said:

Because it is low miles, was the location of their first shag and tax deductible? 

Neither of those things. 200k on the clock, private car and the guy looks as if he'd need a 4 pack of viagra to get his leg over ?

Why do people insist on having shit like this repaired? This is a 2006 Connect and both sides of the van are the same, the van is worth less than the price of the bloody welding... 

How do you think the dye will hold up? Does it seem durable enough to withstand kids ? I'm interested in their black for my door cards and rear seat 

I drove a Ford Capri 2.0s and drove it into a wall when my foot slipped off the brake because i had oil on my boots from the garage. Miss that car to this day.

Shame as i have a spare camshaft i swapped out of my GE engine when i upgraded. If the lifter bore had been usable you could have had the cam

Is the bore for the lifter totally knackered ? 

This old thing is fascinating, never even knew these existed.

Bargain and solid by looks of them sills. I've done a few sets of sills on these and they're usually rotten from front to back 

Been following this thread since last year while lurking and it's great to see some other Triumphs being kept on the road around here. Have you got anything sorted to get the engine in the Dolly after the current crisis ? 

Cheers for the welcome guys, Forgot some pics of the Triumph in all it's 10 gallon of hand painted Hammerite glory, should have been scrapped in reality but i enjoy a challenge.

Long time lurker and have finally decided to introduce myself. The name is Ginger and i weld and paint shite, currently restoring a 68 Triumph Herald 13/60 but it's not one for the purists (bike carbs, big cam, alloy rad, Porsche Riviera Blue etc) I mainly do damaged shite but it's usually modernz and very dull.