DodgyBastard 19598 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 $_86 by srblythe, on Flickr Can you tell what it is yet? egg, HillmanImp and TrabbieRonnie 3 Link to post Share on other sites
yes oui si 3081 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Acclaim? adw1977 1 Link to post Share on other sites
MorrisItalSLX 10750 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 It’s a high spec one too with those wheels. Link to post Share on other sites
captain_70s 11418 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 WHIT?! Is it the one over near Cumnock which fails it's MOT almost every year on rot in the same places? Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 19598 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 WHIT?! Is it the one over near Cumnock which fails it's MOT almost every year on rot in the same places?The very one! Sent from my G3121 using Tapatalk egg 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 19598 Posted February 13 Author Share Posted February 13 With just a few hours sleep after a 12 hour night shift welding inside a nuclear submarine I set off to buy a car I'd never owned before, a Triumph Acclaim. RJC_3729 by srblythe, on Flickr I set off with the Mrs in the 305 estate on a 2 hour journey across Scotland in wintry conditions. The 305 drove perfectly for the whole journey. We got to the seller's house and got a look at the Triumph for the first time, he showed us all of the areas which he'd welded to a decent enough standard, he'd even cut out the rear quarter to access the inner wheel arch and strut top and welded the rear quarter back on without it looking totally shit. He showed us some of the other modifications he'd done including some bright as fuck LED headlights and an LED lightbar butchered into the front grille. As if that wasn't bad enough it had some of the worst looking aftermarket alloys I'd seen in a while fitted to it. My heart sank a little when I saw the wheels. RJC_3731 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3732 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3734 by srblythe, on Flickr Not only did the wheels look shit, it also had some bad steering wheel vibrations at 55 to 65mph which made the 2 hour return journey a bit rubbish. Fortunately the original wheels were included with the car so first thing I did when I got home was stick it up in the air for a look underneath and to fit the steel wheels. RJC_3735 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3736 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3737 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3740 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3742 by srblythe, on Flickr Much better. All of the welding underneath looks to be done to a decent standard, he'd come to the conclusion that it had a bent mot on it before he bought it but has actually fixed all of the rusty areas on the car. With the original wheels fitted the steering wheel vibration has gone. The car seems to drive quite well and should be a decent daily driver. Semi-C, The Moog, Dick Longbridge and 28 others 31 Link to post Share on other sites
Zelandeth 10377 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Civic Del Sol alloys? Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Bo11ox 39162 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 My god, those wheels!!! Mind boggling! egg 1 Link to post Share on other sites
yes oui si 3081 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 I'll have the three spokes... Link to post Share on other sites
yes oui si 3081 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Actually no. Just zoomed in and they have the bolt holes showing. Ew. Link to post Share on other sites
Cookiesouwest 609 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 My Auntie had an acclaim when I was a lad. Great little car. Looks much better on the steelies too. Link to post Share on other sites
J-T 1167 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Bloody hell, I had to look twice then. This was my mum’s circa 1996ish Same down to the 6 digit plate! Just keeping next door’s Reliant Kitten company which you can just about see. I thought it was dead posh as it had leccy windows all round, all of which needed help to open/close. Please rid it of that light bar Dick Longbridge, egg, DodgyBastard and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
somewhatfoolish 6369 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Liked for losing the horrid alloys and reinstating the wheels of steel. Link to post Share on other sites
adw1977 4590 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 CD, top of the range! egg 1 Link to post Share on other sites
captain_70s 11418 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 That looks way better than mine, is top spec and was cheaper. Wank. BlankFrank, sdkrc, DodgyBastard and 1 other 3 1 Link to post Share on other sites
sdkrc 2521 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Yeeeeaaaah booiiii. I posted this a few months back on the eBay thread. I'm glad she's in safe hands. 3 spoke alloys ftw DodgyBastard 1 Link to post Share on other sites
cort16 53764 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 Whats with the LED light bar was he using it for hare coursing or something? It was Cumnock where it's perpetually 1989 so those wheels are right on trend. stonedagain, dome, davehedgehog31 and 2 others 5 Link to post Share on other sites
somewhatfoolish 6369 Posted February 13 Share Posted February 13 18 minutes ago, cort16 said: Whats with the LED light bar was he using it for hare coursing or something? It was Cumnock where it's perpetually 1989 so those wheels are right on trend. Could be worse, it might have been Auchinleck. dome 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Noel Tidybeard 4853 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 maybe the light bar was to make it look like a marina stonedagain 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Cheggers 12240 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 It looks like it's sitting a bit high (looking at the wheel-arch gap), but I guess that may be where it's been off the ground for the wheel change.Lovely old thing, well saved. Link to post Share on other sites
JeeExEll 13786 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 Could we see a pic taken in the dark with the light bar lit? (Please). If it's still fitted. Might start a new trend. Link to post Share on other sites
andy18s 6703 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 22 minutes ago, JeeExEll said: Could we see a pic taken in the dark with the light bar lit? (Please). If it's still fitted. Might start a new trend. sdkrc 1 Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 19598 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 10 hours ago, JeeExEll said: Could we see a pic taken in the dark with the light bar lit? (Please). If it's still fitted. Might start a new trend. Light bar RJC_3752 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3747 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3749 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3754 by srblythe, on Flickr Headlights RJC_3750 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3748 by srblythe, on Flickr jumpingjehovahs, Dirk Diggler, Cooper1 and 6 others 9 Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 19598 Posted February 14 Author Share Posted February 14 RJC_3743 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3745 by srblythe, on Flickr That's got to be some calendar material there! brownnova, BL Bloke, Shep Shepherd and 15 others 18 Link to post Share on other sites
rainagain 2076 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 I’d happily re-home the light bar if you don’t want it. Did I mention I have some 2kg boxes of Sol Gryn Link to post Share on other sites
sdkrc 2521 Posted February 14 Share Posted February 14 38 minutes ago, DodgyBastard said: This really reminds me of this. I forget who the photographer is but his repertoire consists of crushingly shite photos of the UK egg, Joey spud, timolloyd and 1 other 4 Link to post Share on other sites
captain_70s 11418 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 You should check out the photo selection of 1980s Glasgow by Raymond Depardon. Proper grim. sdkrc 1 Link to post Share on other sites
Out Run 427 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 12 hours ago, andy18s said: Big shame to see that without the period - and pretty useless in comparison - light pod, you would expect to see. Link to post Share on other sites
brownnova 9786 Posted February 15 Share Posted February 15 On 2/13/2020 at 7:11 PM, DodgyBastard said: With just a few hours sleep after a 12 hour night shift welding inside a nuclear submarine I set off to buy a car I'd never owned before, a Triumph Acclaim. This is possibly one of the best opening paragraphs to a collection I have read! Don’t know how I missed this in the week, but what a lovely lovely looking car... once you’ve de-modified it of course! Well purchased! egg, Mrcento and Skizzer 3 Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 19598 Posted February 15 Author Share Posted February 15 RJC_3755 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3760 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3762 by srblythe, on Flickr I killed the Acclaim a couple of times on the way home from Perth earlier after driving through some big puddles, the first time it died straight after the puddle but restarted a short time later after drying out, the next time it died halfway through the puddle and took ages to dry out and it kept stalling/cutting out for the majority of the journey home. We got there in the end but what should have been a casual 40 minute journey turned into a 2.5 hour ordeal with having to stop, letting the car dry out then continuing before finding out it wasn't quite right and stopping again. Arthur Foxhake 1 Link to post Share on other sites
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