DodgyBastard 17,702 Report post Posted February 13 $_86 by srblythe, on Flickr Can you tell what it is yet? 3 egg, HillmanImp and TrabbieRonnie reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yes oui si 2,086 Report post Posted February 13 Acclaim? 1 adw1977 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MorrisItalSLX 10,160 Report post Posted February 13 It’s a high spec one too with those wheels. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
captain_70s 9,592 Report post 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? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 17,702 Report post 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 1 egg reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 17,702 Report post 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. 29 brownnova, BlankFrank, Fumbler and 26 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Zelandeth 7,587 Report post Posted February 13 Civic Del Sol alloys? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mr_Bo11ox 36,890 Report post Posted February 13 My god, those wheels!!! Mind boggling! 1 egg reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yes oui si 2,086 Report post Posted February 13 I'll have the three spokes... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
yes oui si 2,086 Report post Posted February 13 Actually no. Just zoomed in and they have the bolt holes showing. Ew. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cookiesouwest 78 Report post Posted February 13 My Auntie had an acclaim when I was a lad. Great little car. Looks much better on the steelies too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
J-T 967 Report post 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 4 egg, DodgyBastard, BlankFrank and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
somewhatfoolish 4,629 Report post Posted February 13 Liked for losing the horrid alloys and reinstating the wheels of steel. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
adw1977 4,025 Report post Posted February 13 CD, top of the range! 1 egg reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
captain_70s 9,592 Report post Posted February 13 That looks way better than mine, is top spec and was cheaper. Wank. 3 1 sdkrc, BlankFrank, DodgyBastard and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdkrc 1,192 Report post 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 1 DodgyBastard reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cort16 49,239 Report post 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. 4 spartacus, davehedgehog31, dome and 1 other reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
somewhatfoolish 4,629 Report post 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. 1 dome reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Noel Tidybeard 4,514 Report post Posted February 14 maybe the light bar was to make it look like a marina 1 stonedagain reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cheggers 11,208 Report post Posted Friday at 08:02 AM 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JeeExEll 12,182 Report post Posted Friday at 12:08 PM 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
andy18s 6,493 Report post Posted Friday at 12:31 PM 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. 1 sdkrc reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 17,702 Report post Posted Friday at 10:13 PM 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 7 egg, jumpingjehovahs, Dirk Diggler and 4 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 17,702 Report post Posted Friday at 10:14 PM RJC_3743 by srblythe, on Flickr RJC_3745 by srblythe, on Flickr That's got to be some calendar material there! 17 davehedgehog31, stonedagain, Dick Longbridge and 14 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
rainagain 1,916 Report post Posted Friday at 10:24 PM 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 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sdkrc 1,192 Report post Posted Friday at 10:54 PM 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 3 Joey spud, egg and timolloyd reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
captain_70s 9,592 Report post Posted Saturday at 01:01 AM You should check out the photo selection of 1980s Glasgow by Raymond Depardon. Proper grim. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Out Run 4 Report post Posted Saturday at 01:06 AM 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. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brownnova 7,347 Report post Posted Saturday at 10:03 AM 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! 2 egg and Mrcento reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DodgyBastard 17,702 Report post Posted Saturday at 06:07 PM 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. 1 Arthur Foxhake reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
