Rumpith Posted July 11, 2010 Share Posted July 11, 2010 Wow! Congratulations, Theo. Superb work (you obviously have too much time and money on your hands tho!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianb Posted July 12, 2010 Share Posted July 12, 2010 Woooow!! Fantastic!!! Do these images make me want to own a TR7 again. I suppose I've always got my cuddly little Herald Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianb Posted July 13, 2010 Share Posted July 13, 2010 Love the colour reminds me of the 59 Impala restored by Boyd Coddington. Have a look http://www.boydcoddington.com/featured+cars.aspx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Very nice Impala 😎No fan of the wheels and (parts of) the green interior though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted July 13, 2010 Author Share Posted July 13, 2010 Quoted from Rumpith Wow! Congratulations ... Quoted from ianb Woooow!! Fantastic!!! Do these images make me want to own a TR7 again ... Thx guys, just bear in mind it was quite a lot of work.Still not completely finished though, some small issues remain or keep popping up.But she's nearly ready for a final and (hopefully) decent photoshoot ...And then back to the Alps in early August 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas4 Posted July 15, 2010 Share Posted July 15, 2010 Hi Beanswhere in the Alps will you go to? I live in the Bernese Oberland, have been on the Susten, Grimsel, Jaun pass etc. already in my TR7, all in all already 3000 km since I bought it (not much more than 2 months ago). Normally people from NL arrive here in underpowered cars with trailers or motorhomes, are terribly afraid of height and are considered (hardly) moving obstacles 😉Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted July 15, 2010 Author Share Posted July 15, 2010 No fixed plans for the route yet,But I am thinking of the border area of Austria, Switzerland and Italy (Kaunertal, Timmelsjoch, Stilfserjoch (aka Stelvio), Gavia, etc ... But I will probably take my time reaching the Alps through Germany,and you can always bribe me over to Switzerland for a decent beer 😉 (Splugen and Flu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas4 Posted July 16, 2010 Share Posted July 16, 2010 Hi Beans> you can always bribe me over to Switzerland for a decent beer You are very welcome ... the last TR7 I clearly remember to have seen was our neighbour's in the early 80ies. The fact that our neighbour had one probably was the reason I got interested in the one I bought. ... so if you can make it a little bit further West ... (sent you a PM)Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted July 18, 2010 Author Share Posted July 18, 2010 And to finish the restoration I did a little photo shoot this evening ...Thanks everyone for the replies and support over the past 18 months 😉Time to start enjoying the car now 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianb Posted July 20, 2010 Share Posted July 20, 2010 Nice shots! Particularly like the 2nd one with the old factory in the background with that red roof .And that gorgeous juicy green gleaming in the sun. Well done!Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted July 31, 2010 Author Share Posted July 31, 2010 Bugger ... returning home this afternoon, after checking the car in preparation for next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trekcarbonboy Posted July 31, 2010 Share Posted July 31, 2010 Don't know if you replaced the water and oil seal during the project or not but when I did mine one of the seals (and I forget which one) was significantly larger than the original. It lifted the internals upwards ever so slightly. This prevented me from getting a proper seal. I ended up needing to put in an extra (4 total) gasket to form a proper seal. Not sure if this will help, but it sorted mine out. Have a great trip. Watching the Tour de France is as close as I get to the Alps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 1, 2010 Author Share Posted August 1, 2010 Removed the leaky water pump and fitted a reconditioned one today ...More info in my blog 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 4, 2010 Author Share Posted August 4, 2010 Will depart for the Alps tomorrow, although not 100% sure the cars OK.After returning home from a test drive there was a big coolant leak from the water pump.But after another check it seems to be OK ...Probably the new seal that needed to seat itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 11, 2010 Author Share Posted August 11, 2010 She made it round over some 15 Alpine passes including the Timmelsjoch, Jauffen Pass and Stelvio to name a few ...Covered some 2825 kilometres in 7 days without to many problems.Only real problem was a water pump that tried to impersonate the Torrey Canyon [B)]Luckily the oil leak could be controlled by not revving the engine too much, so up hill on the engines torque ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 22, 2010 Author Share Posted August 22, 2010 Took the water pump out yesterday.As predicted the oil seal had come loose from the brass cage, probably not properly seated when rebuilding the pump.I made sure it did seat properly now ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR7th Heaven Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Any more photos of the Alpine trip?Rich 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted August 27, 2010 Author Share Posted August 27, 2010 In my weblog, link is at the bottom of my signature ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clymout Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Great blogg sir! really enjoyed the read and seeing your car in the natural world. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas4 Posted August 27, 2010 Share Posted August 27, 2010 Hi Beansjust read your weblog. It was nice meeting you. I am glad you enjoyed it over here 🙂See youThomasPS: greetings to Ren Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted September 5, 2010 Author Share Posted September 5, 2010 Been a bit quite on this thread, but since this weekend she's running again.Had a few issues with various leaks, caused by an incorrect O-ring ...hopefully sorted now ...Was good to be out in the open again ...Next job will (hopefully) be a good clean and polish as she collected quite a bit of road grime over the past month.Despite the problems she covered well over 3000 km in that period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted July 21, 2011 Author Share Posted July 21, 2011 Car got a second chance to prove herself in the mountains of Austria and S Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 21, 2011 Share Posted July 21, 2011 Beans, I've only just noticed you've "nur Limonade" with a GB on the plate. Nice! Thanks for the great blog and great photos, I'm now pining for the Tirol.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted July 22, 2011 Author Share Posted July 22, 2011 Quoted from smithy ... you've "nur Limonade" ... NL actually stands (according to the Germans) for Nur Links.As Dutchies are bloody awfull drivers who stick to the outer motorway lanes at all cost Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithy Posted July 22, 2011 Share Posted July 22, 2011 Ah, the Austrians I was mixing with were obviously heavy drinkers mate. 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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