MikeTr8i Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 Making great progress now. Will soon be on the road looking great. That colour has really grown on me!What is the black thing with the red sticker on in the last pic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 11, 2010 Author Share Posted February 11, 2010 (magnetic) LED inspection light Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeTr8i Posted February 12, 2010 Share Posted February 12, 2010 Quoted Text (magnetic) LED inspection light lol - now I feel stupid - Although that's not too difficult to achieve! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 12, 2010 Author Share Posted February 12, 2010 Quoted from MikeTr8i ... now I feel stupid ... Don't ...There's no such thing as stupid questions, only stupid answers 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 13, 2010 Author Share Posted February 13, 2010 I went over to the shed this afternoon to brave the cold for a few hours.As it is still far too cold to use glue (for carpets and certain trim pieces) I decided to fit the headlights instead.I first fitted the bare mechanism, followed by the empty headlamp pods ...With all mounting nuts and bolts tightened by hand it was possible to move all parts about,till a more or less decent fit of the lamp pods inside the front panel was achieved ...After that it was only a matter of fitting the light units and finish them off with the black rubber bezels.Slowly starting to look like a TR7 again ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 17, 2010 Author Share Posted February 17, 2010 Connected up the headlights ...Fitted some horns ...Connected the washer bottle to the screen washer pump and fitted the wiper mechanism ...And dismantled the rear axle in preparation for a bit of fresh paint, over the past few days ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 21, 2010 Author Share Posted February 21, 2010 As a result of the cold weather I can Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 24, 2010 Author Share Posted February 24, 2010 When I fitted the rear bumper at the end of last year I found out that the right hand side didn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 28, 2010 Author Share Posted February 28, 2010 Over the weekend I assembled the front sub frame ...... and fitted it to the car ... Everthing took much longer than planned though 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie55 Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 Your making rapid progress Beans. Soon be on its wheels which will be good to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TR7th Heaven Posted March 2, 2010 Share Posted March 2, 2010 I'm really enjoying this thread.Love the colour and really enjoying seeing a lovely TR7 take shape.Keep it up.Rich 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rumpith Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 Just looking through all your photos, Theo - Have you flipped some of them with photo editing software, or have you made a fundamental mistake? it looks like you've fitted the steering and pedals on the wrong side? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 I am very good with Photoshop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted March 9, 2010 Share Posted March 9, 2010 He also altered the colour, the car is actually red....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 9, 2010 Author Share Posted March 9, 2010 You shouldn't have told that, was meant to be a surprise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted March 10, 2010 Share Posted March 10, 2010 Beans is an absolute wizz with photo shop. For those who don't know he is from the dark side and is actually restoring an MGB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 10, 2010 Author Share Posted March 10, 2010 Not that far of the mark,it's actually a MG Magna ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted March 11, 2010 Share Posted March 11, 2010 I had totally forgotten about the proposed MG version - where on earth did you find the photo? Do you think those nice Chinese who produce the MGF would also produce an updated Magna?My other idea is to change the Triumph logos on my car & join the local MG club. The expression on their faces when they see the car would be priceless Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 11, 2010 Author Share Posted March 11, 2010 This one originates from the Dolomite forum.There are also two (lower res) piccies on this website http://www.aronline.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 17, 2010 Author Share Posted March 17, 2010 Had a look at the different sets of wheels I have lying around, to see which I am going to use on the DHC;The 7Jx15 Revolutions I used on the car;This very mint set of original TR7 alloys (with new coating and tyres of course);Or a choice of two (slightly different) sets of steel wheels;combined with various hub caps.I think I've got a plan ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GTRoger Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Why not make the centres of those Revolutions black? I recon it does look good on this car. Of course you could do a photoshop session first before you take the spraycan. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Posted March 19, 2010 Share Posted March 19, 2010 Beans,The Rimmer's TR7/8 catalogue v2.2 has an article on Harris Mann's original sketches of how he wanted the car to look - almost all of them show it with low profile tyres & alloy wheels. IMHO the car looks better with lower profile tyres and you would be following the original design idea before the bean (ouch!) counters got involved...Whatever you decide, your hard work has made it one fabulous car! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 20, 2010 Author Share Posted March 20, 2010 Posted the chosen wheels to the other side of the country today for refurbishing 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 21, 2010 Author Share Posted March 21, 2010 Over the past few days I fitted a new steering rack ...But not before I tied down the gaiters decently ...Switched my attention to the rear axle next ... Used a collection of drifts got the alignment of the holes sorted, enabling the bolts to be fitted ...With all axle mounting bolts in place it was time to fit the springs, connect the rear dampers and torque down all bolts ...Next stage will be fitting the half shafts and rear drums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted March 27, 2010 Author Share Posted March 27, 2010 Fitted the half shafts to the rear axle, followed by the rear brakes ...drums ... and the front pads ...I decided to go for some traditional Mintex M1144 pads.They should have more bite than the EBC Greenstuff I've been using over the years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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