Beans Posted December 12, 2013 Author Share Posted December 12, 2013 Quoted from ferny ... the black roof helps the bumpers blend into the car. Makes it a more cohesive design, if that makes sense. That's probably one of the reasons they made the sills black.And they make the whole car look more slender.The yellow car looks to fat i.m.h.o. because of the body colour sills.But I'll stick to an orange roof ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted December 18, 2013 Author Share Posted December 18, 2013 Made a full scale test plot of the striping to check if it fits properly.A nice job for the Christmas holiday 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim83 Posted January 11, 2014 Share Posted January 11, 2014 I would go for the orange especially with the World Championship coming up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 What World Championship Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 11, 2014 Author Share Posted January 11, 2014 (edited) There's no way back now for the 1976 FHC. After an inspection earlier this week by the guy who will do the panel work, it was decided that we would get the best result by using the cars original body shell and use the back end of the yellow body shell as a spare panel donor. Which means that I will have to start with dismantling the car first. Would have loved to take some final pictures of the car as she was, but the weather conditions were rather wet. So it was unceremoniously loaded on the trusty trailer and transported to the workshop. Here work will start this Wednesday when work allows. Also looking at various options for paint removal and blasting of body shell once it is bare. Needless to say I won't use the company or process again that I used for the DHC. At the moment looking for info on Soda blasting and thermal paint removal (pyrolysis). Edited July 30, 2021 by Beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim83 Posted January 12, 2014 Share Posted January 12, 2014 Quoted from Beans What World Championship The one where the Dutch go nuts! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 14, 2014 Author Share Posted January 14, 2014 ... and loose from the Germans 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 16, 2014 Author Share Posted January 16, 2014 (edited) So it begins ... Started stripping the car today ... Edited July 30, 2021 by Beans Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Go Theo,that babe's body is looking not too bad thus far....you've got good space around you as well 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgetone Triumph Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Quoted from Trebor Go Theo,that babe's body is looking not too bad thus far....you've got good space around you as well 😎 Not only that, but a great shaped body, a true Triumph sports car....TR7, when nothing else will do................ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 17, 2014 Author Share Posted January 17, 2014 And the more I look at it the better the original shape gets.Especially the clean shape of the early bonnet ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 Totally agree, much maligned, loved by the true 😎 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 19, 2014 Author Share Posted January 19, 2014 Some more stripping parts from the car yesterday afternoon. After removing the seats and carpets the back end looked fairly well;But the foot wells didn't;Clearly the previous owner found out that clutch slave cylinder was rather inaccessible with the Sprint gearbox, so he cut this rather big hole in the transmission tunnel ...And it looks like the PO watched to many Leyland adverts on the TR7 😀 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 22, 2014 Author Share Posted January 22, 2014 Stripped the remainder of the interior this afternoon.Pleased to say that I didn't find more hidden horrors so far ...Front bumper and lights are also removed, disconnecting the engine is planned for Saturday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted January 30, 2014 Author Share Posted January 30, 2014 Almost bare ...Only the front screen left.Suspension is loose, but kept in place to keep her mobile. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 2, 2014 Author Share Posted February 2, 2014 Front screen removed succesfully using a good old pen knive and perseverance ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 9, 2014 Author Share Posted February 9, 2014 Removed the front wings over the past week.Did expect some rot there but as you can see not too bad.And no rot hiding underneath the sound proofing in the interior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepy Posted February 9, 2014 Share Posted February 9, 2014 That's looking quite solid, great base to start with. 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 12, 2014 Author Share Posted February 12, 2014 Indeed rather solid. A few tricky rot patches but noting to worrying.Preparing the body for paint removal ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 Very good Theo, your process is very methodical Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheepy Posted February 12, 2014 Share Posted February 12, 2014 That looks good in black and white!What's your paint removal method? Blasting, acid or? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Quoted from Trebor ... your process is very methodical I hope so, as I put away all parts in boxes from other cars.Hopefully this will prompt me to sort through all my parts and get rid of some stuff I will never use Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 13, 2014 Author Share Posted February 13, 2014 Quoted from Sheepy ... What's your paint removal method? Blasting, acid or? Not 100% sure yet but leaning towards thermal paint removal (pyrolysis) and shot blasting for rust removal.Have some reservations with chemical/acid paint removal after the problems with the DHC 😲 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WIMPUS Posted February 14, 2014 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Quoted from Beans Indeed rather solid. A few tricky rot patches but noting to worrying.Preparing the body for paint removal ... Seems you eat a lot of ice cream ! 😀(Good work ! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beans Posted February 14, 2014 Author Share Posted February 14, 2014 Quoted from WIMPUS ... Seems you eat a lot of ice cream ! 😀 ... These boxes are the perfect size for small parts when dismantling a car.So well worth the sacrifice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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