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    Herald Hood webbing retaining plate

    in Body

    Posted

    I have just fitted my new hood on my Herald. I have some spare plates that are used to clamp the webbing to the rails and rear panels if yours are missing.
    I also have a copy of the Triumph World article about fitting a new hood to a herald. I recently got it from someone on this forum but could send you a copy. 
    BTW the original article is based on Anglian triumph fitting a new hood to my car, they were doing some restoration on my car at the time. That was in 2013 so I guess 10 years life for a hood isn't too bad!

    mike

    MX5 Seats.

    in Parts Wanted

    Posted

    10 hours ago, Batch said:

    Pete

    You don't say what car these seats are for, if it's for a TR there are conversion kits out there which allow you to fit the seats into the original floor fixing eg TR Trader https://www.trtrader.com/parts-lists/MX5-seat-brackets.htm .

    One thing to consider is that whilst leather seats look good they do leave you with a sweaty back, I prefer fabric ones when using them in weather like this. I have fabric ones in a TR4 and leather in a TR6.

    They are also cheaper to buy, when you find them

    Dave

     I had cloth ones in my Herald, replaced with leather and I prefer the cloth seats particularly in the hot weather.

    My 2 original cloth seats (tomb style) are available free to anyone who want them. Some damage on the drivers side. Free but have to be picked up from Histon outside Cambridge.

    Mike

    Can you drive a classic that has failed an MOT?

    in Lounge Bar

    Posted

    My Herald has failed it's mot, it doesn't have a dangerous failure. I have just retaxed as it doesn't need an MOT. Can I legally drive it even though it has failed an MOT? As far as I understand the Gov site this is ok as long as the car is not dangerous.

    Anyone know for certain? I suppose it depends on the MOT failure, it doesn't state that it's dangerous. I assume there are different levels of failure.

    BTW I want to take the car to a garage to get the work done.

    Cheers mike

    A message to all RBRR entrants

    in Round Britain Reliability Run (RBRR)

    Posted

    5 hours ago, Tim Bancroft said:

    So back to an optimistic note.

    Can we the organisers thank all that have entered this RBRR, it is very much appreciated by the Club Triumph team that our members continue to support and show so much good will towards an event that costs so much in time, commitment and sadly, money. 

    All of us at CT cannot wait to be at Knebworth and see you all parked on the concourse ready to go for a weekend of what we hope will be good driving and adventure.

    It would be remiss of me not to thank all those CT members and indeed those from other Triumph Clubs who have offered to help with Marshalling either at the start or at the various controls dotted around the British isles. So far I have received offers of help from the TSSC, TR Reg, 2000/2500 Reg and Dolomite Club. How fantastic is that, heartwarming unity within the UK Triumph movement.

    Thanks all,

    Tim

     

    I am happy to help again at the start  if needed.

    cheers

    mike

    Herald Coupe For Sale

    in Cars For Sale / Wanted

    Posted · Edited by mpbarrett

    interesting write up about it on FB Not sure who has actually  brought it, heres the text..
     

    "Meet John and his rather special 1959 Triumph Herald coupé.
    With the official launch of the Triumph Herald to the general public on 22nd April 1959, a few select main dealers held evening ‘pre-launches’ on the 21st for invited guests, VIP’s and the local press.
    Directors from a well-known London Stock Exchange business were keen to see the new car and promptly placed an order, with the buyer a WW2 RAF Pilot now Stock Broker, with a home address of Sloane Square, Chelsea, London. A Monaco Blue and Sebring White Triumph Herald coupé was ordered making it one of the very first Herald’s purchased, and would have been seen later in some of the most fashionable districts of swinging sixties London.
    Home Sales Director, F E Higham assured dealers that “the new Triumph Herald would be in the showrooms and available for sale by May 13th.”
    Straight away Standard Triumph had a problem: There were simply no stocks of cars to supply the anticipated early demand.
    Let’s put some accurate figures in.
    By the time the car was delivered there were just 460 coupés in existence, of which, most were needed to sell the Herald and were in showrooms throughout the UK. A few were being readied for rallies and even one was chopped in half ready for the Earls Court show in the Autumn. Another handful were press cars, including several for Earls Court again, and those for shows overseas in Belgium, Portugal, Canada, France and Germany. Focus was now directed on production of the Herald Saloon, with just 16 coupés being built in the whole of May.
    Clearly some strings were pulled for this important client with even Standard Triumph Company directors such as Alick Dick and Kenneth Aspland having to wait for May builds for their coupés and even the great Stirling Moss couldn’t get his May build car until 2nd June! So with the car delivered to the Stock Broker on May 14th, it would have been one of the first privately owned coupés registered and on the road.
    The company Director sold the coupé to a young up and coming employee, John in 1963. John can be seen in the period photo with his coupé on the Isle of Wight in the mid-sixties.
    ***
    Remarkably, the car still exists today.
    The car was parked in John’s garage in London, in 1984 and has been there ever since.
    John said he would never sell his beloved Triumph Herald coupé and, true to his word, he never did.
    John passed away on Christmas Eve, 2022.
    Advertised as probate the car was filthy in a rather cramped, dilapidated garage with a roof but open to the elements, with the remains of a wooden garage door. Despite the exposed position, albeit hidden via a small service road, the car remained secure, intact and has survived the long slumber amazingly well. Upon first inspection, the car could be seen with four flat tyres and a smashed front windscreen (thanks to a pushbike falling from the ceiling). All four wheels hubs were stuck but the car moved very freely with the brakes removed and new tyres and wheels. Out in the open the car could be seen better.
    The car is incredibly original to pre-production spec - all original panels, including a boot-lid that was produced before the final pressings were complete.
    Original bonnet, valances, the front grill with the clever electrical plug-socket junction, original (no engine side valances) configuration. Everything just covered in muck.
    The fibreboard dash, with the early switch layout, is immaculate with the original pre-production plastic-effect finish rather than the painted portafleck introduced around May 59, perhaps offering some sort of water resistance?
    The steering wheel retains the early silver ‘flashes.’
    The quarterlights have the funny little rain channels only found on the very earliest of cars, the interior (Phantom Grey) has the vinyl door pull, there is even a good covering of the original carpet!
    The car has covered just 34,614 miles.
    One of nine coupés built on 24th March (the other eight were all Lichfield Green), it becomes the third oldest surviving Triumph Herald coupé behind Y8 (the cutaway Coffee coupé at the Coventry Transport Museum) and Y128. There are a couple of surviving coupés numbered in between but our www.triumph-herald.com records show as the very first CKD they were simply assigned numbers but did not actually exist at the time. This car was the c400th built with the body and engine numbers supporting this figure. Just to show how early the car is, one of the Albert Hall launch cars on 2nd April was just two away on the production line to this one - so they would have almost certainly been alongside each other!
    The engine dynamo, painted in the distinctive early car gold, is dated 2nd February 1959!
    The keys are the original configuration; one key for the ignition, glovebox and boot and another for both doors.
    Original numberplate.
    Chassis, floors - including the front footwells - and ‘normal’ corrosion places are superb.
    Amazingly, hidden away in the boot was all the original paperwork, including the launch literature, colour swatches, accessories and letter from the Berkeley Square main dealer. This has survived in pristine condition. The handbook is the undated - pre-launch first edition - and is in perfect condition. There were a whole host of remarkable finds hidden in the car.
    Inside the glovebox were John’s Cool-Ray designer sunglasses (as worn by Sean Connery, as James Bond in the 1965 film Thunderball!), AA and RAC handbooks to match the badges still on the front of the car, ferry sailing times for the Isle of Wight as John also had a home there, guides to the best real ale pubs and even his darts! A car radiator mascot featuring a de Havilland Vampire, one of the RAF’s first jet fighters, was also found, possibly belonging to the WW2 pilot, who was flying from (at least) 1940.
    There are a couple of mods - a period Motorola radio, some auxiliary switches (thankfully not in the dashboard) and dials and a trio of menacing-looking air-horns lurking under the bonnet albeit with the original horns still hooked up! The original front seats have been replaced with later versions in red - with one seat found at the back of the garage - so if you know of a good Phantom Grey 948 seat please let me know!
    The infamous original gear knob had been replaced with the later-type round black ball - but the knob itself was found with several new and used spares within the car.
    And today?
    It’s John’s funeral this morning, where he will be laid to rest alongside his parents. John never married or had children.
    He has left a remarkable piece of Triumph history and later today we’ll raise a glass for him and show his car to you all in due course."
     
    May be an image of 1 person, standing and outdoors
     
    and the link to FB
    (2) Facebook  (updated)
     
    mike
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    Garmin GPS for sale only used for 2022 10CR!

    in Parts For Sale

    Posted

    Garmin DriveSmart 6.95 Inch Sat Nav with Lifetime Map Updates for UK, Ireland and Full Europe, Digital Traffic and Built-In Wi-Fi, Black (Renewed)

    brought this for last years 10CR. is a refurbished unit cost £134 but would accept offers around £85.00. If I am honest didnt find it any better than my TomTom.

    Here is the original Amazon link.

    Garmin DriveSmart 6.95 Inch Sat Nav with Lifetime Map Updates for UK, Ireland and Full Europe, Digital Traffic and Built-In Wi-Fi, Black (Renewed) : Amazon.co.uk: Electronics & Photo

    In Cambridge.

    cheers

    mike

     

    Cost of doing the 10CR

    in Ten Countries Run (10CR)

    Posted

    Having done 1 or 2 10CR's with overnight driving and sleeping in the car (6 foot tall sleeping in a GT6 is a physical challenge) I now prefer to stop at Hotels. I know my limitations and that now excludes driving thru the night. I have enjoyed all the 10CR's I have done, even when we have broken down, they have all been different.
    I think you are being unfair, being critical of the event when you have not tried it recently.
    Maybe there is a place for a hard core event like the original 10CR, I am sure the club would welcome ideas and I am sure using your Vitesse will help to increase the challenge of doing the event 😉
     

    mike

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    Cost of doing the 10CR

    in Ten Countries Run (10CR)

    Posted

    18 hours ago, JohnD said:

    Where's the achievement in trundling around any number of countries, slowly and in daylight, in the knowledge of a comfy hotel bed before dark?    If you want foreign travel, there are any number of "Tours" that offer that, and if you don't just commute in your Triumph.

    The Old 10CR was something to be proud of.   I know I've warned of the effect of fatigue, but my concern is more about immediately after the actual event.

    John

    john

    I don't recognise your description of the event. Some of us enjoyed it and had fun and found it a challenge. It was much more than a "trundling around a number of countries" and a lot of people didnt get a  "comfy bed  before dark".
    Not sure what your point is, if you dont like the idea of the current 10CR then don't enter, there are plenty of people who want to and will have fun.

    Mike
     

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    anti roll bar links

    in Drivetrain

    Posted

    just wondering where people get there anti roll bar links from? 
    The ones on my Herald don't seem to last very long and I think the 10CR has killed them (now lots of play in the rubber). 
    I notice Rimmerbros do some uprated ones with 2 ball joints, but at a price, anyone tried them?
    Or are there alternatives, maybe rose joints?
    What do others use?

    cheers

    mike

    Cost of doing the 10CR

    in Ten Countries Run (10CR)

    Posted

    18 hours ago, Boxofbits said:

    .......

    So, what's your wish list for the next 10CR? Could we, to do the impossible, get up through the north to see the Northern Lights for instance??!

    Kevin 

    PS Is this forum using a US spell checker damn it??

    Spain, Picos de Europa area and Pyrenes, ferry to Spain and then drive back thru France. But it takes a long time and gets expensive.

    mike

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    Cost of doing the 10CR

    in Ten Countries Run (10CR)

    Posted

    I decided to work out how much I spent getting the car ready and doing the event....

    I estimate I have spent ~£3000, some of that was on long time work on the car that needed doing, such as new tyres all round (Rainmaster excellent and well tested this year), new 3.63 diff, new mirrors with convex lenses, new sat nav, lots of little bits ie new torches, fire extinguisher.
    Very nice Hotel rooms, I did it with my wife so wanted nice places to stay.... 🙂 
    And about £600 on fuel, ranged from 32 to 42 MPG

    So lot of money for a trip around Europe, some of the money were really car improvements that will last for a few years, but I have no regrets and had a great time.

    Mike

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