Topic63

I’m due to move to the above area, are there any Triumph owners or meetings, get togethers with any Triumph owners?

i can’t seem to find anything covering any area mid Wales....🤷‍♂️

42 minutes ago, Dannyb said:

Yesterday in Spit 1500 I was held up for about 35 mins in heavy traffic. Temp gauge never went above normal but when I eventually started to move the car ran like a pig. I suspect the under bonnet electric pump had got too hot. 

I also fitted another pump in the boot for back up, so switched over to that one via swith on dash and instantly started running normally. I think this is one of the mods that payed off. 

Danny 

Interesting, I like forward thinking. Good move 👍

Just noticed the discolouration around Cyl 6 inlet manifold when compared to the others, however 1, 2 & 3 look brighter than 4, 5 & 6?

it looks as if there is a hot spot for some reason, especially around 6. Car runs absolutely fine, so is this normal or do I need to check anything?

last photograph is how it was some 4 months ago, all seem balanced in colour 🤷‍♂️

Just had this reply......Feb 2023 🤷‍♂️

Just come across their Terms & Conditions regarding ticket sales......🤔🤔

On 14/01/2022 at 18:09, Velocita Rosso said:

Make sure you find out why its cancelled....If its Covid then you can get your money back according to Govmt rules 

As far as I know it was to protect others due to the Omicron virus.....

So annoying that this has been cancelled yet again just as it seems all restrictions are going to be lifted soon 🤷‍♂️

Im hoping they still honour any tickets sold for when they do rearrange it......🤔

All the best to everyone for a better 2022.....👍

16 hours ago, Wendy Dawes said:

Thankyou for the info.  Darren has bought a full electronic kit for Mabel,  dizzy, sport coil, leads, iridium plugs ,  early birthday pressie for me bless him

A good kit from Accuspark, I’ve had it fitted on mine almost 18 months with no issues & so simple to fit, I do however carry a spare pick up & magnet in the boot.

Hands up to Lewis for suggesting that Toto drop the potential appeal & court case, he wouldn’t want to win on the back of a court case decision.

Race directors made a bad decision, even worse is the fact they then try and support the decision with other additional rules in their vast directory of rules.

The FIA need to seriously look into these rules, laws and guidelines, had to laugh when I read they were considering penalising Lewis for not showing up at the gala in Paris.....Joking right??? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

3 hours ago, Clive said:

To be fair, it actually made the race exciting. And I usually put F1 on when I want to have a sunday afternoon nap. 

But it is a shame when races are decided on arbitary decisions by the race officials. And it seems the season has had plenty of twists and turns, mostly off the track. 

Who knows how this will affect F1 next season, probably more viewers hoping to see more action?

It did indeed make it more exciting and I suppose Lewis also had the option of pitting for fresh tyres, although he would have lost track position....but that’s racing?

The decision of the race director was controversial to say the least and little surprise that he hid himself away after the race?

No matter how they cut this, I think Lewis was robbed of a comfortable win but the racing Gods did indeed come to Red Bulls rescue and well done to Max even though it may be a bitter win 👏🥇🏆🏆🏆

On 17/05/2021 at 21:49, Jason said:

 

 

That looks stunning, some of those HT leads look a bit tight though (especially No.2 & 6) 🤷‍♂️🤔

Canley Classics has this.......

4 hours ago, Ellis said:

Bit harsh with the "dislike" just because the event is popular. 

Apologies, hadn’t realised....removed 

The issue for me was the iPad which the technical guys are looking into, the drop down menu options can only be seen in portrait not landscape for some reason?

At least I know for next time 👍

Seems to be a technical glitch....with an iPad in landscape you don’t get to see the 3 bar drop down menu people have mentioned but you do in portrait 🤷‍♂️

IT tech guys need to look into this as personally I hardly use the iPad in portrait 😡b

How do you even apply for this on an iPad? 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

That filled up far too quickly, didn’t even get a look in 😢

Cant even see where using an iPad you get the entry forms?

1 hour ago, Nick Jones said:

Similar thread on TSSC forum

https://forum.tssc.org.uk/topic/9195-electric-herald/

And this is what I wrote there:

I’ve looked into this in some detail as the thought of converting my GT6 won’t leave.

I’ve even spoken to “Moggy” of Vintage Voltage fame about it. He wanted £60k for a turnkey job or £35-40k in parts.

That's definitely well on the high side, but unless you take the route of cobbling something together with old fork lift motors, home-brewed controllers and lead acid batteries (which is entirely possible), you will be looking at at least £10 - 14k in parts alone.

Nick

 

To try to answer the “why would you?”, in my case it was (and to an extent still is) the following.

I had a knackered engine and gearbox anyway

The challenge; extending my tinkering skills into new areas.

Finishing up with a genuinely useful vehicle (albeit in a slightly different way to the original).

The time may well be coming when this is the only way we’ll get to use our classics except in very restricted ways.

I still find the idea won’t quite leave….. however, having now driven nearly 2k miles in my GT6 in a form largely as Triumph intended, I rather like it as it is. And the cost…… that’s a biggie!  Though potentially that will improve as more EV parts become available on the used market. Though from what I’ve seen to date the designers have completely failed to take any future use in old Triumphs into consideration.

Nick

Hi Nick,

I can see why you would have considered it having a blown engine in any case but still a big decision, especially to take it on yourself 💪👏👏

The cost in my opinion is still astronomical and electric cars is not the answer going forward, costs may decrease given time but probably will be for used parts with little history or longevity?

I was just shocked at the conversion price quote and why would you given the EV cars available at much less new.

2 hours ago, DVD3500 said:

I have said elsewhere on the interwebs (but I don't think here) that I find their prices a bit on the high side. Unless they are including something like 10 years of free electricity!

I know they use a  lot of Tesla tech (from the show Vintage Voltage ) which has its pros and cons.

The guy 5 miles down the road converted his '74 MKIV Spitfire for around 20k€.

It can get up to 100 miles on a charge (though 80-90 is more realistic). It weighs the same as before, weight distribution is about the same (mild understeer on slippery surfaces)  charges in under 2 hours if completely empty from an 11 KW charger (what most chargers are).

He has to limit the speed and torque so it doesn't shred his 3-rail gearbox and 3.89 diff!

His conversion came about because his 1300 engine gave up the ghost after nearly 100k Miles on it and he needed a whole new engine (it blew a piston ruining the case and the head).  So he kind of rushed things and he would do things differently to get better range if he did it again.

Before he drove it maybe 400 to 500 miles a year. He his put over 15k miles on it since the conversion in in March 2020. He drove it to Greece and back...

My 6th sense tells me that Electric Classic Cars is just too busy so they are pricing people out to avoid taking on work they know they can't get to...

 

Exactly my thoughts, I expected a conversion cost of around £20/25k but certainly not up to £70k that’s just ridiculous 🤷‍♂️🤪🤪

I’d agree that they’re pricing people out of the idea due to a 2 year waiting list and enough work on to keep them going, there are a few out there that would do it much cheaper at a guess?

Out of curiosity more than anything, I thought I would see how much it would be to convert a Mk3 GT6 to electric?

At the price quoted, how could you possibly justify this conversion or even recoup any of the costs if the car was to be sold.

Anyone else had better quotes or even carried out an EV conversion?

I imported my GT6 from Sweden and going by the information I have, the previous owner was a member of the Club Triumph Sweden.

On checking their site, they don’t seem to cater for English speaking members (or I can’t see an option for an English version?)

I am trying to find further information/photographs of my GT6 while it was in Sweden between around 1984 and 2019. As far as I know, the photograph attached was from their club magazine?

Anyone on here with a good contact with our Swedish cousins?

23 hours ago, Darren Sharp said:

Hi everyone, do you have a beautiful Triumph that you would like to Display on the CT stand at one of the great car shows we attend? Please post pics on here . 
We do have some criteria for certain shows which relate to the ‘Theme’ of the individual shows or the current policy for promoting various models Which include for instance Youth Group participation at the next MG / Triumph show at Telford and production anniversaries for various models . All cars selected belong to CT members . We do like to put new and different cars on the stands and we recognise all aspects of our hobby . Next year at the NEC will be featuring modified cars to honour a promise to several owners. Here is a selection of previous show cars . 

Not a too shabby Mk3.....🤷‍♂️

Part worn are the next thing they need to outlaw, a friend of mine always buys them but there’s no convincing some 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️😆😆

1 hour ago, yorkshire_spam said:

I did question them about it, sad to say at the time they were not interested. 

They were called Deflex allegedly but were taken over around 2010/12 and changed the name to Floflex, In the early days they were still selling poly bushings under the original name (old stock) and did have poor reviews, I’ll see how these last but hopeful that things have improved? Time will tell.......