Dan16v

Quoted from vitessesteve

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Here is the third version of a Carrs of Croydon sill plate.  It sent to me via facebook from Rie Kurahashi in Canada.  The plate is on his friends Vitesse which is in Japan. What a amasing connected world we live in.

Quoted from vitessesteve

Restored or new?
As was
Carrs of Croydon Sill cover by vitessesteve, on Flickr
As is
carrs_small_4910 Crop by vitessesteve, on Flickr

Dealer plate put back on this weekend

Someone kindly sent me a picture after reading my Triumph World article.

Carrs Autosales showroom when it first opened, dealing in Standard and Hudson cars

Quoted from vitessesteve

I have recently bought a copy of the "Triumph Sales and Service Directory" for 1968/9 which for Croydon shows.

Carrs Auto Sales Ltd, Standard House, 2 South End, Croydon as a distributor
Carrs Aoto Services Ltd Tamworth Road Service Station, Tamworth Road, as a dealer
+ Beddington Lane SS, Beddington Lane, as a dealer

Quoted from byakk0

you just have to play with it. The top is up/down adjustment for the front of the bonnet.
The middle is forward/back adjustment.
The bottom is just tighten and keep it all in place.

Don't forget about the bonnet cones by the latches. They adjust the rear of the bonnet up and down. Also, loosen the little 'cups' the bonnet cones rest in. Tighten those up once you have it in the position you like.

Interesting bit though, that rubber bumper. First I've seen of that. Anyone know if that is stock? It gets covered by the over-rider, so is it even necessary?

Before I start playing around with the hinge adjustment, does anyone have a good guide as to where to start and which bits best to adjust first e.g. if I need the bonnet to move back 5-10mm etc.  Pic of my bonnet hinge for reference

Quoted from Dan16v

its worth getting hold of this book, its got all kind of good info in it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Triumph-Spitfire-GT6-Guide-Originality/dp/1861268610

under Mk2 spit its got the standard interior

its worth getting hold of this book, its got all kind of good info in it

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Triumph-Spitfire-GT6-Guide-Originality/dp/1861268610

under Mk2 spit its got the standard interior

and another

I have found a few body plates from that dealer, one must be a sill plate and the other a glove box plate or something.

Quoted from timbancroft61

Think the Croydon site became part of the A23 gyratory system at the south end of Purley Way.

Had two local Triumph dealerships, one at Staines Road West, Ashford, Middlesex and the other being Dobsons, London Road, Staines. These were both BL dealerships and I remember cycling their to ask for brochures. The salesman at Dobsons, gave me a pack of 30 Range Rover brochures, all from 1972, excellent eh!

Quoted from stevegt6

There is typically a lot of play to be had with the doors, pretty much in all directions - But, like you say, if it's had cills or door skin and not fitted quite right etc, it will be best fit....Unless you want to repaint

Not that familiar with the earlier bonnet hinges, I have mk3 GT6, and does have a fair bit of tolerance.

You will certainly have easier job with another pair of hands.

Not much help I know...
S

Quoted from byakk0

How was the fit before the struts? Do you have any adjustment at the hinges?

Quoted from Mark Hammond

Frank Carr of Carrs Auto Sales Croydon was a well known Triumph Dealer back in the 50's, 60's and 70's.  He was well known to Triumph top brass and as we all know the the Herald was named after the boat the Alec Dick owned at the time, well it was Frank Carr who sold him the boat!  I'm not sure whether Frank is still Alive, if he is, he'd be terribly old now.  On another subject I know someone who worked for Jack Brabham in the early 1960s..........

Mark

Quoted from Stu 1986

I didn't know that you could go through their archive, I'll have to see if I can get there at some point to have a look myself. I'm quite curious about the supplying dealer for my car and when it was built.

Quoted from vitessesteve

According to http://www.companieslist.co.uk/00424966-carrs-auto-sales-limited a company with that name is trading.  However company names change over time and registered address does not equal place where business actually trades.

I’m not sure if this is the right place for this topic, but I spent an interesting afternoon looking at the build archives at the Heritage Motor Center and tracked down the shipping slip and build slip for my GT6.

The dealer is listed as Carrs Auto Sales LTD Croydon, I can find a little bit of info on the net that they were a big Triumph dealer back in the day and an address that doesn’t exist today (2 standard house, south End, Croydon)

But I can’t seem to find much else, does anyone have any info?  Some pictures of the dealer’s stickers would be a great addition to add to the car.

Dan

passenger door again

The passenger door is terrible, the gap at the front looks ok, but the gap at the bottom and rear looks horrible, you can get your fingers underneath it – can the door be shimmed back in on one hinge to move the bottom in and move it forward so it doesn’t catch on the rear bottom edge?

The driver’s door has a gap at the back like this and tight at the front with the bonnet

Evening all

I’m wondering if anyone could help with my alignment issues.  Recently fitting a bonnet gas strut kit has highlighted that the door to bonnet gap is tight on one side and wide on the other.  Is there a general guide on how to do this, e.g start with the bonnet and work backwards with the doors?

If I start with the bonnet, does the scuttle to bonnet gap look correct?  It’s fairly even all the way around.  The bonnet sits nicely on one side, but looks to be at a funny angle on the other and tilts towards the front of the car – after taking the overrides off do I just undo the nuts on that one side and lift it up a tad to get it level or is it not that easy?  It’s quite possible it’s had a sill put on extremely badly on that side as can be seen by all the filler and it tucks under a bit too much.

passenger side - gap is massively different with the door

this is all without the strut kit on

morning all

I have finally finished my kit and seems to hold the bonnet up quite nicely, it doesn't give much assistance in the first 30 degrees of opening the bonnet but apart from that seems to be a big help.

One problem I do have is that my drivers door to bonnet clearance is fairly tight ~2mm clearance.  With the strut kit on it pushes the bonnet a couple of mm back until its just lightly touching, which isn't a surprise since there is a fair amount of force in those gas struts.

the bonnet gap seems fairly consistent between the windscreen scuttle so im thinking its the door, but the door doesn't look like its go loads of clearance at the back to drop it down.  The passenger side is quite different, there is loads of room, but then again the bonnet and door gaps on that side are shocking.

Quoted from nang

Find someone with a lathe. I've made quite a few out of 3/4" hex brass. With the aid of a 3/8" NPT taper die to finish. No more rounding off problems unless you let a 'mechanic" loose with a Crescent or a pair of stillsons. (eek)
Tony.