Fony Pond
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Great work Beans, but where's all your piccies? Can you get them back up? Not checked mine as not been on here for a few weeks, gonna check now lol!
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Very nice job! Could do with a set of those pedal grips myself!
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Repainted after
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Another pic
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Yes, see my thread 'TR7 V8 Rally Car Look-a-like'. My front wheels are 7x13 Revolution Race with 00 offset. When I first bolted the calipers to the strut and tried the wheels for clearance I thought I'd got away with it until I tightened the wheel nuts. Unfortunately the inside of the rim jammed against the upper and lower edges of the caliper body. I ground away the edges by trial and error until the wheel spun freely. I reckon about a couple of mm was ground off, but only needed to the upper and lower edges. Mine is the Vitesse based Rimmers kit and came complete with adaptors for the discs to utilise TR7 hubs. I didn't really notice a great difference in weight from the capri calipers that were fitted previously and unless you intend doing some serious racing where a tenth of a second is the difference between winning and losing then maybe you need to do some testing first! The Vitesse brakes certainly give a bigger swept area so should be better at braking in theory. My car is purely for fun on the road! In hindsight I should have gone for 8x13 with a -12 or -13 offset, as with the front arch extensions I reckon I've got another 25mm to play with and reckon less would need to be ground away.
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A wheel that I've always liked and occasionally seen on the odd TR7 and Spitfire, is the Dolomite Sprint alloy. Probably the nicest alloy Triumph produced and would suit your orange car down to the ground! Very period! Would look best with spacers on the back though to fill the rear arches!
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Get them repaired! Those will look so coll on the orange car with the chrome rims fitted! 😉
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Yes they will look cool Beans! How much wider are they over standard? I like the idea of black wheels but have always been a fan of polished or chromed rims to compliment them. Even my MG Montego Turbo and MG6 Magnette have bean given this treatment! I agree that the rest of the car would be best with black highlights although I do like the chrome windscreen surround and that orange TR7 does look cool as well! Mind you, who am I to dictate to a man who produces TR7s that are better than new! I'm looking forward to the day you start a 1980 Manx rally replica!
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Ah, 1976.......maybe 'God Save the Queen' by the Sex Pistols instead! Your work is certainly inspirational, but my intention was always to get the car back on the road on a miniscule budget. However, your threads have certainly made me go the extra mile! Well maybe an extra few miles over my originally intended route! A marathon instead of a 10K. The colour is absolutely stunning by the way and will look good with the original steel wheels with the black centres. You must fit the chrome rim covers as fitted to the American spec cars! These give the appearance of a Revolution style wheel and will compliment the orange and black theme 😉
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This is seriously brilliant! Makes me want to start mine all over again and do it properly! It was coming across your pics that made me slow down and clean and paint everything before re-assembly! My original intention was to drag the car out of the garage (from under all our junk!) and get it started and back on the road, but after searching on the internet for restoration pics I came across yours amd TR7Bob's posts which made me do a bit more! I'm glad I did though as the underside of mine looks a lot better than it would have! Anyway, your orange TR7 looks stunning. The orange and black really looks the part. I'm also wondering whether to do my sills satin black as well. I recall seeing some of the later rally cars with black sills. I think JJO 731W had them. Also, your side view clearly shows the top of the sill lining up perfectly with the underside of the front of the wing/airdam. Your TR7, with the period stripes, reminds me of another British 70s icon......the Bond Bug! Only available in orange and black! I reckon Triumph must have been inspired!The Bug was launched in June 1970. They only made about 2500 and prices are now reaching as much as £10000! You'd better get your Abba cassette at the ready for your maiden voyage!
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Nice car. I like those Revolutions. Would look good with coloured spokes!