1970 Triumph 2500

[arceye]

Chuffed you have her going ok Rob, now you can get on and enjoy her

Wheres the front number plate gone? didn't fall off did it Or were you fancying a nice modern set like on the PC Jag

[mach1rob]

I caught it when I winched it on the flatbed, I wasn't concerned as it just wobbled a bit but taking it off it caught again and managed to drop off one side. On having a look I wasn't surprised it hadn't lasted, they'd fitted it using those metal straps with holes for securing radio units, and this had split across one of the holes. I've bodged a bracket for now, and will finally get round to making some proper ones when I can be bothered, that, or order some from Chris Witor who has them for a few quid, after all, it's just a bit of bent metal.

[mach1rob]

Well it's still going OK, took it out for a spin at the weekend, overdrive had a funny 5 minutes where it worked fine for first half of the trip, then decided it had enough and didn't want to play anymore. Then it worked again. Then it didn't! I'm going to put it down to the cold and it being hacked off from being dragged out from under its cover to come out and play!

Carpet is all dry, and so is footwell, no further dramas since I purchased an outdoor cover for it.

I need to sort fitting the Rover front seats in ASAP, when I took the passenger seat out to dry the carpet, the rubber webbing has split, which explains why you tend to sink to the floor on the passenger side. Another job to do while I have access is to fit the new poly steering column through bulkhead bush, along with the replacement height adjuster handle to replace the sheared one on there. Hopefully that will stop the column flopping about, as until I did a temp bodge there was nothing clamping the column, and it was free to move up and down on the adjuster!

For some bizarre reason I've also considered flogging it on for something a bit smaller, maybe a Herald/1100 as something along those lines would be beneficial for the nephew to learn to drive, then I look at the insurance costs and wonder if it's worth it!

Still looks good though!

[JPB]

Seat diaphragms are easy enough to find for the Innsbruck if you'd sooner keep the lovely big squishy chairs than fit Rover ones in there. Assuming that the splits are appearing in the car's original diaphragms then they're doing pretty well to have lasted the thick end of 37 years so far.
It's well worth changing the shaped foam sections at the same time as they, along with fresh diaphragms really do make for a supportive, yet comfortably soft perch.

Don't forget to replace the Mills pin in the column clamp when you've knocked the old one out to remove the tension spring, they have a nasty habit of feeling tight when you knock them back in, and vanishing somewhere below your feet after a few weeks of use. I could confess to how I know this, but won't.

[Aar0sc]

Don't sell it, you've barely used it!

Did you photoshop the sunny sparkle onto the bumper?

[mach1rob]

It was a glorious sunny day down in Dorzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzet that day!

John, I *could* replace the foam and the diaphragms, but the covers have had small cuts or tears sewn back together, so ideally would need replacement covers too, but seeing as how I have a pair of these sat in the shed already, it seems the easiest option to just bolt these in.


*not actual seats.

[JPB]

Now that's what I call a well-improvised solution. Are they the type that have built in bum warmers?

[mach1rob]

Alas not, but I see no reason why a kit from a 45 or 75 wouldn't fit with a bit of bodgery and scarpering.

[mach1rob]

Had a bit of spare time, so tidied the front up a bit, and also painted the dial surrounds while I had the dash out to fit new column bush and replacement height adjuster handle. Quite pleased with how the front looks now, but I'm still in two minds about blacking out around the headlights, I may return it back to silver as original (see above pics)

[Aar0sc]

Go on then, do all the fog and spot lamps work now?