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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Fixing & Fitting the Rear Brakes

This one’s all about the rear brakes. I cleaned them, removed rust, fitted and tested. Job done!

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Restoring and Fitting the Rear Axle

It’s time to fit the axle!
I got the axle cleaned, painted and back together and on the car.

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Fitting the Fuel Tank

The car is finally going back together! I started with the fuel tank in this episode.

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Tearing Down my £40 eBay Engine

After failing to get the engine running, it was time to tear it down and see what was wrong with it. It turned out to be a bigger challenge than I was expecting…

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: My £40 eBay Engine – Will it Run?

I bought an engine off eBay for just £40. But is it any good?

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Painting the Car!

After all the weeks and months of prep work, it’s finally time to get the TR7 painted!

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Bodywork and Paint Preparation

It’s finally time – the TR7 is stripped of paint and now it’s time to finish up the bodywork and get her ready for paint!

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Stripping the Paint

In this episode, I strip all the old paint from the car and deal with the last bit of rust before finally spraying her with some epoxy primer.

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I Restored This Vintage Rusty Flame Gun/Weed Burner

I bought this old flame gun (weed burner) at an auction. It nearly got binned as being too far gone, but after a closer look I thought it deserved a restoration…

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Triumph TR7 Restoration: Building a Dolly and Moving the Car!

In this installment, I build a dolly for the front of my TR7 and get her ready to move. Now I can move her forward, I can make a start on the back end of the car.

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