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.
Triumph TR7 Restoration
The TR7 Restoration has been a work in progress for over a decade now. This section is imported from an old blog I used to run back in the day, alongside the YouTube video uploads I’ve done by way of continuing the blog.
Triumph TR7 Restoration: Prepping the Cabin & Windscreen Frame
While I was working on the doors, I took the time to get to work cleaning up the passenger cabin. I’d already done a whole lot of work on the interior; mainly removing the old sound deadening on the floors and a few small rust repair patches. So I didn’t expect much work to be needed.
Triumph TR7 Restoration: Fixing The Doors
With the front end all stripped and painted, it was time to get cracking on with the doors. This was one area I knew was going to need some rust repair – hopefully one of the final parts that did. Getting the Doors Off Thanks to the stripped down state of the car while the …
Triumph TR7 Restoration: Front End Preparation
Time to get cracking on the restoration again!
I start on the front end, stripping and priming the engine bay, front panel and wings.
Triumph TR7 Project is back underway!
After many delays, the TR7 project is finally back underway. I even made a video about the story so far for my YouTube channel – come and check it out!
Nearly There! Fitting the Wing
So it’s taken over three years, but I’ve finally got the wing fitted today, ready for welding. I was going to get this done the other day but my angle grinder decided to die on me. I think that’s the third one to die now? Four if you count the cheap one I bought that …
A Little Interlude – Part 1
OK, so now I’ve got the garage sorted, got the lighting more or less the way I want it, got some power in there, it’s all good to go! But one thing I can’t sort out is the temperature. And right now, it’s freezing! I mean, literally. So while I could go and work out …
Garage Lighting
As mentioned in the last post, I wanted to get some better lighting in the garage. So I ordered some LED strip lighting. I picked that for two reasons: Firstly, because it comes in a long strip it should be good for getting rid of shadows and having a bit more diffused lighting in there. …
New home, new garage
So, here we are again. After six years at the old house and very little TR7 progress, we moved the whole lot again, this time to Norfolk. We’ve actually been here since March, but with one thing and another (I’ve still been working my old job in the Midlands and have been staying up there …
Wing Prep – Part 3
Having now fitted the first wing, I’ve now turned my attention to the other side. First step was welding on the wing filler panel: Then, after a bit of time spent making sure the wing fitted properly (easier said than done – as mentioned before, the new wheelarch is a really bad fit so it’s …