Triumph TR7 Restoration: Boot & Rear End Bits
It’s time to work on the boot area while I can still get to the back of the car!
Rust
Triumph TR7 Restoration: Restoring the Front Suspension
It’s time to get the front suspension cleaned up and ready to fit now…
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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: 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.
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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Battery Tray & Wing
Not a lot of blogging recently, the weather has been hampering any serious attempts to work! I have managed to get a bit done though. The windscreen frame is slowly taking final shape. I’ve got it nearly there, just a few last small ripples to get out. Work moved on to the battery tray, it
Windscreen Frame part 2 – Destruction!
Now I’ve finally got a free weekend, I started on the windscreen frame. I’d already made a start on the donor frame, cutting all the remains of the bulkhead and wings off: My original plan was to grind off the inner panels on the A post at the weld points, leaving me with an intact
Floor Repairs & Front End
The welding work is now more or less complete around the lower parts of the car now. Of course, there’s still the new panels to weld in, but as far as patching up the rusty stuff is concerned, there’s just the windscreen to do (talk about saving the best till last!) This week was mainly
Wheelarch Continued
After all the stripping down, I got on with welding the patches in this week. They needed to be fairly level as I’d be welding bits on to them, and this isn’t really one of my best skills. Nevertheless, I think they came out alright: They’re not exactly invisible (I’m not that good!), but once