Club Triumph

I think the Victory edition stripes look great on a brightly coloured car, like this one......







Topaz Orange with black decals will look fab Beans...(ok)

That indeed is the striping I am copying  
But I'll use the striping only, so no chequered edges or black roof

Quoted from Beans

That indeed is the striping I am copying  
But I'll use the striping only, so no chequered edges or black roof

I don't like the chequered flags but the black roof helps the bumpers blend into the car. Makes it a more cohesive design, if that makes sense.

Quoted from ferny

... the black roof helps the bumpers blend into the car. Makes it a more cohesive design, if that makes sense.

Made a full scale test plot of the striping to check if it fits properly.
A nice job for the Christmas holiday  

I would go for the orange especially with the World Championship coming up  

What World Championship  

There's no way back now for the 1976 FHC.
After an inspection earlier this week by the guy who will do the panel work,
it was decided that we would get the best result by using the cars original body shell and use the back end of the yellow body shell as a spare panel donor.
Which means that I will have to start with dismantling the car first.



Would have loved to take some final pictures of the car as she was, but the weather conditions were rather wet.
So it was unceremoniously loaded on the trusty trailer and transported to the workshop.
Here work will start this Wednesday when work allows.

Also looking at various options for paint removal and blasting of body shell once it is bare.
Needless to say I won't use the company or process again that I used for the DHC.
At the moment looking for info on Soda blasting and thermal paint removal (pyrolysis).

Quoted from Beans

What World Championship  

... and loose from the Germans  

So it begins ... Started stripping the car today ...

Go Theo,
that babe's body is looking not too bad thus far....you've got good space around you as well  

Quoted from Trebor

Go Theo,
that babe's body is looking not too bad thus far....you've got good space around you as well  

And the more I look at it the better the original shape gets.
Especially the clean shape of the early bonnet ...

Totally agree, much maligned, loved by the true  

Some more stripping parts from the car yesterday afternoon.
After removing the seats and carpets the back end looked fairly well;





But the foot wells didn't;





Clearly the previous owner found out that clutch slave cylinder was rather inaccessible with the Sprint gearbox, so he cut this rather big hole in the transmission tunnel   ...





And it looks like the PO watched to many Leyland adverts on the TR7  

Stripped the remainder of the interior this afternoon.
Pleased to say that I didn't find more hidden horrors so far ...







Front bumper and lights are also removed, disconnecting the engine is planned for Saturday

Almost bare ...



Only the front screen left.
Suspension is loose, but kept in place to keep her mobile.

Front screen removed succesfully using a good old pen knive and perseverance ...