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Post by Sam Tyler on Oct 9, 2019 19:44:44 GMT
Good spotting Bolly, thanks for taking the time to take a snap and sending over to Gene. There's something about those old Heralds, not a car I'd personally want but they're always good to see. Thanks also to Gene for posting it up on the thread. Sam.
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Post by Cartman on Oct 9, 2019 19:58:12 GMT
Yes I like Triumph heralds too, they were an interesting design, Standard Triumph were still independent at the time it came out in 1959 and it was to replace the extremely basic Standard 8 and 10. As Standard triumph were by then in difficulties they couldn't afford to have a unitary body so they reverted to separate chassis construction. Engine access was very good as the whole bonnet and wings pivoted forward.
Its only bad feature was swing axle rear suspension which would sometimes lose grip when cornering. In view of this drawback, it was a bit odd really that it was developed into a range of sporting cars, like the Vitesse, Spitfire and GT6.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Oct 9, 2019 19:59:45 GMT
I’m charged with feeding my boss’ cats while he’s abroad. (Erm ... my other boss, I guess ) and essentially there are two hills in our town which are highly regarded and the rest varies. He of course lives on one of these hills and the views are incredible. If there are going to be other classic cars this is probably where I’m going to see them so I’ll “keep ‘em peeled” for you!
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Post by D.C. Burtonshaw on Oct 10, 2019 15:33:03 GMT
Yes great spot Alex! The pale blue colour I would be informed by Triumph mad mate would be Wedgewood Blue. Said long time friend has a B reg estate in the same colour, which he bought off a previous owner who's son lost interest in it after the owner saved it from a council lock up which was being taken over again after the cars previous owner had dissapeared owing the rent.
The same friend is mad keen on Triumphs and as well as a fleet of a fair few of them, he still owns his first ever car, a G reg dark blue Herald 1200 saloon, which he has had 32 years next month! He also owns a lovely G reg maroon Vitesse MK2 2 litre convertible, (since 1991), a dark green with white stripe Vitesse MK1 Saloon, C reg, (in storage), a 13/60 Convertible F reg, long term rebuild project, in bits at the mo. And that's not including the 3, 2000/2.5's he owns and a T reg Spitfire 1500!
As for the iffy handling on these cars, I believe the suspension was improved for the 2 litre MK2 Vitesse so the handling was better and possibly used on the later GT6's too.
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Post by Gene Hunt on Oct 18, 2019 14:41:45 GMT
Another marvelous spot from D.I. Drake today, albeit a rather sad sight. Sitting in the pouring rain was this unloved Ford Capri. It's a 1979 (40yo) 1.6GL. Amazingly it passed it's MOT in August this year so is still road legal for another 10 months at least. It did fail the test initially due to a massive list of issues ranging from failure of the boot lid support, faulty front light, loose switches, suspension corrosion etc. The owner saw fit to have all the work carried out that same day though and a second test was conducted and a pass awarded the same day. Thanks for sending these over to me Bolly Gene.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Oct 18, 2019 21:47:36 GMT
I haven’t quite dried out yet; it was quite some downpour! The phone didn’t want to take photos the screen was so wet. (I can only imagine how little of that would make sense when the car was created!). Very interesting to hear what you found out though. It’s not one I’ve ever seen around here before. I sort of have mixed feelings about it though because presumably it is actually driven. So often people own an immaculate classic car and clock up 2 miles a year on them. I’m not sure which is worse. My boss has an old (ish) Aston Martin in his garage which he’s just had MOTed and he said the mileage had gone up something like 15 miles from the last MOT
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Post by Gene Hunt on Oct 19, 2019 4:15:33 GMT
I haven’t quite dried out yet; it was quite some downpour! The phone didn’t want to take photos the screen was so wet. (I can only imagine how little of that would make sense when the car was created!). Very interesting to hear what you found out though. It’s not one I’ve ever seen around here before. I sort of have mixed feelings about it though because presumably it is actually driven. So often people own an immaculate classic car and clock up 2 miles a year on them. I’m not sure which is worse. My boss has an old (ish) Aston Martin in his garage which he’s just had MOTed and he said the mileage had gone up something like 15 miles from the last MOT If you've got 'em, use 'em, especially if they're MOT'd. Thanks again for sending them over Bolly Gene.
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Post by Sam Tyler on Oct 19, 2019 11:20:39 GMT
Great spot Bolly, thanks for taking the pictures and thanks again to Gene for posting them. It is certainly good to see them on the road. There's a gold Capri very similar to that in a garden not far from me. It has sat there languishing in all weathers for well over five years now (thanks to the historic images on Google Maps) so who knows what sort of state it must be in underneath now. Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on Oct 19, 2019 20:05:38 GMT
Great spot Bolly, thanks for taking the pictures and thanks again to Gene for posting them. It is certainly good to see them on the road. There's a gold Capri very similar to that in a garden not far from me. It has sat there languishing in all weathers for well over five years now (thanks to the historic images on Google Maps) so who knows what sort of state it must be in underneath now. Sam. How sad! I mean ... I get it. They must cost a fortune to fix up and if you just don't have the money spare but can't bear to part with it, I guess it's inevitable. I'd love to have an old car but I don't think it will ever be feasible. I'm always intrigued though because there are things I'm sure you'd have to learn completely differently. No power steering for a start! But dad says he still double depresses the clutch knows he doesn't need to any more but still does it. Can anyone enlighten me there? I'm sure there's more!
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Post by Cartman on Oct 19, 2019 20:52:38 GMT
Power steering I don't think makes much difference at all when the car is actually moving, it's a bit more of an effort when manoeuvring that's all, but some old cars had quite light steering anyway, my Austin A40 was easy to park and so was Dads Austin 1100, the mark 2 Cortina was too. The brakes didn't have servo assistance and need more of a push on the pedal and that's about it.
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