QLers with Retro Motor cars

[Pr0f]

The old girl before her bottom rotted out:

[vanpeebles]

Looks lovely! Nothing worse than your bottom rotting out

[Chr$]

The old girl before her bottom rotted out:

That is nice. Very wedgy, but probably about 3x faster and more comfortable than a TR7!

[Pr0f]

The old girl before her bottom rotted out:

That is nice. Very wedgy, but probably about 3x faster and more comfortable than a TR7!

I do like the TR7 though - it was a good car in it's day.

The FC was a comfortable drive - and with near 50/50 weight distribution it was fabulous on the country lanes

[Chr$]

The old girl before her bottom rotted out:

That is nice. Very wedgy, but probably about 3x faster and more comfortable than a TR7!

I do like the TR7 though - it was a good car in it's day.

The FC was a comfortable drive - and with near 50/50 weight distribution it was fabulous on the country lanes

Yes, good handling, a bit daring on the design front but I think it's aged well.

[vanpeebles]

I remember watching a TR7 convertible with a v8 on youtube, the scuttle shake nearly threw me from my computer chair

[Pr0f]

They did actually build a few TR8's with the rover V8 lump in them. Even with that small V8 they were still front heavy.

[vanpeebles]

Yeah, I have a book on TR7s

[Derek_Stewart]

HI,

I had a Green Drophead (Triumph name for Convertible) TR7, which was a really nice car to drive, but the wings and front panels started to rust badly.

I did look into fitting a Rover SDI V8 3.5 Litre engine, which did seem easy, just a new engine mount.

I still have the Triumph TR7 and TR8 V8 engine manuals and parts lists.

Strange they recommended fitting the V8 through the top of the car, when I would of fitted the gearbox to the engine and installed it from below.

But I eventually sold the TR7 in its rusty state, hopefully it is still running now.

[Pr0f]

Those 70's cars were prone to the tin worm... Shame, but it makes good ones as rare as hens teeth now!