siberian.org » Triumph http://www.siberian.org A place for John on the Web. Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:25:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 en Project is on “PAUSE” http://www.siberian.org/2005/10/06/project-is-on-pause/ http://www.siberian.org/2005/10/06/project-is-on-pause/#comments Thu, 06 Oct 2005 22:43:43 +0000 john http://www.avdistro.com/2006/07/05/project-is-on-pause/ That thing called Real Life has intruded and produced two significant items

1) We decided to undertake a MASSIVE home remodel.

2) We decided to have a baby.
Ok, well, we knew a baby was coming when I bought it but the home remodel thing was a suprise.

So, Ole Betsy is sitting the garage serving as a storage facility for old boxes until ‘06 rolls around but here are the updates from the last few months..

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]]> http://www.siberian.org/2005/10/06/project-is-on-pause/feed/ March 23rd, 2005 - A deeper look http://www.siberian.org/2005/07/23/march-23rd-2005-a-deeper-look/ http://www.siberian.org/2005/07/23/march-23rd-2005-a-deeper-look/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2005 16:53:49 +0000 john http://www.avdistro.com/2006/07/06/march-23rd-2005-a-deeper-look/ Well, tonight I started digging in a bit deeper to see what lurks beneath the apparently happy veneer of civilization my TR6 presents to me.

So far nothing totally unexpected but at the same time its MORE then I expected. Removed the drivers side rear outer wing to check out those decay spots that poke through the top. Here are the details of tonights activities…

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]]> http://www.siberian.org/2005/07/23/march-23rd-2005-a-deeper-look/feed/ Hardtop Found! All Praise the Great and Mighty Google! http://www.siberian.org/2005/04/05/hardtop-found-all-praise-the-great-and-mighty-google/ http://www.siberian.org/2005/04/05/hardtop-found-all-praise-the-great-and-mighty-google/#comments Tue, 05 Apr 2005 00:00:05 +0000 john http://www.avdistro.com/2006/07/06/hardtop-found-all-praise-the-great-and-mighty-google/ Been looking for a hardtop for quite sometime for my TR6. In fact, I was looking before I even found a car! Thats how much of a pain a reasonable TR6 hardtop is to find. Sure, if you want to pay $1k you can get one tomorrow but that doesn’t make a lot of sense for the budget restoration guy.

So, I use google to poke around and for the last 6 months it always was picking up this hit on some local Triumph club site in Washington state. There was a guy selling one for $350! Finally, in a moment of desperation, I sent him an email. …

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]]> http://www.siberian.org/2005/04/05/hardtop-found-all-praise-the-great-and-mighty-google/feed/ More digging about http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/22/more-digging-about/ http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/22/more-digging-about/#comments Tue, 22 Mar 2005 16:56:27 +0000 john http://www.avdistro.com/2005/03/22/more-digging-about/ Today I started digging a bit deeper into my TR6 to start developing my restoration plan. I am by no means going for ‘Concours’, this is a pure ‘Funcours’ job which for me means making it look nice, be structurally solid and fun to play with. I am not planning on removing the body from the frame but the diff mount and floorboards that I mention below make me wonder if I can make reasonable repairs with the body on.

First up was diagnosing that passenger side rear-clunk. Mike’s recent experiences gave me hope that it was just a U-Joint. No such luck! Every bushing on the diff mount is worn out (the front passenger side top bushing has a 1/8th gap!) and when I had my wife help me with the ’spin test’ the differential looked like it was going to bounce off the car. Holding the top of the pin while she spun the wheel confirmed, that pin mount on top is cracked :(

Question: How hard is this to fix with ‘body on’? Can an experienced TR6 builder handle the fix and box upgrade without to much trouble? Seems like a nightmare…

Next up was determining how much rust was on my floors. Turns out, a lot more then I thought :( The drivers side has 5 or 6 pinholes and is really pitted.

Question: At one point do most folks decide that a floorboard should be replaced vs. repaired?

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]]> http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/22/more-digging-about/feed/ Day 5 - TR6 Update (Diff mount and some rust) http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/05/day-5-tr6-update-diff-mount-and-some-rust/ http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/05/day-5-tr6-update-diff-mount-and-some-rust/#comments Sat, 05 Mar 2005 16:56:43 +0000 john http://www.avdistro.com/2005/03/05/day-5-tr6-update-diff-mount-and-some-rust/ So today I finally got some spare time to play with my new TR6 a bit, its quite exciting :) Heres what I found..

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]]> http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/05/day-5-tr6-update-diff-mount-and-some-rust/feed/ Day 3 - Yup, busted diff mount and don’t forget your chores. http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/03/day-3-yup-busted-diff-mount-and-dont-forget-your-chores/ http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/03/day-3-yup-busted-diff-mount-and-dont-forget-your-chores/#comments Thu, 03 Mar 2005 16:58:37 +0000 john http://www.avdistro.com/2006/07/06/day-3-yup-busted-diff-mount-and-dont-forget-your-chores/ And so it begins…

So, as part of my new Triumph purchase I’ve made an internal commitment to myself that I will ALWAYS put the house and my wife and all that ‘real-life’ stuff first. These cars can eat up not only your bank account but your relationships and lifestyles along with them!

Towards that I have a list of things to finish up before I am even allowing myself to do an initial assessment including running new gas lines for a gas dryer, crown mouldings in the office, hanging pictures etc etc etc. Lots of fun stuff in and of itself but with that TR6 sitting next to me while I cut crown moulding.. well, I find it motivating to move even quicker then I normally would :)

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]]> http://www.siberian.org/2005/03/03/day-3-yup-busted-diff-mount-and-dont-forget-your-chores/feed/ Day 1 - Car obtained http://www.siberian.org/2005/02/27/day-1-car-obtained/ http://www.siberian.org/2005/02/27/day-1-car-obtained/#comments Sun, 27 Feb 2005 16:58:38 +0000 john http://www.avdistro.com/2005/02/27/day-1-car-obtained/ After months of searching off and on we finally have a 1971 Triumph TR6 in the garage! First, here are 40+ pictures:

TR6 Photo Gallery
Now, on with our story.

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