Triumph 1800 Roadster Street Rod
Restoration
August: The First
Month
This is a photo log of the restoration of one of my Triumph1800
Roadsters started August 1, 2007.
This car will sport a 350 Chevy small block engine with supercharger, 4
speed transmission, Chevy rear end, and Mag wheels for now.
The first four weeks were all about removing all 6 coats of paint using
aircraft paint stripper. Remember when using a sander or grinder on this
car, only the front fenders are steel, the rest of the body is soft
aluminum. Next I removed the old engine, transmission, and drive shaft.
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September: The Second Month
The second four weeks were all about removing both
outer and inner front fenders from the car. Removing all unneeded wire,
brake lines, master brake cylinder, brake, gas, clutch linkage, mounting
brackets from the frame, and front arm shocks. Remove old paint and rust
from front section of the frame, and paint with primer.
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October: The Third Month
The third four weeks were all about prepping the
items that need to be re-chromed. This was no small task, the grill, all
handles, window trim, lights, hinges, all had to be disassembled down to
single parts. The dickie seats alone took me four hours each to
disassemble and stamp; do not forget to stamp the seats for easy
reassembly. I decided to chrome a few parts that were not
originally chromed, for example: the dickie seat slide bars, and the
rear license trim plate.
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Due to the fact that I will be driving the car at night
alot, I felt it necessary to modify the headlights for better night driving. Jim
Boffo from
Boffo Motors fitted a MGB headlight
inside the Triumph headlight, see photo below for how he did this modification.
Jim made metal tabs that the MGB headlight would mount to, then he welded the
tabs to the inside of the Triumph headlight. Once the cats eye lens is put back
in place, you can not tell the headlight was modified.
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November:
The Fourth Month
The forth four weeks were all about test mounting
the V8 to the frame. First we had to remove the cross member under the
firewall.
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Then came the the first test fit, after removing
the lower wood section of the firewall, we slid the V8 and transmission
into place.
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December: The Fifth
Month
Sorry guys, I took December off for the holidays.
Contact Bob Capo at
bob@bobcapo.com
for further information
on any of our restorations.
Thank You.
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