Triumph 1800 Roadster For Sale
This page contains information on the Body, chrome before re-chroming, Updated headlight buckets, and frame mods.
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This is a photo log of the restoration of one of my Triumph1800 Roadsters That I am selling. This car can sport a 350 Chevy small block engine, 4 speed transmission. I removed all 6 coats of paint using aircraft paint stripper. Only the front fenders are steel, the rest of the body is soft aluminum. |
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. 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. All this chrome has been re-chromed to show standards.
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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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I was 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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Contact Bob Capo at bob@bobcapo.com for further information
on the sale of this car.Thank You.