Triumph Sports Cars

Hello Saturday the 20th the weather finally broke here it's only 82 with 50% humidity perfectly paintable the weatherman says I have a couple of days of this weather since all my parts need a lot of drying time I decided to cheat the system rather than wait 24 hours before blocking enamel I'm blocking in clearing it in four hours it's amazing what triple the hardware will do seem to be working fine I'm glad to be back at it moving forward a couple of photos and yes the windshield is unbolted and slid back so there will not be a tape line yes it's doing it the hard way but nothing looks better than old-fashioned enamel or lacquer blocked and cleared modern base coat clear coat just doesn't have that kind of depth unless you use three stage candy. I got my Moss bumper this week quite honestly it's shockingly nice nothing like the reproductions I've used in the past two thumbs up to Moss motors signed racing the weatherman

Man, you're in inspiration. I get tired just reading your updates!! Keep it up; can't wait to see it back on the road.

Hello it's Monday the car is basically all put back together I just got done wet sanding the enamel on the hood I hope to get up early tomorrow morning before work and lay down about a quarter clear on the hood hopefully no runs no drips no bugs I'm not going to put the grill in the car yet I have an idea on a custom stainless steel Grill signed the last part

Hello it's me again got up this morning at 430 humidities 90% but the temperatures 71 so it's Tuesday morning I got almost 2 full courts a clear on the hood no runs no fat lady no bugs looks great now I can go take a shower and I'm off to work
more photos almost left now is wait for the clear on the hood to dry I will not able to color sand or wheel any clear for a couple of weeks going over the only mammal you have to wait for any shrinking to take place years ago pictures of the car minus the grill the one photo I got to cars at once not bad for not being wheeled yet





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That's amazing. How's the insurance gong to come out, do you think?

Ivor

PS always strange, seeing your streets over there, no fences nor hedges.

Hello it's me the cars all put back together I've been out driving it two nights in a row took my wife out to dinner last night went out to the dragstrip to see how it's coming and talk to the owner tonight with my son what a beautiful evening here in Michigan we stopped and took some pictures of the car on the way home got to race Kawasaki ninja 1400 on the way out there at about 120 I had about 1 1/2 cars on the ninja he pulled out of the throttle first or who knows where that what went I think he was a little afraid of the bike. As far as the insurance company goes on my car I didn't come out to bed they paid me $5900 to fix it parts and paint cost me about $1400 and some very valuable parts that I already had and a lot of very hot but enjoyable work I'll download some photos so you can see the finished product I did change the front end of the car quite a bit from what it used to be the stainless steel Grill took about one hour to make it cost four dollars the photos look pretty good considering it's not been wet sanded yet or wheeled I'd love to hear your feedback tell me what you think of the changes since the first day I bought this car I told myself every time it breaks I will make it better this accident was no different so check out the photos I hope you like them signed when you fall off the horse you get right back on







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gril

Love the look, the gril, hood and rims make it stand out! Nice work. Any plans of an extended stay in my neck of the woods.( my TR needs some of your skills)