Triumph Herald project.

[Cato]

Some of the welding's been done. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Triumph-...483365?hash=item23e0175ee5:g:RIUAAOSw741fW7WE

 

[a111r]

Nice job! I note they were copying Canley's tolerances, for that OEM look.

 

[frank horton]

hope the chassis outriggers are in better condition....
cant remember how many of them I welded on....

 

[a111r]

hope the chassis outriggers are in better condition....cant remember how many of them I welded on....

Did you weld their top sides..?

 

[Matchless]

the hole is mouse friendly, to be honest they did well to bridge 1/4" on thin steel,

 

[Cato]

I liked the Herald overall, but they're probably best left in the nostalgia file. Aside from the rust issues, when side impact protection basically refers to the door handles they're not something you'd want to do too much running around in.

 

[500e]

Sort of Lotus Elan then

 

[ian f]

repainted a mates herald in 2007 ish. looked much better in real life (ford radiant red) filmed on an old nokia 2630

 

[Olderisbetter]

That is right in my neck of the woods, i wonder if it will go for £500? i have a spitfire 1500 engine and gearbox

 

[a111r]

Original, unrestored 'rust-free' examples of the small chassis Triumphs are quite a nice drive (given the err very budget rear end).

As then the separate chassis and body tubs have 'some' semblance of rigidity. The panel gaps (bad from Canley) go haywire in the hands of restorers. They are hard cars to restore properly, although the non-monocoque construction would seem to favour the home restorer. Yes, I've been there...

Smaller engined, the better: 948 or 1200. The Vitesses' were imbalanced, for all their extra noise.
I had a lovely red and white 1964 1200 Coupe which I exported to Norway, whilst restoring my 1970 Vitesse Convertible.

 

[Tobymonster]

Dad had one. I remember as a kid sitting on the back seat, no seatbelt and looking down though to the moving road and watching the rotating prop shaft because of a clutch issue again.

 

[Matchless]

My very first, well second if you count the 1933 Austin 6 I got when I was 14, was a Herald (£10.00), had a sort of fast back roof? I unbolted it to make it a convertible, the rust defeated me as I only had an arc welder, I was 16 so around 1970, I then bought the MGA (£100.00) I still have and a Hillman minx (25.00) with a full MOT that I ran for a few years until I had finished restoring the MGA in 1975,

 

[slim_boy_fat]

My Dad had a Herald Estate, I can still picture him sitting on the front wheel, legs inside the engine bay while he performed repairs/ maintenance.

 

[keithski122]

My Dad had a Herald Estate, I can still picture him sitting on the front wheel, legs inside the engine bay while he performed repairs/ maintenance.

I used to do that on my first mini.................................................it had a flip front.

 

[indy4x]

Original, unrestored 'rust-free' examples of the small chassis Triumphs are quite a nice drive (given the err very budget rear end).

The Vitesses' were imbalanced, for all their extra noise.

I had the pleasure of driving a really nice MKII Vitesse in the early 90's, I was working at a Triumph specialist at the time so got to drive everything that came through the door. This one was completely original, pretty rust free and being a MKII had rotoflex rear suspension, it was probably one of the nicest Herald/Vitesse I have ever driven but yes a bad one is not much fun.

 

[a111r]

My very first, well second if you count the 1933 Austin 6 I got when I was 14, was a Herald (£10.00), had a sort of fast back roof?

That must have been a coupe. Very pretty.
This one belongs to an old friend of mine.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/45676495@N05/10491045853/in/photostream/

I went with him to buy it in 1986, it was real rough, but rare. An early 1960 'smooth roof' variant, before they added ribs to the side of the roof with the later 1200 cc model.

Practical Classics magazine started about 1981/1982, so old junk (now called 'barn finds') became more valuable and I think he found it in the Exchange and Mart.
Imagine now driving 150 miles to see a car on the basis of three lines of newsprint without photos!

I recall the 40 mph journey back up the M6 on 3 cylinders of the 948 cc...
He did a nice job on it and still has it.

 

[Matchless]

I think the very early Heralds had a chrome handle in the middle of the bonnet?

 

[pod70]

I remember coming down a slip road from the A45, and when I applied the brakes, the flip front decided to fly up and lock itself in position as I approached the junction. No matter what I tried, I could never adjust the bonnet so that it would line up properly and stay locked shut

 

[Olderisbetter]

We did a gearbox swap on this one as the owner is a young man of 80 and he has better things to do and he is a very nice guy.

 

[Cato]

I've always thought they're very neat well balanced looking cars.

Sadly, as with all British made cars of that era they were badly put together using poor quality materials.