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A short chronicle of Triumph-itis...or, what I do when I'm not making wine! |
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A short chronicle of Triumph-itis...or, what I do when I'm not making wine! |
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AUGUST 1993 - This is how I found it at a local wrecking yard. There it was, just waiting to be crushed. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, eh? Yeah... Well, I know what you're thinking! It was built as a 1963 model, but actually sold and titled here in California as a 1964. Commission number FC18225L - originally white with a black interior. Needs a good home and a little TLC, wouldn't you say? |
| The car was pretty complete - except for missing the passenger seat, a top, and some various odds and ends (a headlight, bonnet prop rod, and front bumper come to mind immediately!). The engine oil was clean, and I even got it to run, despite a rusty hole in one of the freeze plugs below the exhaust manifold. I managed to find a top frame and an original metal hardtop locally, as well as some interior parts. I put those things in storage - it will be a while before the interior would be installed. |  |
| $200 changed hands that hot summer day --- it was only the beginning. What was my wife going to say? Why is it the same color as the dirt? What am I going to do now? Some of these questions answered and much more on page 2... |  |