Whats been happening at KD Triumph..

Bloody loads to be honest..Service and Mots are flooding in and have been since may, so many Triumphs on the road lately its fantastic, the workshop has been busy with its project cars too (Don't forget the projects page on website like i did, updated now a bit)The 2.5 EFI Spitfire body shell is finished and back from paint shop looking absolutely fabulous in Black, Pete Robins MK3 Spitfire is being trimmed after having its lovely red paintwork, Martines Herald is currently at the paint shop also red, Annets TR6 has been "looked at" before its restoration having its wings removed for inspection of inner shell(not good)think that's going to need another shell like Mick Davis Spitfire that's also in for rebuild, the list goes on so wont bore you too much , Herald estate chassis change , 1200 Saloon rebuild oh and my TR8 project...And if thats not enough Ami,s MK3 Spitfire front end crash damage repair we did a couple months ago needs to be done again !!! apparently a hair dressers shop jumped out in front of her ?, another new bonnet needed !!Hope your feeling ok Ami.
See you all at Stafford next weekend, the Coventry lot will be going camping as was planed for last year but a certain lotus ended that idea.
Cheers, ill be the one drinking Martini....by the pint.
KD

Engine and trans fitting

With bodywork almost done the transmission needed fitting up before the chassis goes to the powder coaters.
Engine mountings were fabricated into original turrets with as little subtle modification as possible to keep everything looking as if it were supposed to be there also the rear suspension looking as if it had been fitted as original ,OK , as original as a Subaru Impreza diff and a Vauxhal Red Top Twin Cam can look!!
So far all is going well and even the Tan hide for the Coupes interior has come (Karls doing all the interior himself)I've seen some of it in progress and looks fantastic..
KD

Body Shell

Good job done by SPL in Birmingham !! Fully dip stripped the body and removed everything apart from the good metal.
This has proven to be the best and most eficient way of preparing a body for restoration as there is no rust , sealers , filler , paint or underseal to deal with just bare metal.
So with all repairs done new sills fitted and new wings (not before the inner pannels had been etch primed , stone guard / sound deadner and painted 2K black befor wings sills were spot welded into posision)the body was sent off to the paint shop.