Danny's TR7 Blog

MY WEDGE

I have owned this car since Sept 2001, ownership of the car came to me in an unusual way as I had not considered owning a wedge.

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I am the area organizer for the Triumph Sports Six Club in the North East of Scotland and have owned a Triumph Spitfire MK3 (which I restored) for many years. In this capacity I get calls every so often from people with old Triumphs they are wanting shot of. I got a phone call from a guy that had a sad story of a TR7 that was bound for the scappies if it wasn't moved in the next 2 weeks. Martin had owned the car for 16 years and had stopped using it and layed it up in his drive 6 years previously when his second child was born, no space for 2 kids in a TR7, he was offering the car free to a Triumph enthusiast provided it was restored and not broken up. My eldest, 19 year old son, Daniel and my self went to view the car. Daniel had never seen a TR7 before and thought the style and shape was great, hating the thought of an other Triumph heading for the crusher we decided to give it a new home and restore it. A quick check of the car revealed a few sticking points, i e. rear brakes seized solid and flat tyres. The vender was told we would return in the next few days with a trailer. On our return with the trailer and armed with WD40, foot pump, and a big hammer we eventually managed to get the car moved out to the road. As the car was being winched on to the trailer the previous owner Martin asked BTW do you want this engine? It turned out to be a Dolly Spint engine with o/drive gearbox, we gratefully took that as well. I left Martin with a payment of a case of Tennants Lager an 4 Nissan Micra hub caps (he has a Micra as a second car.)
On arrival home, my wife Moira !!!!!!!!!!!!! well that's an other story !!!!!!!!!!! "The Restoration"