Category: Stories
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05: Triumph
Now gleaming and safely tucked away at Sports and Classic Cars it was time to start the really exciting bit namely reassembling all the nice clean, refurbished parts back to the body. I started by cleaning out the interior which was grubby with the remains of the bodywork preparation. Having got it clean I gave…
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04: Redemption
So by the summer of 1994 I’d got a complete rolling chassis, a bonnet ready for painting, loads of cardboard boxes full of labelled bits and a body tub that needed its roof and bulkhead welding. Wishing to remain on reasonably social terms with my neighbours I was reluctant to get the angle grinder out…
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03: Revealed
So there I was, the proud owner of a tired , sad Triumph GT6. It had some MOT left but no tax so it would have been easy to put it on the road and use it for a bit. The temptation was quite strong but I resisted it. My plan was to rebuild the…
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02: Acquisition
What is it that drives a man to spend seven and a half years of his spare time rebuilding a car? At first sight the thing doesn’t make sense, there must surely be better things to do. But here I am at the end of that time, looking back at the enormity of it, the…
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01: A Story of a Triumph GT6
In 1989 my father then 43 years of age, decided to take on a project. He was a man of many projects. When we moved into the family home in 1972 my mother purchased a shed for him because she knew he would require somewhere to spend time on his pursuits. These were the days when things were…