Back in the Driving Seat Again

I collected the 2000 tonight from Bristol and enjoyed a nice drive back down the A420 in the evening sunshine.

I've not had a Triumph on the road since we sold the Vitesse last year, so it's great to be back in the driving seat again.


I was trying to recall from the 10CR last year the driving position in James' car. It would be just that little more comfortable if I could get the seat back another inch or two.

The auto-box kicks down nicely when required to do so, but manual o/d would be better.

Even after the drive home the rear wheels are still showing signs of positive camber. I'm not sure if that's normal for MkI saloons, but first thing on my list is to get some decent rims and rubber fitted.

Moment of eBay Madness

They say a fool and his money are soon parted. After a moment of eBay madness on Friday evening, I somehow ended up buying a car completely unseen, let alone driven it.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230244350606

However in the cold light of day on Saturday morning I went to see it, and I don't think I did too bad...












Buy in haste, repent at leisure - time will tell...

Shorrock Supercharger Pulleys in Stock!

I picked up the 3-groove crankshaft pulleys today, and mighty fine they look too!



CNC machined from HE15 grade aluminium, the pulley is an exact match to the Shorrock original. The original 1 7/16" Triumph pulley nut was never a good fit inside the Shorrock pulley - it was impossible to get a socket over it - so I've had slightly smaller 1 3/8" pulley nuts machined from EN8 grade steel that you can get a socket on.





Weight wise there's a huge saving. The Shorrock pulley and nut total 2 kilos whereas the aluminium pulley and nut are less than half that at 900 grams!



They will fit the Triumph Herald/Spitfire 1147cc and early small crank 1296cc engines. If you want one, drop me a line to website2008@gingell.com, as I doubt I'll have them for long.

Anyone know the whereabouts of Matt Smith?

Several years back at Stoneleigh I bought a Kipping exhaust manifold off a chap called Matt Smith. Matt owns a Black and White Herald Saloon, and I recently found these pictures of Matt's Herald. I'm trying to get hold of Matt, but the contact details I once had are no longer valid, so if you know of Matt, can you get him to drop me an email at website2008@gingell.com. Cheers!

Please note all photographs are copyright Matt Smith.

Shorrock Supercharged Badge

I'd been following this one on eBay for past week. It sat at around £50 for most of that time, and as usual with eBay most of the activity was in the closing minutes.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=200206795425

With an hour and a half to go the price was up to £70, then £85.

With forty five seconds to go it jumped to £202, then three more bids in the last 15 seconds £221, £240, with a closing bid of £245 clinching it.

Moral of the story - if you ever see one of these at a car boot or autojumble going cheap, buy it!

Ad Finder Australia

The latest version of Ad Finder includes support for over ten UK websites -

• adtrader.co.uk
• autotrader.co.uk
• classiccarsforsale.co.uk
• club.triumph.org.uk
• exchangeandmart.co.uk
• eBay.co.uk Classic Cars
• freeads.co.uk
• loot.com
• preloved.co.uk
• pistonheads.com
• trovit.co.uk

Graham Reeks down under in Oz wanted to add a few Australian websites, so I'm pleased to announce support for -

• carpoint.com.au
• carsales.com.au
• ebay.com.au
• tradingpost.com.au
  

Full details at - www.gingell.com/adfinder

Let me know if you'd like to add any of your favourite websites, and you could find your next car in seconds instead of trawling the internet for hours.

Shorrock Inlet Manifold

Here's a couple of pictures of the Shorrock inlet manifold suitable for the 1147 head. Unfortunately the manifold fits a little too close to the side of the head to allow a branch exhaust manifold to clear on number 2 and number 3. So I'm hoping to modify the flanges to set it out by approximately ½" or so.